English Heritage sites near Harleston Parish
BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
10 miles from Harleston Parish
The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
11 miles from Harleston Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
SAXTEAD GREEN POST MILL
15 miles from Harleston Parish
Saxtead Green Post Mill is a corn mill, whose whole body revolves on its base and was one of many built in Suffolk from the late 13th century.
FRAMLINGHAM CASTLE
17 miles from Harleston Parish
Framlingham Castle is a magnificent 12th century fortress with a long and colourful past which makes a fascinating family day out in Suffolk.
THETFORD, CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE
17 miles from Harleston Parish
The only surviving remains in England of a priory of Canons of the Holy Sepulchre, who aided pilgrims to Christ's tomb: the ruined nave of their 14th-century church, later used as a barn.
THETFORD PRIORY
17 miles from Harleston Parish
The extensive remains of one of the most important East Anglian monasteries, the Cluniac Priory of Our Lady of Thetford and the burial place of the earls and dukes of Norfolk for 400 years.
Churches in Harleston Parish
Harleston, St Augustine of Canterbury
Next to Harleston Hall
Harleston
Bury St Edmunds
01449 676065
St Augustine's is a small single-cell church of flint with a wooden bell-turret on the West gable and a thatched roof. Inside there is a 14th century wooden screen. St Augustine's underwent Victorian restoration in about 1860, which was when the bell-turret, the E window and the chancel furnishings were added.
There is parking at the end of the track near to the church.
Families are always welcome to all of the services, but those more suited to their needs have been specially highlighted.
The building is the focus of our church community which gathers week by week to engage with God's Mission of love to the world. Will you join us on our journey and perhaps make it yours?
We give shape to our work by following the 'Five Marks of Mission' adopted by the Anglican Church worldwide, and seek to show them both in our communal and individual lives. They are to:
proclaim the good news of the Kingdom teach, baptize and nurture new believers respond to human need by loving service seek to transform unjust structures of society, challenging violence, injustice and oppression and working for peace and reconciliation strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustaining and renewing the life of the earthWe have strong links with Gt Finborough Church School catering for children from 4 to 11 from this parish. We welcome enquiries for Weddings and Baptisms which should be made to the Priest-in-Charge.
You will be most welcome to join us in our worship or at any of our events detailed in OHSMag by contacting the Priest-in-Charge or Churchwardens who will be happy to help.
We are in a benefice with Onehouse, Great Finborough, Buxhall and Shelland and linked with the churches at Combs and Little Finborough, who you will find have a similar focus for their work.
Priest-in-Charge: The Revd Chris Childs (01449 673280)
Churchwarden: Mr David Fenton (07841 427845)
Churchwarden: Mr Michael Robinson (01449 736331)
No churches found in Harleston Parish