St Benet’s Abbey
St Benet's Abbey, also known as St Benet's at Holme or St Benet Hulme, was a medieval monastery of the Order of Saint Benedict situated at Cow Holm in Horning, Norfolk, England.Photo: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Norfolk Broads and Malthouse Broad.
Norfolk Broads
Photo: PsamatheM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Norfolk Broads is an historic and scenic area in the east of the English county of Norfolk, close to the Suffolk border and also extending into that county.
Malthouse Broad
Lake
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Malthouse Broad is a broad at Ranworth in the Norfolk Broads. The "Helen of Ranworth" is a traditional reedlighter, a boat that carried away the reed harvest. Now it ferries visitors from Malthouse Broad to Ranworth Broad.
Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden
Garden
Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden, Norfolk, England, is a registered charity, comprising 131 acres of ancient woodland, woodland garden and water garden and including South Walsham inner Broad. Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden is situated 1½ miles southwest of St Benet’s Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thurne and Ranworth.
Thurne
Village
Photo: Pierre Terre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thurne is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located on the River Thurne in The Broads, some 18 km west of the town of Great Yarmouth and 20 km east of the city of Norwich.
Ranworth
Hamlet
Photo: SiJa2007, Public domain.
Ranworth is a village in Norfolk, England in The Broads, adjacent to Malthouse Broad and Ranworth Broad. It is located in the civil parish of Woodbastwick. The village's name origin is uncertain 'Edge enclosure' or perhaps, 'Randi's enclosure.'… Ranworth is situated 1½ miles west of St Benet’s Abbey.
South Walsham
Village
Photo: Grant Brewer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Walsham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 11.43 km2 and had a population of 738 in 303 households at the 2001 census. increasing to 845 living in 345 households at the 2011 Census. South Walsham is situated 2 miles southwest of St Benet’s Abbey.
St Benet’s Abbey
- Type: Ruins
- Description: abbey in Horning, North Norfolk, Norfolk, England, UK
- Categories: windmill, abbey, and historic site
- Location: Horning, Norfolk Coast, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.68613° or 52° 41′ 10″ northLongitude
1.5251° or 1° 31′ 30″ eastOperator
English HeritageOpen location code
9F43MGPG+F2OpenStreetMap ID
node 295229649OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q13414750
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Italian—“St Benet’s Abbey” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣贝尼特修道院”
- Chinese: “聖本內特修道院”
- German: “St Benet’s Abbey”
- Italian: “Abbazia di St. Benet”
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Notable Places Nearby
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