Saint Francis Church
Saint Francis Church is a church in Norwich District, Norfolk, England. Saint Francis Church is situated nearby to the recreation area Alderman Walker Park, as well as near the community center Frere Road Community Centre.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Norwich, Norfolk
- Also known as: “Saint Francis”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Open Academy and HM Prison Norwich.
Open Academy
School
Open Academy is a secondary school with academy status located in the Heartsease area of Norwich, in the English county of Norfolk. Open Academy is situated 1,200 feet west of Saint Francis Church.
HM Prison Norwich
Prison
Photo: Katy Walters, CC BY-SA 2.0.
HM Prison Norwich is a Category B/C prison for adult and juvenile males, located on Mousehold Heath in Norwich, Norfolk and operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. HM Prison Norwich is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Saint Francis Church.
Cow Tower
Historic building
Photo: Robert Powell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cow Tower is an artillery tower by the River Wensum in Norwich, Norfolk, England. Built between 1398 and 1399 by the city authorities in response to the threat from France and indigenous English rebels, the tower was intended to defend the north-eastern approach to Norwich with hand cannons and bombards. Cow Tower is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Saint Francis Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heartsease Estate, Norwich and Sprowston.
Heartsease Estate, Norwich
Suburb
Photo: Jon Welch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Heartsease is a housing estate located in Norwich, Norfolk and takes its name from the heartsease, a common European wild flower.
Sprowston
Suburb
Photo: Nhojjohn, Public domain.
Sprowston is a town and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England. It is bounded by Heartsease to the east, Mousehold Heath and the suburb of New Sprowston to the south, Old Catton to the west, and by the open farmland of Beeston St Andrew to the north.
Thorpe Hamlet
Suburb
Thorpe Hamlet is a suburb of Norwich, to the east of the city centre, in the Norwich District, in the English county of Norfolk. It was constituted a separate ecclesiastical parish on 9 March 1852, from the civil parish of Old Thorpe, and in 1912, was in the rural deanery of Blofield.
Saint Francis Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Norwich District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.64365° or 52° 38′ 37″ northLongitude
1.33258° or 1° 19′ 57″ eastOpen location code
9F43J8VM+F2OpenStreetMap ID
way 519999261OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q105078424
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