Why is castle acre priory in ruins

These are fabulous ancient priory ruins with the west front almost complete. There's a car park within the priory surrounds, as well as a small shop which is where you will need to pay your entrance fee. The shop however, does have an excellent little exhibition about life in the abbey, and a wonderful model of how the priory would have been when fully intact.

The priory is set on the banks of the River Nar, a wonderful clear chalk stream trout river where you will often see trout swimming along. Refreshingly cool in the summer months too to dip your toes into! River Nar adjoining the Priory. River surrounds at the Priory Ruins. Why not get your money's worth by making a day of it.

Castle Acre is an extremely pretty village with a pub and tea rooms. But if you want to explore the area in more detail, then that's easy to do, too. The whole area boasts holiday cottages galore, from small, romantic hideaways for two to large Victorian town houses! Norfolk has no shortage of fabulous holiday accommodation whether you want to spend time on the beach, love boating or want to explore inland.

You may covet a tiny fisherman's cottage like the one in Blakeney we kept returning to. You may like something larger and more modern like a loft overlooking the Norfolk Broads, or the right place for you may be a chic city apartment perfectly placed to explore Norwich To see other holiday cottages in Norfolk click here.

Or check out holiday cottages in other parts of England by clicking here. It's next to impossible to be bored in Norfolk, there's just so much to do and see. The list below includes some of our favourite places. For more holiday ideas return from Castle Acre Priory to the Norfolk page.

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