English Heritage sites near Risby Parish

Bury St Edmunds Abbey

BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY

4 miles from Risby Parish

The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.

Moulton Packhorse Bridge

MOULTON PACKHORSE BRIDGE

6 miles from Risby Parish

A pretty four-arched late medieval bridge, spanning the River Kennett on the old route from Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds.

Thetford, Church of the Holy Sepulchre

THETFORD, CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE

11 miles from Risby 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.

Isleham Priory Church

ISLEHAM PRIORY CHURCH

11 miles from Risby Parish

Isleham Priory Church is the best example in England of a small Norman Benedictine priory church, surviving in a surprisingly unaltered state despite later conversion into a barn.

Thetford Warren Lodge

THETFORD WARREN LODGE

11 miles from Risby Parish

Thetford Warren Lodge was probably built c.1400 by the Prior of Thetford; this defensible lodge protected gamekeepers and hunting parties against armed poachers.

Thetford Priory

THETFORD PRIORY

11 miles from Risby 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 Risby Parish

St Giles

School Road Risby Bury St. Edmunds
01284810314

St Giles is a friendly, caring parish church with a welcoming congregation. 

We have strong links with the village CEVC Primary School. 

Our church dates from Anglo-Saxon times.  Its beautiful medieval wall paintings and intricate rood screen attract many visitors. 


Pubs in Risby Parish

Crown & Castle

South St, Risby, IP28 6QU
(01284) 810393
crownandcastle.com/

Attractive flint faced building opened as a pub and shop in the late 1800’s and was sold by Greene King in 2014. A 120ft deep unrecorded well was discovered (safely we hope) during alterations in recent times and is now a feature beneath a...
White Horse

Newmarket Rd (Old A45 sliproad), Risby, IP28 6RD

Goes under the hammer at Lambert Smith Hampton on July 17th 2017. Being marketed as "vacant possession / development potential".