English Heritage sites near Wainfleet St Mary Parish
SIBSEY TRADER WINDMILL
11 miles from Wainfleet St Mary Parish
Built in 1877, this restored six storey mill with complete gear, sails and fantail still works today.
BOLINGBROKE CASTLE
12 miles from Wainfleet St Mary Parish
The remains of a 13th-century hexagonal castle, birthplace in 1367 of the future King Henry IV, with adjacent earthworks. Besieged and taken by Cromwell's Parliamentarians in 1643.
TATTERSHALL COLLEGE
19 miles from Wainfleet St Mary Parish
Remains of a grammar school for church choristers, founded in the mid-15th century by Ralph, Lord Cromwell, the builder of nearby Tattershall Castle (National Trust).
CASTLE RISING CASTLE
21 miles from Wainfleet St Mary Parish
One of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks.
CREAKE ABBEY
23 miles from Wainfleet St Mary Parish
The ruined church of an Augustinian abbey, reduced in size after fire and plague.
BINHAM PRIORY
30 miles from Wainfleet St Mary Parish
Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.