English Heritage sites near Ormesby St. Michael Parish
CAISTER ROMAN FORT
3 miles from Ormesby St. Michael Parish
The partial excavated remains of a Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ fort, including wall and ditch sections and building foundations.
GREAT YARMOUTH ROW HOUSES AND GREYFRIARS' CLOISTERS
6 miles from Ormesby St. Michael Parish
Enjoy a rare trip back in time at this Norfolk visitor attraction. The delightful Row Houses at Row 111 and the Old Merchant’s House are rare remnants of Great Yarmouth’s original distinctive ‘Rows’.
BERNEY ARMS WINDMILL
6 miles from Ormesby St. Michael Parish
Visit one of Norfolk's best and largest extant marsh mills, built to grind a constituent of cement and in use until 1948, finally pumping water to drain surrounding marshland.
BURGH CASTLE ROMAN FORT
6 miles from Ormesby St. Michael Parish
The imposing stone walls, with added towers for catapults, of a Roman 3rd century ‘Saxon Shore’ fort. Enjoy panoramic views over Breydon Water, into which the fourth wall long since collapsed.
ST OLAVE'S PRIORY
10 miles from Ormesby St. Michael Parish
The wonderfully complete 14th century brick-vaulted refectory undercroft - later a cottage occupied until 1902 - of a small Augustinian priory.
COW TOWER, NORWICH
15 miles from Ormesby St. Michael Parish
One of the earliest purpose-built artillery blockhouses in England, this brick tower was built in c.1398-9 to command a strategic point in Norwich’s city defence.
Churches in Ormesby St. Michael Parish
Ormesby: St Michael
Main Road
Ormesby St Michael
Great Yarmouth
07399 539159
Welcome to our church, which serves the village of Ormesby St Michael, though several of us live in neighbouring villages.
We are a friendly crowd and have a regular congregation of around 30 people at Sunday services. See our Services and Event page for service times. We normally use pre-recorded music at all of our services, played through our modern sound system.
The Church is a beautiful, Grade 2 listed building, with a mixture of comfy pews and additional temporary seating that can house up to 70 people, plus a children's area. The building is in particularly good structural order, is lovingly maintained and provides a lovely worship space, but with room for medium sized study groups, meetings, and local contact groups.
Though built in the 13 and 14th centuries, the church was cleverly renovated in the 1970s and feels very comfortable and modern inside. It has a modern kitchen extension and disabled-inclusive toilet facilities and huge (40+ car capacity), floodlit, car park which has proven very handy. Access is flat and relatively wheelchair friendly. There is a loop system for the hard of hearing.
In recent years, St Michael's has been the mission / outreach hub of the benefice, hosting Alpha and Emmaus courses and Lent groups in that time. We also host a monthly ‘Friendship Club' which started out as a dementia care & support group but has expanded to embrace everyone looking for companionship, fun, fellowship or support. We also host a twice monthly ‘Village Crafters' group for all kinds of crafting and for fellowship, fun and raising funds for charity. And finally, our weekly worship singing group meets every Thursday to practice old and new hymns and have fun and a natter.
Other events include craft fair, flower and art exhibitions, musical evenings, suppers, bazaars etc, with funds going to the Church and several other local charities. As part of its planned giving, the Church donates to several national charities, including Christian Aid, The Disasters & Emergency Committee, Royal British Legion and Salvation Army.
Interested? Then why not give Margaret Parish a call on 01493 731557.
Pubs in Ormesby St. Michael Parish
Boathouse
Eels Foot Road, Ormesby St. Michael, NR29 3LP
(01493) 730342
theboathouseormesbybroad.co.uk