English Heritage sites near Acton Parish
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
5 miles from Acton Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
12 miles from Acton Parish
The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
13 miles from Acton Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
15 miles from Acton Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
15 miles from Acton Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
MISTLEY TOWERS
16 miles from Acton Parish
Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.
Churches in Acton Parish
Acton, All Saints
Melford Road
Acton, Sudbury
Sudbury
(01787) 312002
http://www.allsaintschurchacton.vpweb.co.uk
All Saints Church Acton is a 12th Century Church with many interesting features. We have the best military brass in the world, as denoted by the Medieval Monument Society, of Sir Robert de Bures (1331), Dame Alice de Bryene, Henry de Bures and the Daniels family with links back to King Henry III, medieval poppy heads, an unexploded Zeppelin bomb, the murderer under the church, the tomb of Robert Jennens and our relationship to Charles Dickens story of Bleak House and much more. We hold an annual Art Exhibition and Sale in August/September, for information contact 01787 377374. For details of opening and tours of the church contact Chris Moss 01787 377374. Bell ringing on our light 5 beautiful, ground floor rung, bells can be arranged by contacting Chris Moss 01787 377374.
Pubs in Acton Parish
Crown
The pub has a special menu for people with a wheat intolerance or coeliac disease. The building dates from the 18th century. Stables (and a smithy) behind the pub suggest it may have been a coaching inn.