St Faith's Church, Little Witchingham, Norfolk

Address: Little Witchingham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 5PA
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Traces of stunning Medieval art

Outwardly this is a simple church, set in trees by a lane with fields and a handful of buildings nearby. Yet step inside St Faith’s and your view of the Medieval world changes.

Wallpaintings of vines laden with grapes spiral over arches and ove the wall, edged with deep red. And wallpaintings show scenes from the Bible – some ghostly, others brilliant - stretched across the north wall with a St Christopher at the west end and a St Georg and the Dragon at the east.

This is an authentic Medieval church – a riot of colour and pattern, with picture stories that could be read by a largely illiterate congregation.

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Road directions

9 miles north west of Norwich and 3 miles south of Reepham; from A1067 at Attlebridge follow signs for Reepham and take 2nd left after Alderford

Public transport information

Nearest railway station: Norwich (10.5 miles).

OS Reference No.

TG 115 203

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You can download a range of publications below including the relevant county guide, and any walk round guides we have for this church.

 

 

 

 

PDF iconNorfolk County Guide (PDF, 4.9mb)

This free of charge short guide contains details of all the churches CCT cares for in Norfolk. Printed copies of the county guide are also available at the church.

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St Faith's Church, Little Witchingham, Norfolk

Keyholder

If the access information for this church is listed as 'Keyholder nearby', this means that the key is kept by one of our invaluable volunteer 'keyholders', who usually live just a short walk from the church and can give visitors the key; sometimes this is a nearby hotel, pub, library, art gallery or other venue. You will find instructions explaining how to get the key when you arrive at the church.

Disabled access

There is a rough grassy path up a slope then through churchyard.

Facilities

Due to the historic nature of our buildings, only a very small number of them have heating or running water meaning that they can be cold, and very rarely have toilet facilities. The lighting is usually operated via a 'push button' timer or a motion sensor. We do apologise for any inconvenience the lack of facilities may cause.