Edingthorpe: Church Art and Ways Through History

Edingthorpe combines an impressive village history with routes through fields, along quiet country lanes and along historic walking trails. The Edingthorpe Circular offers a particularly vivid way to experience the area: the circular route is 2.3 miles long and takes approximately one hour. It starts at All Saints Church, leads via Edingthorpe Green with its field paths and quiet country lanes, and then returns to the starting point. For travel planning, the approximate duration provides a useful guide when you want to include a short walk or an active section in your holiday.

Walking the Edingthorpe Circular and the Paston Way

The Edingthorpe Circular offers a variety of impressions within a limited timeframe, without requiring you to commit to a long day hike. Parking for the circular route is available at All Saints Church on Church Lane, Edingthorpe, NR29 9TN. Along the Edingthorpe Circular, the Paston Way is signposted with a white arrow on a pink background. This marking provides clear guidance along the way.

You can also consider Edingthorpe as a starting point or stopping place on the historic long-distance walking route, the Paston Way: sections of the route are accessible from Edingthorpe. The Paston Way runs for 22 miles between Cromer and North Walsham. This places different scales side by side – from the approximately one-hour Circular to the longer walking trail. The Paston Heritage Walk also follows a grass-covered path across fields towards Edingthorpe Church. Those travelling with children or wishing to combine several interests within a group can therefore choose between a short circular walk and longer sections of the route, without having to infer a specific day itinerary from the facts about the area.

All Saints Church: an exceptional historic destination

All Saints Church is a Grade I listed building and has a round tower. Its history dates back to the late Saxon or early Norman period. The north wall features 14th-century wall paintings depicting Saint Christopher with the Christ Child. The rood screen also dates from the 14th century and is one of the earliest surviving rood screens in Norfolk.

These details make the church an interesting destination for anyone who wants to discover not only the landscape but also church art and medieval architectural history during a walk. The church's historical identity invites you to include it in your own travel plans without presupposing any particular opening or viewing opportunity.

Historic village features and quiet routes

Another listed building in Edingthorpe is The Old Rectory, a Grade II building. It was originally used as a rectory and dates from around 1720. The war poet Siegfried Sassoon also spent his summer holidays there as a child. Together with All Saints Church, The Old Rectory offers a historic perspective on the village and its buildings.

Quiet country lanes run through the Edingthorpe area and are suitable for walking and cycling. This allows you to vary your holiday days: one day with the marked Circular, another with a section of the Paston Way, or with a quieter cycling outing.

Getting there and further destinations

For journeys to towns in North Norfolk, North Norfolk Community Transport offers a Dial-a-Ride service: passengers are collected from home and brought back to their front door after the journey. This regional service can be taken into account when planning additional excursions.

For further travel planning, you can also discover the places Cromer, Caister-On-Sea, Sculthorpe, Acle, North Wootton, Dersingham, Lyng and Weybourne.

For the higher-level travel overview: Norfolk.