Discover Spooner Row

Spooner Row combines impressive memorials, traces of church history and opportunities to walk through the local landscape. Anyone looking for holiday accommodation for their trip can plan their stay here around specific discoveries: a war memorial, two historic churches, public footpaths and the circular walk listed in the booklet offer different ways to explore the village.

Memorials and churches with their own history

The Spooner Row War Memorial commemorates 15 people from the local community who died in the First World War. Its appearance is clear and distinctive: the memorial consists of a roughly hewn grey granite cross with a wheel-cross head. It is a First World War memorial supplemented by an addition commemorating the Second World War. For visitors interested in local history, this site offers a tangible connection to the Spooner Row community.

The churches, too, tell of different chapters in the village’s history. Spooner Row Church was built as a school by John Buckler in 1843. It may stand on the site of the Holy Trinity Guildhall. Holy Trinity Church was built in 1847 by the Wattlefield Estate as a “chapel of ease” for the hamlets of Spooner Row, Suton and Wattlefield at the time. The two churches provide historical points of interest for anyone who wants not only to view buildings but also to understand their origins and former purpose.

Walking through landscape and history

Public footpaths in the Spooner Row community offer views of the local landscape. One specific way to combine exercise with exploring the village is the Spooner Row Walk: the circular route is 3.5 miles long and is listed as number 11 in the booklet “Walks in and around Wymondham”. Take this distance into account when planning your day and choose accommodation that suits the way you want to organise your stay. Those who prefer shorter visits combined with cultural stops can focus on the churches and the war memorial; anyone who prefers a longer circuit can include the Spooner Row Walk in their plans.

Another historical clue can be found at Wick Hall. The site is shown on the first Ordnance Survey map produced in the 1880s as an area surrounded by a moat. This makes Wick Hall an additional historical reference, complementing the other sites with a cartographically documented depiction of the local past. The information is particularly useful for visitors who, during their stay, want to consider older depictions of the landscape alongside visible buildings.

Getting there and choosing accommodation

When travelling to the area, bear in mind that Spooner Row railway station is served by trains only on a very limited basis. This information is important for your own travel planning before you choose holiday accommodation. Depending on your priorities, you can then decide whether the village’s history, the 3.5-mile circular route or the landscape views from the footpaths should be the main focus. In this way, your choice of accommodation is guided by the experiences you are actually seeking in Spooner Row, without reducing the village to just one attraction.

For more destinations to include in your travel plans, you can also discover Winterton-on-Sea, East Runton, Wiggenhall Saint Peter, Brundall, Matlaske, South Creake, Great Bircham and Aldeby.

For the higher-level travel overview: Norfolk.