Broadgrace Church

The church sits quietly off a Norfolk lane, the sort of place you'd stumble upon by accident if you weren't looking at your phone. Broadgrace is a proper working parish church with real character - proper medieval bones with later additions that tell you the congregation actually cared enough to keep improving the place over centuries rather than just leaving it to crumble.

You get the usual Norfolk church treats: decent stained glass, a font that's seen generations baptised, and that peculiar peace that comes from walking into somewhere that's been doing the same job since the 1300s. It's not going to knock your socks off with theatrical grandeur, but there's genuine integrity in the stonework and the way it's been maintained.

The real draw is if you're already exploring the Wroxham area - five or six miles south - and fancy a quiet walk through proper countryside. This isn't somewhere you'd make a special trip for, but it rewards a diversion. Come on a weekday morning if you can, when the light comes through cleaner and you won't be dodging school parties.

Staying at Two Mills or Dilham Hall puts you well positioned for a casual loop taking in the church. Allow twenty minutes to half an hour inside if you're actually interested in the architecture. It's free to enter, obviously, though most people leave a donation. Families with younger kids might find ten minutes enough unless they're proper history types.