St Mary's Church, Redgrave

The church sits quietly in Redgrave, a few miles southeast of Norwich, its flint-faced walls catching the light in that particular way Norfolk churches do. St Mary's is a proper medieval building - 15th century mostly - with the kind of understated grandeur you find scattered across East Anglia if you know where to look. The interior has some decent carved woodwork and a screen that's worth a closer look, though it's not going to blow your mind if you're not already keen on ecclesiastical architecture.

This is really one for the church-spotting types rather than casual tourists. If you're touring the Norfolk countryside and staying at Arthur's Retreat or Applewood, it makes a decent twenty-minute detour to stretch your legs. The churchyard's pleasant enough on a decent day - the sort of place where you can sit on a bench and actually hear nothing but birds. Kids will tolerate it for about ten minutes before wanting to move on.

Access appears straightforward - it's the kind of village church you can usually get into during daylight hours, though it's worth checking locally when you arrive. There's no charge to look around. The real point of visiting is if you're doing a slow meander through Norfolk's back roads, picking off churches and villages. On its own it's not a destination. As part of a broader exploring day, it slots in nicely.