Ranworth

Ranworth

St Helen's church
Ranworth
 Ranworth shown within Norfolk
OS grid referenceTG359145
Civil parishRanworth
DistrictBroadland
Shire countyNorfolk
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
EU Parliament East of England
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Coordinates: 52°40′39″N 1°29′17″E / 52.677628°N 1.488189°E / 52.677628; 1.488189

Ranworth is a village in Norfolk, England in The Broads, adjacent to Malthouse Broad and Ranworth Broad.

Church of St Helen

The 16th-century St. Helen's church, known as 'the Cathedral of the Broads',[1] has a fine 15th century painted rood screen and a rare Antiphoner. It is a Grade I listed building[2] From the top of Ranworth church's 100-foot (30 m) tower one can see many of the broads and rivers, as well as the Happisburgh lighthouse.

Notes

  1. Standford, David (2007). Norfolk Churches (1st ed.). Frances Lincoln Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 978-0711227422. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  2. "Images of England". English Heritage.

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