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Beautiful 15th century 'Cathedral of the Marsh', a magnificent example of medieval craftsmanship.

Lovely 15th century church with an older Romanesque font.

Beautiful 14th century church with many original features and one famous 18th century incumbent: Parson Woodforde.

Great Walshingham is much smaller than its neighbour Little Walshingham, which gets all the attention because of the shrine and other buildings associated with Our Lady of Walshingham.

There has been a Christian church on this site since at least 633 AD, as recorded by the Veneral Bede who mentioned that there was a church and a priest during the time of the Battle of Hatfield in that same year.

It is clear from the first glimpse that this is a church out of the ordinary.

During WWII Butlins holiday camp was named HMS Royal Arthur and today the church has a Royal Arthur chapel with a memorial stained glass window.

This ancient parish church is a small pantiled structure overlooking a large green to the south and west.

A great feature of the church is the splendid barrel organ, the only one in working order still to be found in a Lincolnshire church.

Built between 1851 and 1853 at a time when the town was rapidly expanding and prosperous, the church is vast, with a magnificent tower with octagonal spire reaching to some 220 feet high, a landmark which can be seen for many miles around. 

The first church was built in the 13th century and in 1227 William de Withern was appointed vicar.