Walsingham Abbey & The Shirehall Museum

13/10/2026

International recognition for Walsingham.

13/10/2026

Autumn is a peaceful time to visit Walsingham. We are open daily until Sunday 1st November, 11am-4pm.

Walsingham has been named among Europe’s holiest places with a history stretching back nearly 1,000 years.

24/09/2026

FAKENHAM ROAD CLOSURE UPDATE

The repair work to the Abbey park wall alongside the Fakenham Road is nearly complete.

The road will be reopened tomorrow Friday 25th from 5pm.

A post for those of you interested in traditional flint and brick repairs using lime mortar.

22/09/2026

A chance to learn about RAF North Creake, the WWII airfield that played a remarkable role in the build-up to D-Day. The site spanned the Holkham and Walsingham Estates.

Short walking tour of RAF North Creake
Saturday 24 October 2026
11am - 1pm
Optional light lunch at the Control Tower afterwards

We have been given kind permission by the land owners (Holkham and Walsingham Abbey) to lead a short walking tour around the former RAF North Creake airfield sites. Taking in part of the technical site, runway, peritrack, hangars sites, parts of the communal site and ending at the memorial.

Meet at the Control Tower at 11am

£15 per person

Optional lunch of soup and rolls £15 per person

Stout footwear, warm coats and brollies would be a good idea!

To book please email us - we have a limited number of spaces for this tour.

It is a rare opportunity to see areas of the airfield that are on private land.

Claire & Nigel
[email protected]

08/09/2026

Apologies for another road closure. A stretch of the park wall alongside Fakenham Road is being repaired. We hope that it will be done well inside the time frame (a month) but the work is at the mercy of the weather. Contact the Estate Office for more information 01328 820259

08/09/2026

ROAD CLOSURE in WALSINGHAM

Unfortunately a section of the flint wall which runs along the Fakenham Road just south of the village has developed a pronounced lean, together with several holes appearing. In order to repair this safely, the road has had to be closed.

The bus is therefore turning in to Blind Dick’s Lane and will travel via the coach park in both directions. The bus will not be going via Common Place so the best place to catch it will be at the stops near the school.

While this work is going on this stretch of road will be a bit quieter for walkers and cyclists!

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

21/07/2026

We’ve cut and baled the meadow so now there’s a lot more space for running around!

24/06/2026

More work has to be done to this magnificent 200-year-old cedar to make it safe. Fun for crane enthusiasts.

Meanwhile the scaffolding you see is to enable repairs to the stonework above the Crypt. Unlike the rest of the house which is rendered, the Music Room, added in the 1840s, and built over the Crypt, was clad in stone. This started to crack and fall off some time ago so it’s very pleasing to finally be able to repair it. With luck we should be able to reopen the Crypt by the end of July.

22/05/2026

Walk the Walsingham Way from King’s Lynn

01/05/2026

A further update from the Walsingham Estate on the works to the Guild House in Bridewell Street.

The scaffold will soon be removed. The last of the reinforcement works remains to be completed at the lower levels. A mild soot wash to soften the colour of the new lime mortars will be applied. Bridewell Street is scheduled to reopen by Friday 8th May.

Shows the recently repaired weaver's window, with knapped flint gallets and lime mortar pointing below the window, the pointing brought to the face of flintwork as it was likely to have been constructed originally, the lime mortar had been eroded by weather and vibration leading to its current recessed appearance in turn leading to flints becoming loose and falling out in various locations.