St Helen’s Church is a grand medieval church, set above the Broads, and is rightly famous for three unique and beautiful treasures – the Ranworth Antiphoner, an illuminated singing book; a stunning Cantor’s desk; and simply “the greatest Rood screen in East Anglia”.
St Helen’s churchyard may be less well known, but contains its own natural beauties – with meadow buttercups, English bluebells, germander speedwell, knapweed, meadow saxifrage, ox eye daisy, primroses, wild strawberry and field wood rush.
Other species include kestrel, chaffinch and greenfinch; carder and tree bumblebees; green-veined white, brimstone and red admiral butterflies.
Best time to visit
Midsummer will see the churchyard species at their best – and you should catch sight of some of the birds and butterflies too.
Associated groups
To contact members of the Parochial Church Council visit (
https://www.dioceseofnorwich.org/about/contact/person/search?church_id=1092)
Getting involved
To find out if practical help is needed in the churchyard, please contact the churchwarden via the Broadside Parishes website
http://www.broadsideparishes.org.uk/contacts/contacts.php
or the Norwich Diocese website (
https://www.dioceseofnorwich.org/about/contact/person/search?church_id=1092)
Website
To find out more about St Helen’s church, please visit
http://www.broadsideparishes.org.uk/churches/ranworth.htm