Church of All Saints, Waterden

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The Church of All Saints Waterden is an ancient and spiritual place. There may have been a church on or near this site since the Anglo-Saxon period. Its fortunes have fluctuated over the centuries as the unusual features of the building suggest. The village it served has vanished, but All Saints' remains active as a place of worship and is open to everyone.

All Saints is a Chapel of Ease in the Parish of South Creake with Waterden and part of the Creakes Benefice.

The church's remoteness and peaceful charm has attracted some well-known people. The playwright Alan Bennett has written about it in his diaries and the cartoonist Osbert Lancaster drew a delightful line drawing of the church.

All Saints' was extensively restored in 2018-19 with generous support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Norfolk Churches Trust, the Garfield Weston Foundation, the Geoffrey Watling Charity and the Holkham Estate.

The architects were Nicholas Warns Architects and the principal contractors were Phoenix Build.