Village

Castle Acre is an unusual and historic village set in the county of Norfolk within easy driving distance of the beautiful coast.
It was probably settled originally by the Iceni before the Romans came to develop the Peddars Way as a military road between Brancaster and Thetford.
Later the area was invaded by Teutonic pagan tribes from East Anglia and Europe .Castle Acre was one of the most important manors mentioned in the Doomsday Book in 1086AD. It has the ruins of a large Norman castle which was founded soon after the Norman Conquest of 1066 and a Cluniac Priory founded in the late 11th Century and disbanded by Henry VIII between 1536 and 1540, as well as several other historic features that make it an exciting place to explore on foot.
There are several shops in the village, including a well stocked general store and post office, toy shop, deli, hair dressers and pottery.

On the pretty village green, known as Stocks Green, there are two country pubs, the Ostrich Inn and Albert Victor serving traditional fare and real ale and two tea-rooms serving light lunches, morning coffee and afternoon tea. The village sign commemorates the Festival of Britain 1951 and the Coronation 1953. Nearby at Newton, Castle Acre there is also the George & Dragon which serves real ale and good food.

Next to the Albert Victor is a small street called Drury Lane, which used to be the home of an old flint barn that was used as a theatre and it is understood that there is an original handbill from this theatre dated from December 1812.