Hethel Church is a bit off the beaten track, up a cul-de-sac from the west end of Bracon Ash, where School Road meets Cranes Lane.
The building is old (the cornered flint tower is Norman, and has been dated 1110AD by dendrochronology – just a little older than Norwich Cathedral!) but in excellent condition, with an unusual 17th century alabaster monument at one end – the beautifully carved effigies of the members of the Branthwaite family. The church is unusually light – not a piece of stained glass in sight – and beautifully kept.