Red Mount Chapel — Attraction in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

One of the most recognisable historic buildings in Lynn, The Red Mount Chapel is situated in The Walks, a public park. The chapel, built between 1483-85, was used by pilgrims travelling to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham which at the time, was the second most popular destination for pilgrims in England after Canterbury.

The chapel is built to an octagonal plan and has three storeys, including the lower chapel (Ground Floor), the priest's room (First Floor), and an upper chapel (Second Floor) which was added in 1506. The upper chapel is decorated with an impressive fan-vaulted ceiling in ornate late Perpendicular Gothic style. Since it was closed for worship in the 1530’s the chapel has had several uses including water storage, gunpowder store (during the Civil War) and a stable.

Thanks to volunteers the Chapel is open to the public for a couple of days a week during the...

I would like to see more people look inside and have members of staff help you understand what you are looking at when I was looking I would of like to ask someone they to talk to me about what I was looking at and what it might of meant in them days but just be ware there are a lot of narrow staircases up and down It would not be suitable for wheelchair users because I had a child with me who was in a wheelchair and I ended up carrying her around in my arms and I found it hard enough going up to look around and I had to get a member of my family to help me down with the child because...

I love that history has been preserved in the centre of town. It is open on certain days for you to go inside and view. It's not very big so won't take long but there is so much history to learn about on the sign boards and to discover inside when it is open. Very pretty and fits in nicely at the walks with the old walk through from the original wall that used to...