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A perfect example of a neo Gothic Victorian church and its parochial buildings designed by George Edmund Street in a unique collegiate style surrounding a peaceful enclosed quadrangle.

The church is Victorian and was built by the 10th Duke of St Albans for use by his family, estate workers and the villagers.

The county boundary makes several peculiar changes of direction in this area, with the result that the church and its yard are in Norfolk, while most of the rest of Walsoken is in Cambridgeshire.

Originally a Methodist Church, planned to cater to the new Park Rise estate, built in the early 1960s.

The original chapel was built around 1746 by Richard Smedley, a mining magnate from Risley, on land given by the Earl of Stamford.

St Matthew's is a handsome church with a tall spire, the history of which can be traced back to 1378.

The churchyard has a distinct curve to it perhaps following the shape of an underlying moat and ancient meeting place. An ancient Yew tree reckoned to be between 1,000 and 2,000 years old also stands in the churchyard.

This is a small church in a village with a long history going back to Norman times.