Looking across the fields towards the church of St Mary, the official name of the church is St Mary the Virgin, Blundeston with St Andrew, Flixton, this came about when in 1705 the church at nearby Flixton was destroyed in a gale and never repaired so in 1724 the two parishes were joined into one hence the long name, the font from St Andrews church today stands in St Mary's churchyard.

The round tower of St Mary's is an original Saxon tower pre dating the Norman conquest of 1066, as can be seen some 400 hundred years later the tower was heightened. Over the centuries various churches have been built onto the tower and many parts of these remain and are incorporated into the present church.

Another view of the church tower and doorway. 'There is nothing half so green as I know anywhere, as the grass of that churchyard; nothing so shady as its trees; nothing half so quiet as its tombstons' is a quote from David Copperfield about this wonderful church.