English Heritage sites near Wymondley Parish
WREST PARK
9 miles from Wymondley Parish
Explore the evolution of the English garden and take a stroll through three centuries of landscape design at Wrest Park.
DE GREY MAUSOLEUM, FLITTON
11 miles from Wymondley Parish
Among the largest sepulchral chapels attached to any English church, this cruciform mausoleum houses a remarkable sequence of 17 sculpted and effigied monuments.
HOUGHTON HOUSE
13 miles from Wymondley Parish
Houghton House today is the shell of a 17th century mansion commanding magnificent views, reputedly the inspiration for the ‘House Beautiful’ in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
ROMAN WALL OF ST ALBANS
14 miles from Wymondley Parish
A section of the two-mile long wall built between AD 265 and 270 to defend the Roman city of Verulamium: including the foundations of towers and the London Gate.
OLD GORHAMBURY HOUSE
14 miles from Wymondley Parish
The remains of a once immense mansion built in 1563-8 by Sir Nicholas Bacon, Queen Elizabeth’s Lord Keeper and visited by the queen on at least four occasions.
BERKHAMSTED CASTLE
18 miles from Wymondley Parish
Visit the substantial remains of a strong and important motte and bailey castle dating from the 11th to 13th centuries, with surrounding walls, ditches and earthworks.
Churches in Wymondley Parish
St Mary the Virgin
St Mary the Virgin
Pubs in Wymondley Parish
Bucks Head
Farmhouse
Redcoats Green, Redcoats Green, SG4 7JR
(01438) 729500
farmhouseatredcoats.co.uk
Green Man
The Green, Arch Road, Great Wymondley, SG4 7EU
(01438) 357217
greenmanwymondley.co.uk/
Hermit of Redcoats
Redcoats Green, Little Wymondley, Titmore Green, SG4 7JR
(01438) 747333
Plume of Feathers
Thistle Hotel
Blakemore End Road, Little Wymondley, SG4 7JJ
0870 333 9145
thistlehotels.com