English Heritage sites near Weedon Parish
BERKHAMSTED CASTLE
13 miles from Weedon 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.
DE GREY MAUSOLEUM, FLITTON
19 miles from Weedon 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
19 miles from Weedon 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.
OLD GORHAMBURY HOUSE
19 miles from Weedon 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.
WREST PARK
20 miles from Weedon Parish
Explore the evolution of the English garden and take a stroll through three centuries of landscape design at Wrest Park.
ROMAN WALL OF ST ALBANS
21 miles from Weedon 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.
Churches in Weedon Parish
Old School Room Chapel
High Street
Weedon
Aylesbury
(01296) 641606
http://www.weedonbucks.org.uk
The Church in Weedon meets on Thursdays for Holy Communion with a different Rev'd each week rotating in the month
The Old School Room is now the village hall where parties, meetings etc. can be held.
For more info about Hardwick and Weedon copy and paste this address into your browser:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42579&strquery=Hardwick
Pubs in Weedon Parish
Five Elms
4 Stockaway, Weedon, HP22 4NL
(01296) 641439
fiveelmsweedon.com/