English Heritage sites near Edlesborough Parish
BERKHAMSTED CASTLE
6 miles from Edlesborough 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.
OLD GORHAMBURY HOUSE
10 miles from Edlesborough 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.
ROMAN WALL OF ST ALBANS
12 miles from Edlesborough 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.
DE GREY MAUSOLEUM, FLITTON
13 miles from Edlesborough Parish
Among the largest sepulchral chapels attached to any English church, this cruciform mausoleum houses a remarkable sequence of 17 sculpted and effigied monuments.
WREST PARK
13 miles from Edlesborough Parish
Explore the evolution of the English garden and take a stroll through three centuries of landscape design at Wrest Park.
HOUGHTON HOUSE
14 miles from Edlesborough 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.
Churches in Edlesborough Parish
All Saints
Pubs in Edlesborough Parish
Red Lion
21 Main Road North, Dagnall, HP4 1QZ
(01442) 843020
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Swan
Travellers Rest
Tring Road, Edlesborough, LU6 2EE
(01525) 221841
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