English Heritage sites near Cheddington Parish
BERKHAMSTED CASTLE
8 miles from Cheddington 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
14 miles from Cheddington 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.
DE GREY MAUSOLEUM, FLITTON
15 miles from Cheddington Parish
Among the largest sepulchral chapels attached to any English church, this cruciform mausoleum houses a remarkable sequence of 17 sculpted and effigied monuments.
ROMAN WALL OF ST ALBANS
15 miles from Cheddington 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.
HOUGHTON HOUSE
15 miles from Cheddington 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.
WREST PARK
16 miles from Cheddington Parish
Explore the evolution of the English garden and take a stroll through three centuries of landscape design at Wrest Park.
Churches in Cheddington Parish
Cheddington: St Giles
Church Path, off station Road
Cheddington
Leighton Buzzard
01296 688593
http://www.cheddington.org.uk/thevillage/stgiles/
We are welcoming and friendly with a broad range of services. The church is used for occasional concerts.
The church has recently been decorated and the chancel roof replaced.
We have strong links with the Methodist Chapel in the village.
Pubs in Cheddington Parish
Old Swan
58 High Street, Cheddington, LU7 0RQ
(01296) 662171
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Three Horseshoes
13 Mentmore Road, Cheddington, LU7 0SD
(01296) 668367
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