English Heritage sites near Whipsnade Parish
BERKHAMSTED CASTLE
6 miles from Whipsnade 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
9 miles from Whipsnade 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
10 miles from Whipsnade 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
12 miles from Whipsnade 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
12 miles from Whipsnade Parish
Explore the evolution of the English garden and take a stroll through three centuries of landscape design at Wrest Park.
HOUGHTON HOUSE
13 miles from Whipsnade 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 Whipsnade Parish
St Mary Magdalene
The Green
Whipsnade
Dunstable
(01582) 872552
http://www.parishlink.org.uk
The Church is bright and friendly, with a welcoming atmosphere. More than half of members travel to the church from outside the village because of the warm welcome that they received when they visited.
The building is simple, built of brick with a 16th century tower, nave (1719) supposedly designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, and apse added in 1860 - one of the Victorians' better ideas! The pulpit and altar rail are Jacobean, from the previous church. The interior is light and well maintained. It is set at the back of the village green in a well kept churchyard where conservation is taken seriously.
Services are said, mainly traditional, but people are open to new ideas.
At present, we are hoping to be allowed to build a small vestry and toilet extension so that we can use the church for community events.
Pubs in Whipsnade Parish
Old Hunters Lodge
The Crossroads, Whipsnade, LU6 2LN
(01582) 872246
oldhunterslodge.co.uk