English Heritage sites near Pitstone Parish
BERKHAMSTED CASTLE
5 miles from Pitstone 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
11 miles from Pitstone 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
13 miles from Pitstone 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
15 miles from Pitstone 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
15 miles from Pitstone Parish
Explore the evolution of the English garden and take a stroll through three centuries of landscape design at Wrest Park.
HOUGHTON HOUSE
16 miles from Pitstone 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.
No churches found in Pitstone Parish
No churches found in Pitstone Parish