English Heritage sites near Stanbridge Parish
DE GREY MAUSOLEUM, FLITTON
10 miles from Stanbridge Parish
Among the largest sepulchral chapels attached to any English church, this cruciform mausoleum houses a remarkable sequence of 17 sculpted and effigied monuments.
BERKHAMSTED CASTLE
10 miles from Stanbridge 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.
HOUGHTON HOUSE
11 miles from Stanbridge 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
11 miles from Stanbridge Parish
Explore the evolution of the English garden and take a stroll through three centuries of landscape design at Wrest Park.
OLD GORHAMBURY HOUSE
14 miles from Stanbridge 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
15 miles from Stanbridge 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 Stanbridge Parish
St John the Baptist
Tilsworth Road
Stanbridge
Leighton Buzzard
01525 211864
https://www.tstbenefice.org/
For enquiries about Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals please contact the Vicar Revd Kaushal David via email tstchurches.co.uk
St John the Baptist is part of the United Benefice of Totternhoe, Stanbridge and Tilsworth, known as the TST Benefice. The TST Benefice is part of the North Chilterns Group of parishes, comprising the Kensworth, Studham and Whipsnade parishes, and the parishes of Eaton Bray with Edelsborough and Dagnall.
Our normal Sunday services are at 9.15am.
Where there is a 5th Sunday in a month we meet with the other two churches in the TST Benefice to share a joint service.
Pubs in Stanbridge Parish
Five Bells
Station Road, Stanbridge, LU7 9JF
(01525) 210224
fivebellsstanbridge.co.uk