English Heritage sites near Watermead Parish
BERKHAMSTED CASTLE
12 miles from Watermead 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
19 miles from Watermead 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
19 miles from Watermead Parish
Among the largest sepulchral chapels attached to any English church, this cruciform mausoleum houses a remarkable sequence of 17 sculpted and effigied monuments.
HOUGHTON HOUSE
20 miles from Watermead 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.
ROMAN WALL OF ST ALBANS
20 miles from Watermead 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.
WREST PARK
21 miles from Watermead Parish
Explore the evolution of the English garden and take a stroll through three centuries of landscape design at Wrest Park.
No churches found in Watermead Parish
Pubs in Watermead Parish
Watermead Inn
Lakeside, Aylesbury, HP19 0FX
(01296) 433123
thewatermeadinn.co.uk/