English Heritage sites near Berkhamsted Parish

Berkhamsted Castle

BERKHAMSTED CASTLE

1 miles from Berkhamsted 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

OLD GORHAMBURY HOUSE

7 miles from Berkhamsted 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

ROMAN WALL OF ST ALBANS

9 miles from Berkhamsted 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

DE GREY MAUSOLEUM, FLITTON

18 miles from Berkhamsted 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

WREST PARK

18 miles from Berkhamsted Parish

Explore the evolution of the English garden and take a stroll through three centuries of landscape design at Wrest Park.

Harmondsworth Barn

HARMONDSWORTH BARN

19 miles from Berkhamsted Parish

This Grade I listed oak-framed medieval barn ranks alongside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace for its exceptional architectural and historic interest.


Churches in Berkhamsted Parish

All Saints' Church, Berkhamsted

Shrublands Road Berkhamsted
(01442) 866324
https://allsaintsberkhamsted.org.uk

All Saints' is a single-congregation Local Ecumenical Partnership (LEP) and our services contain elements from the Anglican and Methodist traditions. We welcome people from all walks of life and our services are open to all.

Our main Sunday service is at 10am (Holy Communion or Morning Worship). There are activities for children, and our regular Messy Church services offer informal and creative worship for youngsters and adults alike.

The Church is normally open seven days a week, and provides a calm space for private prayer.

Through its Anglican connections, the church is part of the Parish of Great Berkhamsted (with St Peter's Church) and the Diocese of St Albans. Through its Methodist connections it is part of the West Hertfordshire & Borders Circuit and the Beds, Essex & Herts District.

St John the Evangelist

London Rd (A4251), Bourne End Bourne End Hemel Hempstead
(01442) 865100
https://stjohnsbourneend.org/

In the 1850's the village of Bourne End was in
the parish of Northchurch and the Rector of
Northchurch, the Reverend Sir John Culme Seymour,
had felt for some time that the outlying
parishioners living to the East of Berkhamsted
should have their own place of worship. The
Rector engaged the Architect G. Gilbert Scott,
who later became one of the most commercially
successful practitioners of the Gothic Revival
Style, designing such famous buildings as the
highly ornate Albert Memorial, and the grandiose
St. Pancras Station Hotel, London. This is
believed to be one of the first churches he
designed. Work commenced in May 1853 and the
building was consecrated by the Bishop of
Rochester on May 23rd 1855. The stained glass
windows were the first designed by Alfred Bell
and made by Powells in 1854 and are particularly
good examples of his work. The church remained in
a plain and simple condition for 35 years until
1889, when Edward Curtis arranged for the church
to be decorated. He had moved into Berkhamsted
Hall and on November 6th 1888 had married Elca
Rose, daughter of Sir Francis Alscon. Tragically,
after only nine months of marriage, she died on
July 31st 1889 and Edward Curtis had the chancel
and sanctuary decorated and a new altar erected
to her memory. In 1915 the church became the
Parish Church to the new Parish of Bourne End and
had its own vicar who lived in the Vicarage next
to the Village Hall until the Reverend Smith
retired in 1956. Since then the Parish has shared
it's Vicar with the Parish of St.Michael & All
Angels, Sunnyside in Berkhamsted. In March 2001
four of the six Alfred Bell stained glass windows
were stolen. Fortunately the thieves were
disturbed before they could finish removing them.
In 2007 we opened our new extension providing a
Meeting Room and modern facilities. It was
designed by Architect Nick Wood of Blackwood
Architects of Aylesbury.

St Michael & All Angels SUNNYSIDE

Ivy House Lane, Berkhamsted, Herts Berkhamsted Berkhamsted
01442865100
http://www.sunnysidechurch.org.uk

Sunnyside Church, St Michael and All Angels, is a friendly and welcoming church family of all ages.

We have over 220 members and three regular Sunday services (The Nine, The Ten Thirty & The Six Thirty).  Our largest service is The Ten Thirty where we also run children’s activities.  On the 5th Sunday of the month, and on other special occasions like Easter and Christmas,  we hold a United service at 10am instead of our normal Sunday services.  This provides us with a time to come together as one church family and mix with those who attend different services to us.

There are loads of other things going on throughout the week, with youth and children’s activities, outreach groups, pastoral support and senior citizens lunches. We also run Messy Church once a month, usually on a Saturday afternoon.

Sunnyside Church is also linked to St John the Evangelist, a small village church a mile down the road in Bourne End, and with whom we share clergy and readers.

Do come and visit us, a warm welcome awaits you.

St Peter's, Berkhamsted

High Street Berkhamsted
(01442) 878227
http://stpetersberkhamsted.org.uk

At St Peter's we aim to give glory to God through Jesus Christ and in the power of the Holy Spirit by: the offering of our best in worship; encouraging and providing opportunity for all, both young and old, to grow in their experience, knowledge and love of God; witnessing to God's love in the world through service to the parish and community. In addition to the regular services, principal Feast Days and Holy Days are observed. St Peter's Church dates back to the early 13th century and, being open throughout the day, provides a place of quiet and prayer in the heart of the town.


Pubs in Berkhamsted Parish

Barrel & Bottle

323 High Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 1AL

Previously an Off-licence converted to an interior designers.
Berkhamsted Football Club

Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 2AL
pitchero.com/clubs/berkhamstedfootballcl...

Clubhouse open to public when Berkhamsted FC are playing at home.
Berkhamsted Golf Club

The Common, Berkhamsted, HP4 2QB
(01442) 842330

Berkhamsted Golf Club, Berkhamsted
Boat

Gravel Path, Berkhamsted, HP4 2EF
(01442) 877152
boatberkhamsted.co.uk

Opened in 1989. One large bar contains several different drinking areas and seating. One wall contains a collection of photographs of the author Graham Greene who was born in the town. The patio by the Grand Union Canal is very popular in g...
Bull

10 High Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 2BS
(01442) 767440
thebullberkhamsted.co.uk/

Good pub with canal-side garden, well worth a visit!
Crown

145 High Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 3HH
(01442) 863993
jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs/england/...

The building was first recorded as the Crown in the 18th century. Now owned by Wetherspoon, it consists of several different sections including an atmospheric front room and snug to the right, a conservatory to the side, and a more modern...
Crystal Palace

Station Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 2EZ
crystalpalace-pub.co.uk/

Built in 1854, this friendly locals' pub has been sensitively refurbished since its takeover in 2021 by the Big Smoke Brewing Co. From the street you enter a tastefully furnished L-shaped bar and dining area, decorated with eclectic paintin...
Gatsby Restaurant & Piano Bar

97 High Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 2DG
(01442) 877211

More of a cocktail bar and restaurant serving the cinema clientèle. No hand-pumps but it did sell (chilled) bottles of Bombardier and Speckled Hen.
George Inn

261 High Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 1AB
(01442) 874159

Well looked after outside, and inside there is a central island bar within a single room format. The character changes style as the room turns around the bar. Window bench seating in the front windows and high stool tables, moving into a lo...
Highwayman

262 High Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 1AQ
(01442) 285480
highwaymanberkhamsted.com/

Once a coaching inn and latterly a Raymond Blanc restaurant, now converted back to being a pub with brasserie. Very much food-oriented but it does have stools at the bar and four hand pumps. A local Tring cask ale plus another guest from fa...
Lamb

277 High Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 1AJ
(01442) 403982
thelambberkhamsted.co.uk/

Traditional roadside pub that is over 300 years old and has had a major refurbishment. The two entrances lead into separate sides connected by a narrow section in front of the bar. The left side is a restaurant at weekends.
Mad Squirrel Tap & Bottle Shop

104 High Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 2BL
(01442) 878644
madsquirrelbrew.co.uk/taprooms/berkhamst...

The Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) Brewery's second beer bar and bottle shop opened in May 2015 selling around 160 craft bottled beers, craft cans, craft cider and wine to take away. In store there also is a 14 tap tasting bar servi...
Margo's At the Old Mill

London Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 2NB
(01442) 863820

Family restaurant/pub serving Italian cuisine in a great setting with canal side seating and water wheel in courtyard patio.
Rising Sun

1 Canal Side, George Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 2EG
(01442) 864913

Traditional pub which adopted the environs of lock 55 in 2013. The four changing guest beers and fifteen real ciders/perries are accompanied by bottled French ciders, 176 gins, snuff, cigars, and unusual spirits and liqueurs. Three inside...
Rose & Crown