English Heritage sites near Wigginton Parish
BERKHAMSTED CASTLE
3 miles from Wigginton 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
10 miles from Wigginton 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
12 miles from Wigginton 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
18 miles from Wigginton 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
19 miles from Wigginton Parish
Explore the evolution of the English garden and take a stroll through three centuries of landscape design at Wrest Park.
HOUGHTON HOUSE
19 miles from Wigginton 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 Wigginton Parish
St Bartholomew
Wigginton
Tring
(01442) 823273
http://www.stbartholomewschurch.com
St. Bartholomew in Wigginton sits on top of the Chiltern Hills at the extreme west end of Hertfordshire.
There was a church on this site over 1000 years ago, most probably in the form of just a cross and local people and travellers would meet and worship around the cross. (see church history).
St. Bartholomew's is part of the United Benefice of Northchurch and Wigginton, two distinct parishes serving and two great communities.
Whether you live in Wigginton or a nearby village or town, or even are just visiting this corner of West Hertfordshire, you are assured of a very warm welcome .
Pubs in Wigginton Parish
Cow Roast Inn
London Road, Cow Roast, HP23 5RF
(01442) 822287
cowroastinn.com/
Greyhound
Chesham Road, Wigginton, HP23 6EH
(01442) 824631
greyhoundtring.co.uk