English Heritage sites near Meppershall Parish
WREST PARK
3 miles from Meppershall Parish
Explore the evolution of the English garden and take a stroll through three centuries of landscape design at Wrest Park.
DE GREY MAUSOLEUM, FLITTON
5 miles from Meppershall 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
6 miles from Meppershall 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.
BUSHMEAD PRIORY
15 miles from Meppershall Parish
Bushmead Priory is a rare survival of the complete refectory of an Augustinian priory, with a fine timber roof and notable 14th century wall paintings.
OLD GORHAMBURY HOUSE
18 miles from Meppershall 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
19 miles from Meppershall 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 Meppershall Parish
St Mary's Meppershall
Church Road
Meppershall
Shefford
01462 339962
https://stmarysmeppershall.org.uk
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Services
1st Sunday: 11.00 Morning Worship
2nd Sunday: 11.00 Holy Communion
3rd Sunday: 11.00 Morning Worship
4th Sunday 11.00 Holy Communion
5th Sunday Benefice Service - check venue
Wednesdays: 10.00 Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer Traditional)
Daily Livestream: 9am Lectio 365 Morning Prayer 9pm Night Prayer Compline
1st & 3rd Tuesdays 2-4pm Rectory Teas
Pubs in Meppershall Parish
Sugar Loaf
Built in 1870 as a beerhouse by Wells & Co, Biggleswade, it obtained a full licence in 1956 and was taken over by Greene King in 1961. It remains an old fashioned local village pub, where the partition between the public and lounge bar was...