English Heritage sites near Kensworth Parish
BERKHAMSTED CASTLE
7 miles from Kensworth 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
9 miles from Kensworth 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
10 miles from Kensworth 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
11 miles from Kensworth 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
11 miles from Kensworth Parish
Explore the evolution of the English garden and take a stroll through three centuries of landscape design at Wrest Park.
HOUGHTON HOUSE
13 miles from Kensworth 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 Kensworth Parish
St Mary the Virgin
Church End (off Hollicks Lane)
Kensworth
Dunstable
http://www.parishlink.org.uk
St Mary's is a Church of England parish church, located in the Bedfordshire village of Kensworth. It was mainly built in the early 1100's and is an important spiritual centre and meeting place for the community.
We have a thriving Sunday School and Messy Church, and a monthly First Steps service for babies, toddlers and their parents or carers. Other annual services reflect our rural roots, including May Day, Rogation (held at local farms) and Harvest Festival. A recent development at St Mary's is a form of liturgy called Music and Word where organ music is given a central prominence and readings taken from the Bible and contemporary poetry.
St Mary's stands in the broadest tradition of the Anglican church - we welcome all to all services, young and old, enquirers and regular worshippers. We believe that all should feel at home in God's all-encompassing love.
You are most welcome to join us at St Mary's Kensworth.
Sometimes the form of service changes - it's always worth checking the website www.parishlink.org.uk which we try to keep updated.
Pubs in Kensworth Parish
Dunstable Downs Golf Club
Whipsnade Road, Kensworth, Dunstable, LU6 2NB
(01525) 876556
Farmers Boy
216 Common Road, Kensworth, LU6 2PJ
(01582) 872207
farmersboykensworth.co.uk
Packhorse
A Grade II listed, 18th Century 'island' restaurant/pub on the A5 Kensworth turn with whitewashed brick and exposed timber-framing to north gable end. Primarily a Chinese restaurant. Bottled beers are sold including from Brewdog.