English Heritage sites near Benington Parish
ROMAN WALL OF ST ALBANS
14 miles from Benington 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.
OLD GORHAMBURY HOUSE
15 miles from Benington 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.
WREST PARK
15 miles from Benington Parish
Explore the evolution of the English garden and take a stroll through three centuries of landscape design at Wrest Park.
WALTHAM ABBEY GATEHOUSE AND BRIDGE
15 miles from Benington Parish
A fine 14th century gatehouse, bridge and other remains of the abbey refounded by Harold, last Saxon King of England.
PRIOR'S HALL BARN
16 miles from Benington Parish
One of the finest surviving medieval barns in eastern England, tree-ring dated to the mid-15th century, with a breathtaking aisled interior and crown post roof, the product of some 400 oaks.
DE GREY MAUSOLEUM, FLITTON
17 miles from Benington Parish
Among the largest sepulchral chapels attached to any English church, this cruciform mausoleum houses a remarkable sequence of 17 sculpted and effigied monuments.
Churches in Benington Parish
St Peter, Benington
Church Green
Benington
Stevenage, Aston or Walkern
http://Ubbw.org.uk
We are an active Church community and pastorally very active in the village. We run many groups including:Coffee Mornings every Thursday; Lunch Club, one Thursday a month; Children's Club...
Please make contact with us. We are open, dawn to dusk, as long as our volunteers are able to help!
Pubs in Benington Parish
Bell
4 Town Lane, Benington, SG2 7LA
(01438) 869827
thebellinbenington.co.uk/
Lordship Arms
42 Whempstead Road, Benington, SG2 7BX
(01438) 869665
lordshiparms.com