English Heritage sites near Holwell Parish
WREST PARK
5 miles from Holwell 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
7 miles from Holwell 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
9 miles from Holwell 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.
OLD GORHAMBURY HOUSE
16 miles from Holwell 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
16 miles from Holwell 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.
BUSHMEAD PRIORY
17 miles from Holwell 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.
Churches in Holwell Parish
St Peter's Church
Pirton Road
Holwell
Hitchin
(01462) 712230
For centuries village life throughout England has been centered on the Parish Church - and Holwell was no exception. There must have been some primitive place of worship in the village when the Saxon King Edgar granted the charter in 968. It is believed that there have been four churches on the same site since that time.
No churches found in Holwell Parish