English Heritage sites near Lilley Parish
WREST PARK
6 miles from Lilley 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 Lilley 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 Lilley 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
12 miles from Lilley 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
13 miles from Lilley 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.
BERKHAMSTED CASTLE
14 miles from Lilley 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.
Churches in Lilley Parish
St Peter
West Street
Lilley
Stopsley, Luton
01462 768 123
http://www.kingswaldenoffleylilley.com
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Pubs in Lilley Parish
Lilley Arms
41 West Street, Lilley, LU2 8LN
(01462) 768371
lilleyarms-lilley.co.uk
Silver Lion
Now a house.