English Heritage sites near Tring Rural Parish
BERKHAMSTED CASTLE
7 miles from Tring Rural 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
14 miles from Tring Rural 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 Tring Rural 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
16 miles from Tring Rural 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
17 miles from Tring Rural 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.
WREST PARK
17 miles from Tring Rural Parish
Explore the evolution of the English garden and take a stroll through three centuries of landscape design at Wrest Park.
Churches in Tring Rural Parish
Long Marston: All Saints
Station Road
Long Marston
Aylesbury
(01442) 822170
http://www.tringteamparish.org.uk
All Saints, Long Marston is part of the Tring Team Parish. We are a liberal inclusive church open to all. All Saints is a small young friendly congregation. The main act of worship is at 10 am on Sunday mornings. On the 3rd Sunday of each month there is a Worship for All Service which attracts a larger congregation. On the second Sunday at 6 pm we have a short service with a reflection to finish the day. We have coffee monthly on Tuesday afternoons usually on the 4th Tuesday.
Please feel free to come and join us. All Saints has a very relaxed and welcoming congregation.
Access to the church during the week can be organised if you contact us in advance.
Puttenham: St Mary
Church Road
Puttenham
Tring
(01442) 822170
http://www.tringteamparish.org.uk
St Mary's is part of the Tring Team Parish, inclusive liberal and open to all.
St Mary's is a beautiful medieval church in a picturesque location. We have recently re-ordered the church with a new floor giving level access and new lighting and heating systems.
We worship using the Book of Common Prayer in the main and our services are at 3.30pm. On the first Sunday of the month there is a Holy Communion BCP, the second Sunday is Evening Prayer, the third Sunday we have Taize Worship and on the fourth Sunday of the month we have a Choral Evensong followed by tea. Fifth Sunday is Sunday Worship. Major festivals are also celebrated.
St Mary's is an ideal location for weddings (of up to 100 people) and there is a hall available for hire, and sometimes people attach a marquee to the hall to make the ideal wedding venue.
Wilstone: St Cross
Tring Road
Wilstone
Tring
01442822170
http://www.tringteamparish.org.uk
St Cross part of Tring team Parish is inclusive liberal and open to all. (Known affectionately as the small Church with a big heart)
St. Cross is a village church and built in 1877, the church is a small and friendly community which meets every Sunday at 10am. A small extension was added for the millennium 2000 to provide an improved entrance, kitchen facility, access ramp and toilet to disability standards.
On the first and third Sundays, Holy Communion (Common Worship) is celebrated. Sunday Worship ( a service based on Morning Prayer) is held on the second and fifth Sundays and Worship for All on the fourth. Each service has sung hymns and afterwards we catch up with each other over tea or coffee.
On Tuesdays (10-30am – noon) we hold a thriving coffee morning which is open to all with some delicious cakes. On the fourth Tuesday we have a service of Holy Communion (Common Worship) at 10am. preceding the coffee morning.
There are also several special services including:- Easter, Harvest, one for Pets, Rosemary for Remembrance, Christmas Eve Carols, as well as baptisms, weddings and funerals.
The church is open every day ( between 9am and 5pm ) and there is a small lending library for all to use. The building can also be made available for secular uses such as meetings and rehearsals. ( the local choir ‘Sing Wilstone’ currently use it every Tuesday at 7pm during school terms.)