English Heritage sites near Watton-at-Stone Parish
WALTHAM ABBEY GATEHOUSE AND BRIDGE
13 miles from Watton-at-Stone Parish
A fine 14th century gatehouse, bridge and other remains of the abbey refounded by Harold, last Saxon King of England.
ROMAN WALL OF ST ALBANS
13 miles from Watton-at-Stone 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
14 miles from Watton-at-Stone 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
16 miles from Watton-at-Stone Parish
Explore the evolution of the English garden and take a stroll through three centuries of landscape design at Wrest Park.
PRIOR'S HALL BARN
17 miles from Watton-at-Stone 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.
HILL HALL
17 miles from Watton-at-Stone Parish
This fine Elizabethan mansion features some of the earliest external Renaissance architectural detail in the country.
Churches in Watton-at-Stone Parish
St Andrew & St Mary
Church Lane
Watton at Stone
Hertford
01920 830035
Welcome to St Andrew and St Mary's Watton-at Stone
‘We are pilgrims on a journey,
fellow travellers on the road;
we are here to help each other
walk the mile and bear the load.'
The church is OPEN DAILY 10am to 3pm. For more information contact churchwardens Helen Mc Cash 01920 830665 or Ian Knight 07778401799
We have adopted the Diocese's Safeguarding policies and practice. Safeguarding contacts: Pauline Bunce 01920 830512 and Denise Hodgson 01920 830152. Safeguarding lead: Tim Alexander 01438 880519 [email protected]
Our usual Sunday service is 9 30am 2nd and 4th Sundays. There are services on 1st and 3rd Sundays at 11 15am in nearby Stapleford, Aston and Waterford churches. Services in church, You Tube and Zoom are listed in the weekly newsletter and Parish News including a weekly Tuesday Bible Study and Night Prayer. To receive a daily Thought for the Day or the weekly newsletter email Revd Canon Jenny: [email protected]
Our beautiful historic church is a special place to mark the important events of our lives: for Weddings and Banns enquiries contact Pauline: [email protected]
For Baptism (Christening), Funerals, Blessings, Confirmation, Pastoral enquiries contact Revd Canon Jenny: [email protected] 01920 830035 Mondays are my usual day off.
St Andrew and St Mary's is part of the Beane Valley Benefice with St Mary's Aston, St Andrew's Bramfield, St Mary's Stapleford and St Michael and all Angels Waterford. Revd Jenny works with the Ministry Team of Revd Angela Lynas (Associate Priest) and Mrs Janet Bird (Reader). We are part of the Diocese of St Albans www.stalbans.anglican.org.
Children are welcome. We have a children's corner with activity bags for 0-2's and 3-5's. We have links with Watton at Stone and Heath Mount Schools.
We have adopted the Diocese's Safeguarding policies and practice. Safeguarding contacts: Pauline Bunce 01920 830512 and Denise Hodgson 01920 830152. Safeguarding lead: Tim Alexander 01438 880519
Bookworms Book group 3rd Fridays with meal + drinks email [email protected] newcomers welcome.
Bellringers meet on Monday evenings. Contact: Keith Carpenter 01920 830479 Choir (all ages): contact Denise Hodgson 01920830152 Flower arranging, church cleaning, help with the churchyard and special events contact Church Wardens: Ian Knight, [email protected] 01920 830448 or Helen McCash 01920 830665 [email protected] Friends of Watton Church: contact Helen McCash Food for the Hertford Food Bank can be brought to church or left at the Rectory, Church Lane SG14 3RD. Church and village events are reported in the free monthly Parish News (click link on website). Contact for Parish News: [email protected]
Pubs in Watton-at-Stone Parish
Bull
113 High Street, Watton at Stone, SG14 3SB
(01920) 831032
thebullwatton.co.uk
George & Dragon
Dating back to the 16th century, the George and Dragon has been a licensed house since before 1619. Large rambling pub at the centre of the village focussing mainly on food, but drinkers are welcome in the bar and garden. Petanque is a majo...
Waggon & Horses
Timber-framed 16th century listed pub at the north end of the village. The current tenant has rescued it from it's previous neglected state, and is now rapidly comimng back to the community pub it used to be.