STEVENAGE, St Nicholas Rectory Lane
SG1 4DA
0800-1830 (services at 0800, 1000, 1630 &1830); refreshments & guided tours,
1200-1600
- Oldest building in Stevenage (Norman & later); rood screen; stained glass.
LEVERSTOCK GREEN, Holy Trinity Bedmond Rd, Hemel Hempstead HP3
8LP
1330-1630; refreshments; history of church/village exhibition; displays by church
groups; quiz sheets; choirs; Traidcraft stall
- 1846; window by local artist John Lawson, whose work is seen in cathedrals.
THREE RIVERS
ABBOT’S LANGLEY, Ascension Church Hill, Bedmond
WD5 0RW
1400-1700; cream teas
- ‘Tin’ church; wooden interior with fine painted decoration; bell in the steeple.
ABBOT’S LANGLEY, St Lawrence High St
WD5 0AS
1100-1700; morning coffee & afternoon tea; registers & records; tower open
- Font of 1400; interesting memorials; birthplace of only English Pope (Adrian IV).
CHIPPERFIELD, St Paul The Common
WD4 9BS
0900-1800; cream teas, 1400-1700
- Organ; re-ordered interior (chancel at west end); west window by John Hayward.
CROXLEY GREEN, St Oswald 17 Malvern Way
WD3 3QL
1500-1830 (1830 service with the church’s light music group)
- 1937, dual-purpose church/hall; 50th anniv. of consecration; modern stained glass.
OXHEY, St Matthew Eastbury Rd, Watford
WD19 4ST
1100-1600; refreshments; book-, craft- & gift-stalls; organ music; guided tours
- Karl Parsons window; World War I memorials; new altar frontals.
RICKMANSWORTH, St Mary Church St
WD3 1ED
0800-1900; church tour leaflet
- E window by Burne-Jones; largely late Victorian; 17th cent. brass; ecumenical.
SARRATT, Holy Cross Church Lane
WD3 6HE
1100-1700; near Chess Valley Walk – information for walkers
- Saddleback tower roof; wall-paintings (c.1370); large puddingstone corners.
EAST HERTFORDSHIRE – NORTH-EAST
ARDELEY, St Lawrence The Green
SG2 7AQ
0945-1830
- 15th cent. roof with carved angels; rood loft (by F.C. Eden); ancient bells.
ASPENDEN, St Mary Aspenden Rd
SG9 9PG
0930-1600 (service 0930-1100); refreshments
- Lavish 16th cent. south porch; stained glass windows; memorials.
ASTON, St Mary Broadwater Lane
SG2 7EJ
1000-1600; refreshments
- 13th, 15th & 19th cent.; stained glass; churchyard; bells & bell-ringers.
BENINGTON, St Peter Church Green
SG2 7LH
1200-1800; lunches & teas in Parish Hall; annual Petertide Flower Festival
- Late-13th cent. sedilia & piscina; altar tombs; ancient yew in churchyard.
BISHOP’S STORTFORD, Holy Trinity South Street
CM23 3BQ
1000- 1600; strawberry cream teas; knitted goods stall
- Stained glass east window; Christus Rex; rainbow font bowl.
BRENT PELHAM, St Mary the Virgin
SG9 0HE
Open all day
- Early 14th cent. tracery; tomb of Piers Shonks, dragon-slayer; new royal arms
COTTERED, St John the Baptist on B1037 just off A507
SG9 9QA
0900-1800; Village Day – stalls & refreshments throughout village; vintage cars
- 14th cent. with Perpendicular windows; dramatic St Christopher painting; 50ft
Hertfordshire ‘spike’ on tower (landmark for miles around).
WATFORD
LEAVESDEN, All Saints Horseshoe Lane, Garston
WD25 7HJ
1000-1630 (service 1000 followed by picnic lunch; 1530 Open Air Songs of Praise
followed by strawberry tea)
- Victorian listed building (Gilbert Scott); recently restored stained glass.
EASTWICK, St Botolph
CM20 2QY
1100-1600
- 13th cent., rebuilt in 1872; imposing chancel arch; important 13th cent. effigy.