Historic BuildingsPreston

One of England's most beloved stately homes, Knebworth House is famous worldwide for its rock concerts and as the home of Victorian novelist Edward Bulwer Lytton ‐ author of the words The pen is mightier than the sword ‐ this beautiful gothic mansion is situated 29 miles north…
Distance: 4.2 miles away

The Cathedral and Abbey Church of Saint Alban is the seat of the Bishop of St Albans and serves the Diocese of St Albans in the counties of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, the Borough of Luton and the London Borough of Barnet.The cathedral is a centre of worship and mission…
Distance: 10.7 miles away

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.…
Distance: 14.6 miles away

The new Gardens of the Rose in St Albans, run by the Royal National Rose Society are currently being redeveloped and the first phase will open to the general public in the summer of 2007.The Royal National Rose Society have appointed leading garden designer and landscape architect Michael…
Distance: 12.5 miles away

The decorated remains of an impressive Elizabethan mansion, demonstrating the extent to which the Renaissance influenced architecture in England. Gorhambury House is a fine neo‐Palladian house, built in 1777 ‐ 84 to the designs of Sir Robert Taylor. In the Middle Ages the Gorhambury estate, lying…
Distance: 10.6 miles away

The State Rooms of this celebrated Jacobean House are rich in paintings, furniture, fine tapestries and historic armour. The extensive garden was originally planted by John Tradescant the Elder in the early 17th century. Lady Gwendolen Cecil, younger daughter of Prime Minister Salisbury, designed the West…
Distance: 10.5 miles away

This 17th‐century mansion was reputedly the inspiration for House Beautiful in Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress. Today, its remains still contain elements that justify the description, including work attributed to Inigo Jones. .…
Distance: 12.5 miles away

The shuttleworth Collection home of the 'Edwardian Flying Machines' The Shuttleworth Collection ‐ a unique flying collection showcasing the first one hundred years of flight.The Shuttleworth Collection is in a quiet countryside setting, actually on an old fashioned all grass aerodrome with eight hangars. The Collection…
Distance: 12.7 miles away

Shaw's Corner is the former home to famous Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw for over 40 years.Bernard Shaw lived in this Edwardian Arts & Crafts‐influenced house from 1906 until his death in 1950. The rooms remain much as he left them, with many literary and personal effects evoking…
Distance: 4.8 miles away

Shephalbury Park ‐ Amusement Park in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Contact venue on telephone number 01438353389 for opening times, entrance costs, and attractionsrides available at this park.…
Distance: 4.7 miles away

This is one of the most magnificent gardens in England, but one of the least well known. Unlike 'Capability' Brown's natural landscape styling, favoured during the late 18th century, Wrest Park's formal gardens provide a fascinating history of gardening styles, laid out over 150 years and inspired…
Distance: 8.7 miles away