English Heritage sites near Ridge Parish
ROMAN WALL OF ST ALBANS
5 miles from Ridge 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
7 miles from Ridge 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.
KENWOOD
10 miles from Ridge Parish
This outstanding house beside Hampstead Heath was remodelled by Robert Adam between 1764 and 1779. He transformed the original brick building into a majestic villa for the great judge, Lord Mansfield.
WALTHAM ABBEY GATEHOUSE AND BRIDGE
11 miles from Ridge Parish
A fine 14th century gatehouse, bridge and other remains of the abbey refounded by Harold, last Saxon King of England.
BERKHAMSTED CASTLE
13 miles from Ridge 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.
APSLEY HOUSE
15 miles from Ridge Parish
Apsley House, home of the first Duke of Wellington and his descendants, stands right in the heart of London at Hyde Park Corner.
Churches in Ridge Parish
St Margaret's
Crossoaks Lane
Ridge
Potters Bar
01727822157
http://www.stgiles-stmargarets.co.uk
St. Margaret's was founded in the 14th century by the Abbots of St. Albans. It is a small, but very attractive, country church, with a splendid wall painting of St. Christopher opposite the south door, and several monuments and hatchments to noble families in its walls. The belfry has a ring of six bells, in weekly use, and a feature of the church furniture is that much of it was made by Robert Thompson of Kilburn, North Yorkshire, with mice carved in curious places. It has an open churchyard (including the grave of Earl Alexander of Tunis), with public footpaths running through.
The liturgical tradition is middle of the road Anglican, with use of BCP for Holy Communion (3rd Sunday) and Matins (2nd and 5th Sundays). On other Sundays Commun Worship Communion is used. Sunday services are normally at 9.15 am. The church is open for services and normally on Saturday afternoons in Summer, as well as at other advertised times.
The parish became part of a Joint Benefice with St. Giles South Mymms in 1979 and shares a part-time SSM Vicar.
Pubs in Ridge Parish
Old Guinea
Crossoaks Lane, Ridge, EN6 3LH
(01707) 660894
theoldguinea.co.uk