OPEN CHURCH SUNDAY a to Z of CHURCHES OPEN in HERTFORDSHIRE
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Across Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire OPEN CHURCH SUNDAY Sunday 21 June 2015 A to Z of CHURCHES OPEN IN HERTFORDSHIRE LOCATION, TIMINGS and ATTRACTIONS plus names of all churches open in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire listed by Postcode ‘Seek and you will find……’ (Matthew 7.7) A to Z of Churches Open in Hertfordshire ANSTEY St George SG9 0TJ Open all day Features: 398th Bomb Group stained glass window. Graffiti. Lych Gate lock up. ARDELEY St Lawrence The Green SG2 7AQ Open from 8.45am to 6.45pm . Services at 9.30am and 6.00pm Features: Rood and rood loft. Carved roof angels. High Altar reredos. History booklet ARKLEY St Peter Barnet Road EN5 3JF Open from 11.00am to 4pm Teas Features: Stained glass windows. 175th anniversary of the Church. Beautiful Lady Chapel. Flower Festival ASPENDEN St Mary SG9 9PG Open from 11.00am to 4.00pm Tea, coffee, biscuits Features: Fine 19th century stained glass. Brasses. Rural setting. ASTON St Mary Broadwater Lane SG2 7EN Open from 10.00am to 5.00pm Light refreshments available Features: The Tower. Stained glass windows. Churchyard. Possible local history exhibition AYOT ST LAWRENCE St Lawrence Bibbs Hall Lane AL6 9BZ Open throughout the day Visit www.ayotstlawrence.com for details of events BARLEY St Margaret of Antioch Church End SG8 8JS Open all day Saturday 20th June: Church Fete at the Manor, 12noon to 4.00pm BAYFORD St Mary Church Lane SG13 8PP Open all day Features: Church listed. Wall and haha round churchyard. Victorian font cover. BENINGTON St Peter Church Green SG2 7LH Open all day BOREHAMWOOD Holy Cross Balmoral Drive WD6 2QU Open from 9.00am to 11.30pm and 2pm onwards Refreshments from 10.30am and 2pm onwards BOURNE END St John the Evangelist London Road HP1 2RU Open from 12noon to 4.00pm Tea, coffee, biscuits Features: Gilbert Scott design, built 1853, with Alfred Bell windows. Internal frescoes and carved woodwork, 1889. Brief history of church available BOXMOOR St John Station Road HP1 1JY Open from 12.00noon to 5.00pm Tea and coffee Features: New Nicholson organ. Stained glass windows. Traditional 19th century building with modern extension. BRAMFIELD St Andrew SG14 2QJ Open from 1.00pm to 4.30pm Refreshments in Village Hall Bramfield Village Fete BRAUGHING St Mary the Virgin Church End SG11 2QA Open as usual Teas in the Church Hall BRENT PELHAM St Mary the Virgin SG9 0HE Open all day Features: Village church with Hertfordshire Spike. 13th century black marble slab to Piers Shonkes, slayer of local dragon. 14th century South door with tracery. BUCKLAND St Andrew SG9 0PT Open from 10.00am to 6.00pm Possibly soft drinks and biscuits Features: Wonderful flood brasses. 14th/15th Century architecture. Beautiful surroundings. BUSHEY St James the Apostle High Street WD23 1BD Open from 10.00am to 4.00pm Refreshments Features: Altar panels by Herkomer Art School. Memorial plaques. Queen Anne Coat of Arms. Information and tours available BUSHEY HEATH St Peter High Road WD23 1EA Open from 11.00am to 5pm Tea and cakes Features: World War One Memorial Chapel. Stained glass windows and their history. CROXLEY GREEN St Oswald Malvern Way WD3 3QL Open from 7.30pm to 8.00pm . Services at 8.00am, 10.00am and 6.30pm Features: Church built 1937. Historic recovered font. Modern stained glass relating to St Oswald. 6.30pm The Chanticleers Service with songs from “The Jungle Book” followed by refreshments DATCHWORTH All Saints Bury Lane SG3 6RG Open from 10.00am to 5.00pm Features: Building nearly 900 years old. Two modern stained glass windows. Well maintained churchyard. FLAMSTEAD St Leonard Trowley Hill Road AL3 8EE Open from 2.30pm to 5.00pm Strawberry cream teas from 3pm Features: Medieval wall paintings. Noted historical tombs. Ancient graffiti. GREAT GADDESDEN St John the Baptist Between Pipers Hill & Church Meadow HP1 3BY Open from 10.30am to 5.00pm. Patronal Festival service at 10.30am Tea and cake from 2pm Teddies and toys parachuting from tower in afternoon (tbc) HAMMERFIELD St Francis of Assisi Glenview Road HP1 1TD Open from 12.00noon to 5.00pm. Service at 10am Features: Anglo-Catholic 19th century building. Stations of the Cross. Carvings and statues. HARPENDEN All Saints Station Road AL4 5UU Open from 9.00am to 6.30pm . Services at 9.00am and 6.30pm Cream teas, tea and cake Features: 1965 design by Pat Wilson built in wood and steel. Displays of Church history and life in Golden Jubilee year HATFIELD St Luke St Albans Road East AL10 0HZ Open from 10.00am to 5.00pm Features: Memorial board with information. War Commission graves in church yard. HERTINGFORDBURY St Mary St Mary's Lane SG14 2LD Open from 8.00am service to 6.00pm approx Refreshments Features: Building from 12th Century, restored and extended in 19th Century. Well kept churchyard with some interesting monuments. Quiet, rural setting. HINXWORTH St Nicholas Ashwell Road SG7 5HP Open from 9.00am to 5.00pm Features: Moveable oak pews. New toilet block and amenities building. Excellent venue for concerts, etc. KNEBWORTH St Mary Knebworth Park off Park Lane SG3 6PY Open from 10.00am-4.30pm. 10.00am service Hot drinks Features: Church over 900 years old in grounds of Knebworth House. Fine sculptures in the Lytton Chapel. 11.30am Parachuting teddies. Brass rubbing and possible organ recital LITTLE AMWELL Holy Trinity Hertford Heath SG13 7QX Open from 10.00am to 5.00pm Features: Three brasses. Walker organ. Newly installed tea station. LITTLE GADDESDEN St Peter & St Paul Church Road HP4 1NZ Open from 9.00 to 5.00pm Features: Bridgewater memorials LITTLE HADHAM St Cecilia Church End SG11 2DY Open from 9.00am to 5.00pm Possible service and talk in the afternoon. MUCH HADHAM St Andrew Church Lane SG10 6HW Open from 1pm Features: Beautiful kneelers. Henry Moore window marking link with Catholic congregation in the village. NORTHCHURCH St Mary New Road HP4 3QW Open from 8.00am to 7.00pm Features: One of the oldest churches in Hertfordshire. 17th century markings. Peter the Wild Boy's grave. PONSBOURNE St Mary Newgate Street SG13 8RA Open from 9.30am to 5.00pm . Family Service at 9.30am Tea, coffee, soft drinks, cakes, biscuits Features: J Walker 1858 organ. Reredos by E E Geflowski. Fine carved pulpit. Displays in church of restoration of 1858 J Walker organ, the sculptor E E Geflowski and the Carlile family of Ponsbourne Park POTTERS BAR King Charles the Martyr 368 Mutton Lane EN6 3AS Open from 9.15am to 5.00pm . Services at 9.15am, 11.00am and 1.00pm Tea and coffee, help yourself Features: Memorabilia of King Charles I. Jacobean Barn roof. Church newly refurbished in 2015. RADLETT Christ Church Watling Street WD7 7JJ Open from 8.00am to 1.00pm After service tea/coffee at 10.20am and 12.15pm Features: Grade I listed building. 150th anniversary in 2014. Victorian & 21st century stained glass. Services at 8.00am, 9.15am and 11.00am REED St Mary Church Lane SG8 8AN Open from dawn to dusk Possibly soft drinks and biscuits RIDGE St Margaret Crossoaks Lane EN6 3LW Open from 9.15am to 4.30pm . Service at 9.15am Tours inside and outside the church ROYSTON St John the Baptist Melbourn Street SG8 9LB Open all day SANDON All Saints SG9 0QX Open from 9.00am to 8.00pm Refreshments after 9.30am service until 12 noon Features: Buttressed tower. Decorative Rood screen. Floral decorations following village celebrations on 20 June to mark the Battle of Waterloo and signing of the Magna Carta ST ALBANS St Paul Blandford Road AL1 4JP Open from 12 noon to 6.00pm. Services at 8.00am, 10.30am and 6.00pm. Refreshments Features: 1910 church with award winning refurbishment and extension in 2010. Lantern shaped entrance and large concourse with community facilities. Home of CAP St Albans Debt Centre ST ALBANS St Peter St Peter's Street AL1 3HG Open from 2.00pm-5.00pm Features: Grade II listed. Church tower is highest view point over city. Churchyard with wild flowers, Garden of Hope and Tree of Life sculpture. Tower tours and displays in church ST ALBANS MARSHALSWICK St Mary Sherwood Avenue AL4 9QA Open from 2.00pm to 4.00pm Hot drinks, biscuits/cakes, soft drinks Features: The "Hope" window. Icon of Mary. Baptism bowl in Perspex Art by Claudia Brown. STANDON St Mary High Street SG11 1LB Open all day STEVENAGE Holy Trinity High Street SG1 3DB Open all day STOTFOLD St Mary the Virgin Church Road SG5 4NF Open until late afternoon. Service at 10.00am Scarecrow Festival weekend WALKERN St Mary the Virgin Church Lane SG2 7PB Open all day WALLINGTON St Mary SG7 6SJ Open all day. 11.15am Village Praise - all welcome George Orwell married and lived here for a few years. “Animal Farm” is based on village farm WARE Christ Church New Road SG12 7BS Open from 9.00am to 4.00pm (or 6.00pm) 9.15am Morning Worship, 11.00am Family Service, 4.00pm Messy Church WARE St Mary the Virgin High Street SG12 9BA Open from 11.00am to 3.00pm Features: Octagonal font c1400 with Saint depicted on each face. Transepts. References to Joan of Kent. WATFORD Christ Church St Albans Road WD24 5BD Open from 7.45am to 6.00pm 7.45 Holy Communion and breakfast, 11.00am Morning Prayer followed by tea and coffee, 4.00pm to 6pm Messy Church Features: Newly refurbished 1914 War Memorial. Binns pipe organ. Stained glass windows. WATTON-AT-STONE St Andrew Church Lane SG14 3RD Open from 2.00pm to 5.00pm Refreshments WELWYN St Mary AL6 9LX Open from 7.30am to 4.00pm .