7 miles from Bayford Parish

A fine 14th century gatehouse, bridge and other remains of the abbey refounded by Harold, last Saxon King of England.

11 miles from Bayford 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.

12 miles from Bayford Parish

This fine Elizabethan mansion features some of the earliest external Renaissance architectural detail in the country.

12 miles from Bayford 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.

14 miles from Bayford 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.

18 miles from Bayford Parish

This is the best-preserved remnant of the Roman wall which once formed part of the eastern defences of Roman Londinium.