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St Edward’s church, a thriving centre of worship for over 100 years, is home to St Edward’s Music and Arts Centre.

A lovely rural church and churchyard both containing historical items highlighting the connections with the former RAF Station at Lyneham, in particular the Lyneham stained glass window unveiled in 1990 by Her Majesty the Queen.

The origins of Abbots Leigh and the Church of Holy Trinity are lost in the mists of time, but there are definite indications of a Celtic Settlement well before the Roman invasion.

Lovingly known as 'the church on the roundabout', thanks to the 9th Earl of Scarborough who donated the land for the church to be built at the focal point of the town.

Described as the cathedral of south Bedfordshire, All Saints dates from 1277 and is probably the finest church in the county.

Before it became surrounded by a sea of modern housing and other developments, the impact of West Walton's huge detached tower in this flat landscape must have been genuinely awe inspiring.

There was a chapel here ‘the Chapel of Raht’ soon after 1100, founded by the Norman Lord Robert Fitzhamon, as a Chapel of Ease to his priory church of St Mary in Cardiff.

To approach St John’s is to leave behind the busy shopping centre and housing estate and enter a quiet haven.

The church dates back to Saxon times and was largely rebuilt between 1864 and 1867, it features 12th century herringbone masonry on the south wall, rather unique in this part of the country.  

The base of St Wendreda's tower stands right on the edge of the street; there is a walkway under the tower so that you do not have to step into the road to walk around the building.