St Lawrence the Martyr
Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire
This church was built in 1154AD to extend an old Saxon church and is central to the village of Abbots Langley.
Charming and very pretty flint and chalk construction with a clock and bell tower, listed Grade II, leaded and decorated glazing with feature arches with coloured edged tiles over the windows, pews, high and low altars, great flowers every week, in a village setting with coffee shops nearby, parking available in the churchyard off Bedmond Road, four Commonwealth War Graves, a war memorial on Church Green, visitors book, Book of Remembrance, many magnificent trees in the churchyard including a very old and large yew.
Easily accessible, step free access with mobile ramp inside main door for the low entrance step, good solid pathways around and through the churchyard, bicycle stand, dog drinking bowls outside, guide dogs welcomed.
Come in and turn on the lights, switch to left of entrance, spend some time in contemplation or simply enjoy the beauty of the place and its quiet. Only five miles from St Alban's Abbey, and only two miles to St Benedict's in Bennett's End, modelled on Coventry Cathedral. and built in the same era. On the edge of Hemel Hempstead, a postwar new town, with its own Norman Church in the High Street, overlooking Gadebridge Park with the River Gade, a famous chalk stream, running through it.