Berkhamsted's West End Poverty and industry but also some hidden surprises (2022)
Sacred Heart Chrch Berkhamsted, Park Street, Hertfordshire, HP4 1HX
Starting at the Roman Catholic Church the tour passes the former Methodist chapel and sees the parade of shops that replaced the workhouse used until the 1930s. We enter the hamlet of Gossoms End once the poorest part of Berkhamsted but passing the main area of Lane's Nurseries with its extensive orchards and shrubs, filling the canal fields area and fruit trees stretching up the southern slopes. Near to the canal are signs of the once flourishing timber trade, which brought employment to the area and in the once fast flowing chalk stream, the River Bulbourne brought for a century a flourishing watercress industry, which was developed by several local families. We will pass the site of the gas works and the brush factory. We will also learn about the medieval hospital with its healing spring.
To book for these events, please use the links below from August 1st!
Monday 12th:
Timings & Tours
Available anytime
Location & directions
Sacred Heart Chrch Berkhamsted, Park Street, Hertfordshire, HP4 1HX
- Contact on day:
- Sandra Jenkins 07942321901
- Telephone number:
- Sandra Jenkins 07942321901
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Accessibility details
The tour may use the riverside or towpath on part of tour. This could be muddy after rain. Stout shoes rerecommended
