Ludgershall
Ludgershall is a Village in the county of Buckinghamshire.
There are great places to visit near Ludgershall including some great villages, towns, parks, lakes, shopping centres, historic buildings, country parks and airports.
Haddenham, Caldecotte, Blue Bridge, New Bradwell, Tathall End, Castlethorpe, and Weston Underwood are great places to visit near Ludgershall if you like villages.
Don't miss Milton Keynes, Olney, High Wycombe, Buckingham, and Aylesbury's towns if visiting the area around Ludgershall.
Willen Lake, and Campbell Park are some of Ludgershall best parks to visit near Ludgershall.
The area around Ludgershall boasts some of the best lakes including Willen Lake, and Thorney Country Park.
The area around Ludgershall features a number of interesting shopping centres including The Centre:mk, and Eden Shopping Centre.
Church of St Simon and St Jude, St Peter and St Paul - Olney, Weston Underwood, Church of St James the Great - Hanslope, The Old Gaol, and Waddesdon Manor are great places to visit near Ludgershall if you like historic buildings.
Thorney Country Park is a great place to visit close to Ludgershall if you like country parks.
Wycombe Air Park is one of Ludgershall's best, nearby airports to visit in Ludgershall.
Ludgershall History
There are some historic monuments around Ludgershall:
Places to see near Ludgershall
History of Ludgershall
The name “Litlegarsele” may come from “lytel”, small and “garsheath”, a grassy place, thus a “small grazing area” or “little grass heath”. After the building of Ludgershall Castle in the late 11th century, the village grew to its south and became a medieval borough. The village lay on the old Marlborough to Winchester road, which was an important route in the early 13th century. Later the village lost its importance, and was damaged by fire in 1679. Among the oldest buildings are the Queen’s Head public house, from the 16th and 18th centuries, and cottages on Castle Street from the late 17th. Windmill Hill has been part of the Salisbury Plain Training Area since c.1898, and land in the west of the parish has been used by the Army since 1939. Military activity, including the construction of Tidworth Camp nearby, led to a substantial increase in the population of the parish.
