Broadway Baptist Church

Broadway Baptist Church sits just outside Amersham, a proper red-brick chapel that's been part of the local community for generations. It's not one of those grand medieval affairs you'll find scattered across Buckinghamshire - this is a working chapel, straightforward and unpretentious, with that honest Victorian solidity you come across in countless villages across the South East.

The church itself is open to visitors, though it's worth checking ahead on the website for service times and access. Inside, you'll find decent stained glass and the kind of intimate, human-scale architecture that rewards a quiet wander. It's the sort of place that appeals to anyone interested in 19th-century nonconformist architecture, or simply those who appreciate a moment of stillness between park days.

If you're staying at any of the nearby parks - Whelpley Hill is closest at under three miles away - Broadway Baptist makes an easy half-hour detour on the way to or from Amersham town itself. The town's worth exploring anyway: proper Chilterns territory with good walks and decent pubs. Don't expect Broadway to eat up your afternoon; thirty minutes max inside and around the churchyard. But as a quiet punctuation mark on a park holiday, it does the job. Ring ahead first though - you don't want to turn up during a private service or find the doors locked.