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.
There are a number of towns near Ludgershall including Milton Keynes, Olney, High Wycombe, Buckingham, and Aylesbury.
Parks to visit near Ludgershall include Willen Lake, and Campbell Park.
Willen Lake, and Thorney Country Park are some of Ludgershall best lakes to visit near Ludgershall.
The area around Ludgershall boasts some of the best shopping centres including The Centre:mk, and Eden Shopping Centre.
Historic Buildings to visit near Ludgershall include 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.
Ludgershall is near some unmissable country parks like Thorney Country Park,
Places near Ludgershall feature a number of interesting airports including Wycombe Air Park.
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.
