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The green is quite large and has a duck pond.
©Jack Hill
That is a nice touch for placing the bells, but it precludes making additions.
©Jack Hill
Dist:0.1km<br/>This is a close-up of the Bullbeggars sign which is getting covered in mould on the lane between Bullbeggars Lane, Little Heath and The Common, Potten End.
©Simon Heywood
Dist:0.3km<br/>This is the main house, there is also a Lodge. According to Webster's Dictionary (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Bullbeggar) a Bullbeggar is something like a bogey man. Other meanings include "Hobgoblin" or simply "scarecrow".
©Tom Presland
Dist:0.3km<br/>Somewhat hidden away down a track leading off the village green. Secluded and peaceful location.
©John Willacy
Dist:0.3km<br/>Looked to be a pleasant spot to live with tennis courts etc.
©Jack Hill
Dist:0.3km<br/>Sand and gravel dug from the heath for road surfacing and sandbags for protection from First World War bombs created a pit which has exposed an important geological feature. The pit is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest because it shows layers of beach gravels and sand deposited from a sea which existed some 2.6 million years ago.
©Tom Presland
Dist:0.4km<br/>Metal sign showing the land belongs to the National Trust.
©Graham Hale
Dist:0.4km<br/>The pond is the main feature of the triangular village green. The Village Hall is visible to the right, and the eponymous pub is out of sight to the left.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.4km<br/>This is quite a large building and will last a few lifetimes
©Jack Hill
Dist:0.4km<br/>Amersfort Hall is a large modern mansion. It is listed in Google as the Headquarters of a number of businesses.
©Tom Presland
Dist:0.4km<br/>Potten End's unusual Byzantine style church was consecrated in 1868. The designer was the noted Victorian ecclesiastical architect Francis Cranmer Penrose. The war memorial is prominent in the line of yew trees.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.4km<br/>taken from the village green. It's a good job the Leylandii trees have been cut down to a sensible size otherwise the church would be completely oblitered from this view !
©John Willacy
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Chiltern way heading North towards Crossways House and Little Heath.
©Tom Presland
Dist:0.5km<br/>A variety of autumn tree colours.
©Nigel Cox

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