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This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Dutch Reformed Church. Late Gothic village church from the first half of the 16th century, consisting of a single-aisled nave with wooden bell tower (1810) and a three-bay deep, narrower choir with three-sided closure. West tower demolished in 1810. Windows with brick tracery; wooden barrel vaults with tie beams and corbels, the supporting stones of which have carved coats of arms. Restored 1956-1958. The inventory includes: simple pulpit, 17th century. with copper lectern and two candle holders; baptismal fence with twisted copper baptismal arch, crowned by the village coat of arms; carved choir fence, 17th century, with arched panels, balusters and a raised central section with pediment in the parapet; two lords' pews with canopies, in which coats of arms, the most beautiful dated 1662; a lords' pew without canopies, decorated with arched panels in the choir, 17th century; in the choir closure a richly carved epitaph for WH van Steenbergh, 1788; polychrome Ten Commandments board, 17th century; organ front from 1869; a copper chandelier, circa 1700; several tombstones, 16th and 17th century. Mechanical tower clock, Van Bergen, electric winding. A stone sundial is mounted in a buttress of the church.

The Dorpskerk in Abbenes is a charming village church dating from 1868. It is listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.

In 1991 the church was refurbished. The heating was replaced. The wooden floor was replaced by a stone one and the wooden benches by chairs. In addition, a kitchen was fitted out and the church was made suitable for multifunctional use. Financially, the job was made possible thanks to the willingness to sacrifice of the Nieuwlanders, including people who were not members of our congregation. 36 guilders were raised per inhabitant. In addition, many volunteers helped out, which kept the costs down. The clock faces and hands of the tower were overhauled in the period October/November 1991. In 1994 the civil authorities restored the church tower.

Dutch Reformed Church. Three-aisled church, consisting of a nave, the central nave dating from the 13th century and the side aisles from the 15th century. The choir dates from the beginning of the 15th century, the tower with saddle roof from the beginning of the 16th century. The church was restored in 1932-33 and was treated internally as beautiful masonry in accordance with the prevailing views at the time. The central nave now has a brick barrel vault from the 17th century. Originally there were probably dome vaults here. Furniture from the 18th century, pulpit from 1717.

The Dorpskerk in Abcoude is a historic village church dating from the 14th century. It is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands. It is currently used as a place of worship by the Protestant Church.

Built as Dutch Reformed Church Now the PKN church in Hoek van Holland. Nice interbellum church with a tower crowned by a copper-green spire. Because the wooden predecessor of this church had fallen into disrepair due to storm and wind, it was decided to build a new one. This church was put into use on 8 December 1926.

In the year 1406 Jan van Schengen built a chapel on his territory, which was dedicated to Saint Blasius. This facilitated local pastoral care. A pastor, Willem van Schengen, brother of the aforementioned Jan van Schengen, was attached to the chapel. On 30 December 1458 Heinkenszand became an independent parish and the Blasius chapel was elevated to parish church.

Historic village church, formerly dedicated to St. Salvator. The small church tower is well under 48 m high (incorrect mention in RCE description).

The village church was also the first 'real' church in Santpoort in terms of size. Dutch Reformed, now PKN. Nowadays the church also offers shelter to all kinds of cultural activities. The first version of the village church dates from 1844. A slender and charming building that was created on the initiative of the miller. In 1916 the church burned down. The story goes that a drunken homeless person, who was looking for shelter from the cold, accidentally knocked over one of the two stoves, after which the church caught fire. There was almost nothing left. A year later, in 1917, the current church could be consecrated on the same spot. With money from the insurance, collections and generous gifts from wealthy Santpoorters from North and South. The contours of the burnt down church were adopted: a hall church with a tower in the middle, the roofs covered with slates. But the style that the Bloemendaal architects J. Mulder and JA van Asdonk gave the building was no longer light and charming but solid, quasi-Romanesque. The church got a sturdy square tower with a matching spire and semi-circular arch spans of windows, sound holes and portal. Funny thing is that the clock, which at that time still served as a watch for ordinary people, is not placed in the middle of the tower but on a corner.