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Tower of the Dutch Reformed Church. Brick building, two sections, with natural stone corner blocks and blind fields with arched friezes, second half of the 15th century. Bell tower with clock by Pieter Ostens, 1672, diam. 68 cm.

The church was founded in 1828 by AM Baroness Mackay. Hall church with roof turret. This church falls under the Protestant Community of Venray and surroundings, and is currently only in use in the summer.

Small protestant church.

Built to replace the predecessor of this church, which was demolished in 1939. There is a whale on the tower of the church. This whale is a reminder of whaling, which was an important source of income for the village in earlier centuries. The bell from 1388 - elsewhere incorrectly mentioned as originating from Krimpen aan den IJssel - was damaged in 1940 and could no longer ring. The municipal authorities wanted to melt down the bell, but historians put a stop to that. The bell ended up in the Gouda museum, the Catharina Gasthuis. It has since been decided that the bell will return to Krimpen. The current bell was made in 1962 by Van Bergen in Heiligerlee.

The Reformed Church in Hedel was built around 1640 in a semi-Gothic transitional style on the foundations of the transept and choir of a larger cruciform church.

Reformed CHURCH; tower brick building, lower part late Romanesque with lesenes and arched friezes, upper part late Gothic. Low XIV choir. Internal rococo grave monument for lord of the manor Balthasar de Leeuw 1754. Pews and pulpit. (The tower of the church is owned by the municipality of Houten). Mechanical tower clock, probably 1886, later fitted with an unprotected synchronous motor.

NH Church. Modest freestanding hall church, hipped roof and roof turret and ball pirons. On the south side consistory built under a lean-to roof. Bell tower with bell by JA de Grave, 1720, diam. 64 cm.

The original parish church (Petrus' Banden) of Oisterwijk is returned to the Roman Catholics during the reign of King Lodewijk Napoleon. For an amount of ƒ 7,000, a new church for the Reformed (later Protestant) will be built. Mr. Hubert is given and accepts the assignment to design the drawings of the new church and to draw up the associated specifications, cost estimates, etc. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Beautiful interbellum church in the style of the Groningen variant of the Amsterdam School, with characteristic needle as a tower. Nowadays in the possession of the Protestant Community of Nieuwolda-Oostwold. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Dutch Reformed Church. Built in 1639-1641 with the support of Prince Frederik, restored in 1859, completely burned down in 1910 and modified during reconstruction, restored in 1951 after war damage. In plan a Greek cross with short arms, which, in elevation, connect with lean-to roofs against the higher square central section. Open dome on the pyramidal roof from 1912. Buttresses with inward-turning exterior, windows with pointed arches. Oak pulpit in Louis XV style, from around 1760, originating from the church of Zevenbergse Hoek. Mechanical tower clock, firm De Klok, 1956.