Abbots Langley

Worth seeing in and around Abbots Langley

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Building Research Establishment

   The Building Research Establishment is a centre of building science in the United Kingdom, owned by charitable organisation the BRE Trust. It is a former UK government national laboratory, previously called Building Research Station, that was privatised in 1997.

   2.9 km · centre of building science in the United Kingdom, owned by charitable organisation the BRE Trust · Wikipedia
2. 02
   The Grove

   The Grove is a large resort hotel in Hertfordshire, England, with a 300–acre private park next to the River Gade and the Grand Union Canal. It touches on its north-west corner the M25 motorway and remains a small part in Watford.

   3 km · country house hotel in Sarratt, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   High Elms Manor

   High Elms Manor is a grade II listed Georgian country house located near Garston in Hertfordshire, England. It was built around 1812, and was originally known as "High Elms", but from the 1890s to 2010 it was called Garston Manor.

   1.6 km · manor house in Abbots Langley, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of All Saints, Kings Langley

   All Saints' Church, Kings Langley is a Church of England parish church located in the village of Kings Langley in Hertfordshire, England. Originating in the 13th century, the church contains the tomb of Edmund of Langley, the first Duke of York.

   2.5 km · church in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Bridge Carrying Railway Over North End Of Road

   Abbots Langley railway bridge, also known as the bridge over Railway Terrace, is a skew bridge carrying the West Coast Main Line over a road near Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, in Eastern England. The angle of the bridge creates a 25-metre tunnel along the road.

   3.3 km · railway bridge in Abbots Langley, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Nash Mills Railway Bridge

   Nash Mills railway bridge carries the West Coast Main Line railway over the Grand Union Canal to the west of Nash Mills, Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, Eastern England. The bridge was built to the designs of Robert Stephenson for the London and Birmingham Railway and completed in 1837.

   3.5 km · railway bridge in Abbots Langley, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Hunton Park

   Hunton Park is a large country house and estate in Abbots Langley, in south west Hertfordshire, in the United Kingdom. It was originally called Hazelwood House when first built in the early 19th century.

   1.1 km · large country house and estate in Abbots Langley · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Langleybury

   Langleybury is a country house and estate in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England, about 3 miles northwest of the centre of the town of Watford. The house stands on a low hill above the valley of the River Gade.

   2.2 km · country house in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Westwood Quarry

   Westwood Quarry is a 0.07 hectares geological site of Special Scientific Interest west of Watford in Hertfordshire. It was notified in 1987 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

   3.3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Leavesden Country Park
2. 02
   Manor House Grounds

   Gallows Hill Lane, WD5 0BX.

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Things to do

Due to Abbots Langley being primarily a residential area, there isn't a lot to do activity wise, however there are a couple of playgrounds and sports fields for public use.

1. 01
   Manor House Grounds Play Area

   This playground has swings and a helter skelter slide.

2. 02
   South Way Play Area

   Opened in August 2012, the playground has climbing trees, a zip wire, embankment slide, toddler swings, rotator bounce, basket swings, a dish roundabout, trampoline, climbing net and a picnic area.

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Getting to Abbots Langley

Airports

London Luton (LTN), 20 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 26 km · London Stansted (STN), 49 km

Stations

Garston (Hertfordshire) railway station, 2.8 km · Watford North railway station, 3.3 km · Bricket Wood railway station, 4 km · Kings Langley railway station, 1.6 km

• London → Abbots Langley

  30 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · £3.5–4.5
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  30 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · £3.5–4.5
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Abbots Langley

  133 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £14–19
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No local-transport research exists yet for Abbots Langley

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Abbots Langley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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