Batford

Worth seeing in and around Batford

6 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
   St Helen's Church, Wheathampstead

   St Helen's Church is the oldest church in Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, although the date of its origins is unknown. The wooden Anglo-Saxon structure pre-dated the Norman conquest of England, but no records survive which establish the date upon which it was founded.

   3.2 km · Grade I listed church in Wheathampstead, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Harpenden Town Hall

   Harpenden Town Hall is a municipal building in Leyton Road in Harpenden, a town in Hertfordshire, in England. It accommodates the offices and meeting place of Harpenden Town Council.

   1.3 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Lydekker Park

   Lydekker Park is a 3-acre park in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. The land was formerly part of the garden of Harpenden Lodge, built in 1803, home for many years to the Lydekkers, one of the town's oldest families.

   1.2 km · park in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St Nicholas Church, Harpenden

   The church of St Nicholas in Harpenden is a parish church in the Church of England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

   1.3 km · church in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Rothamsted Park

   Rothamsted Park is a 56-acre public park in Harpenden, Hertfordshire.

   1.7 km · public park in Harpenden, Hertfordshire · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Southdown Road Skew Bridge

   Southdown Road Skew Bridge is a ribbed skew arch railway bridge, which carries the Midland Main Line across Southdown Road in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Built of brick by the Midland Railway and opening in 1868, it is notable for its extreme skew angle of approximately 65°.

   1.4 km · arch bridge in Harpenden, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Batford

Airports

London Luton (LTN), 6 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 40 km · London Stansted (STN), 40 km

Stations

Harpenden railway station, 1 km · Chiltern Green railway station, 3.9 km · Wheathampstead railway station, 3.3 km · Harpenden East railway station, 300 m

• London, Essex → Batford

  38 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £4.5–6
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• London → Batford

  38 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £4.5–6
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Batford

  129 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · £14–18
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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 Batford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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