Dacorum

Worth seeing in and around Dacorum

10 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
   Berkhamsted Castle

   Berkhamsted Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. The castle was built to obtain control of a key route between London and the Midlands during the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century.

   1.8 km · castle in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Amaravati Buddhist Monastery

   Amaravati is a Theravada Buddhist monastery at the eastern end of the Chiltern Hills in South East England. Established in 1984 by Ajahn Sumedho as an extension of Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, the monastery has its roots in the Thai Forest Tradition.

   2.9 km · Theravada Buddhist monastery in England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Berkhamsted Place

   Berkhamsted Place was an English country house which was erected sometime around 1580 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. It was built by Sir Edward Carey, the keeper of the Jewels to Queen Elizabeth I from stones removed from Berkhamsted Castle.

   2.3 km · country house in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of St Peter, Great Berkhamsted

   The Parish Church of St Peter, Great Berkhamsted, is a Church of England, Grade II* listed church in the town of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, in the United Kingdom. It stands on the main High Street of the town and is recognisable by its 85-foot clock tower.

   2.1 km · church in Berkhamsted, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Gaddesden Place

   Gaddesden Place is a country house located near Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, England. It was designed by architect James Wyatt and was built between 1768 and 1773, and was the home of the Hertfordshire Halsey family.

   3.6 km · country house in Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   130-136, Piccotts End

   130–136 Piccotts End is a medieval timber framed building in Piccotts End in Hertfordshire, England. Originally a hall house, the structure has been divided into a row of cottages.

   3.9 km · Grade I listed building in Dacorum, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Inns of Court War Memorial

   The Inns of Court Officers Training Corps Memorial is a First World War memorial near Berkhamsted, in the west of Hertfordshire. It is now on land that forms part of Berkhamsted Golf Course.

   1.1 km · war memorial in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Berkhamsted Civic Centre

   Berkhamsted Civic Centre is a municipal building in the High Street in Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, England. The structure accommodates the offices and meeting place of Berkhamsted Town Council.

   2.2 km · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Dean Incent's House

   Dean Incent's House is a 15th-century timber-framed house in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. It is reputed to be the birthplace of John Incent (c.

   2.2 km · timber framed house in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    173, High Street, Berkhamsted

    173, High Street, Berkhamsted, is a medieval building in Hertfordshire, England. It is considered to be the oldest extant jettied timber framed building in Great Britain, dated by dendrochronology of structural timbers to between 1277 and 1297.

    2.3 km · medieval building in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Dacorum

Airports

London Luton (LTN), 17 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 33 km · London Stansted (STN), 54 km

Stations

Berkhamsted railway station, 2 km

• London → Dacorum

  41 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £4.5–6
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• London, Essex → Dacorum

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

  121 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £14–18
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