Elstree and Borehamwood
Elstree and Borehamwood is a civil parish in the Hertsmere district, in Hertfordshire, England.
Elstree and Borehamwood is a civil parish in the Hertsmere district, in Hertfordshire, England. Located approximately 12 miles (19 km) northwest of central London and adjacent to the Greater London boundary, it is an urbanised parish with suburban residential development, some open land and light industry. Elstree and Borehamwood is a recent renaming of the ancient parish of Elstree, covering the settlements of Elstree and Borehamwood. Formed in 1894 as the Elstree Parish Council, the local council is Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council. One of the most populous civil parishes in England, at the 2021 census it had a population of 41,423.
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Worth seeing in and around Elstree and Borehamwood
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.
- 01Meadow Park
Meadow Park, currently known as the Mangata Developments Stadium Meadow Park for sponsorship reasons, is a football ground in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England which serves as the home ground of Boreham Wood Football Club. It also hosts Arsenal's youth teams and select women's team matches.
600 m · home ground of Boreham Wood FC and Arsenal Women FC · Wikipedia - 02St Peter's Church
St Peter's Church, is an early Victorian Church of England church in Arkley, in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a grade II listed building.
3 km · church in Arkley, London · Wikipedia - 03Arkley War Memorial
Arkley War Memorial is a war memorial in Arkley, in the London Borough of Barnet. It was unveiled in 1920 to commemorate World War I, with later additions for World War II. It is grade II listed with Historic England.
3 km · war memorial in London · Wikipedia - 04Aldenham Country Park
Aldenham Country Park is a 175-acre parkland and woodland, including Aldenham Reservoir. It is now part of the Watling Chase Community Forest, near Elstree, Hertfordshire, England.
3.1 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Aldenham House
Aldenham House is an English country house in Elstree, just south-east of Aldenham village and west of Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England. It was the seat of the Gibbs family, who were the Barons Aldenham, and is now a main building of the Haberdashers' Boys' School, while its estate accommodates the other school buildings, the Haberdashers' School for Girls, the Lister Institute, and the Hilfield Reservoir.
2.8 km · country house in Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Aldenham Reservoir
Aldenham Reservoir is situated in the parish of Elstree and Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, England, about one mile to the west of the village of Elstree. It is the source of the stream, Tykes Water, that runs north through Radlett.
3 km · reservoir in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Edgwarebury Park
Edgwarebury Park is a 22-hectare park in Edgware in the London Borough of Barnet. It was once part of the manor of Earlsbury, which was first mentioned in 1216.
3.6 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Sulloniacis
Sulloniacis or Sulloniacae was a mansio on the Roman road known as Watling Street in Roman Britain. Its existence is known from only one entry in the Antonine Itinerary, a listing of routes and facilities for the cursus publicus, the official courier service of the Roman Empire.
3.6 km · historic site in England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Rising Sun
The Rising Sun is a Grade II listed public house at Highwood Hill and 137 Marsh Lane, Mill Hill, London. It was built in the late 17th century.
3.9 km · pub in Mill Hill, London · Wikipedia - 10All Saints church, Borehamwood
All Saints church is a Church of England church in Shenley Road, Borehamwood. It is in the parish of Elstree and Borehamwood.
200 m · church in Hertfordshire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Elstree and Borehamwood
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 24 km · London Luton (LTN), 25 km · London Stansted (STN), 43 km
- Stations
- Elstree Aerodrome, 3.7 km · Elstree & Borehamwood railway station, 700 m
- London → Elstree and Borehamwood19 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £2–3
- London, Essex → Elstree and Borehamwood19 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £2–3
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Elstree and Borehamwood144 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £15–21
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No local-transport research exists yet for Elstree and Borehamwood
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 Elstree and Borehamwood. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Elstree and Borehamwood
Elstree and Borehamwood is 12 km from Brent, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hertsmerelocal government district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England400 m
- Elstreevillage in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, England2.7 km
- Shenleyvillage in Hertfordshire, England, UK4 km
- Arkleyvillage in the London Borough of Barnet, England, UK3 km
- Barnet Gatehamlet in the London Borough of Barnet, England2.9 km
- Barnet Gate Millwindmill in London Borough of Barnet, London, England, UK2.5 km