Gosmore
Gosmore is a hamlet in the parish of St Ippolyts near Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England.

Gosmore is a hamlet in the parish of St Ippolyts near Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. One interesting feature is Bunyan's Dell, a natural amphitheatre deep inside Wain Wood where the author of The Pilgrim's Progress preached in secret when his faith was persecuted after the Restoration.
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Worth seeing in and around Gosmore
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.
- 01Hitchin
Hitchin is a market town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The town dates from at least the 7th century.
1.9 km · market town in the North Hertfordshire district in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Wymondley Castle
Wymondley Castle, also known as Great Wymondley Castle, is a ruined castle in the village of Great Wymondley, near Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. It has been seen as being part of a group of unlicensed castles in Hertfordshire, including Pirton and Therfield.
2.4 km · ruined castle in Great Wymondley, England · Wikipedia - 03Minsden Chapel
Minsden Chapel is an isolated ruined chapel in the fields above the hamlet of Chapelfoot, near Preston, Hertfordshire. Today it is a roofless shell, partly surrounded by a small wood, and accessible only by footpath.
3 km · ruined chapel in Langley, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Mary the Virgin
St Mary's Church is an active Anglican church in Great Wymondley, Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
2.4 km · church in Great Wymondley, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Wymondley House
Wymondley House is a building in the North Hertfordshire village of Little Wymondley that was built in 1724. At one time the home of a dissenting academy called Wymondley College, it was classified as a Grade II* listed building in 1968.
1.9 km · house in Wymondley, North Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Oughtonhead Lane
Oughtonhead Lane is a 0.9-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hitchin in Hertfordshire. The local planning authority is North Hertfordshire District Council.
3.2 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hitchin · Wikipedia - 07Hitchin Town Hall
Hitchin Town Hall is a municipal structure in Brand Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Hitchin Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.
2 km · movie theater in North Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08North Hertfordshire Museum
North Hertfordshire Museum is a museum that displays collections relating to local history and heritage. It is located adjacent to the refurbished Hitchin Town Hall on Brand Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
2 km · museum in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09British Schools Museum
The British Schools Museum is an educational museum based in original Edwardian and Victorian school buildings in Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. The museum complex is made up of listed school buildings housing infants, girls and boys schools with houses for Master and Mistress.
1.6 km · education museum in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10St Mary's Church, Hitchin
St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. St Mary's Church is the largest parish church in Hertfordshire, and is remarkably large for a town of the size of Hitchin — this has been cited as evidence of how Hitchin prospered from the wool trade.
1.8 km · parish church in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Gosmore
- Airports
- London Luton (LTN), 10 km · London Stansted (STN), 35 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 53 km
- Stations
- Hitchin railway station, 2.2 km
- London → GosmoreTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Birmingham, West Midlands → GosmoreTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → GosmoreTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Gosmore
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 Gosmore. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt's a major hub for the budget airlines easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air, and for charter flights by Tui.
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Next door to Gosmore
Gosmore is 42 km from Brent, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Prestonvillage and civil parish south of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England3 km
- St Ippolytsvillage in Hertfordshire, England, UK800 m
- Graveleyvillage in Hertfordshire, England, UK3.4 km
- Little Wymondleyvillage in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom2.3 km
- Wymondleycivil parish in Hertfordshire, UK2.3 km
- Great Wymondleyvillage in Hertfordshire, England, UK2.3 km