Great Amwell
Great Amwell is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England.

Great Amwell is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) south-east of Ware, its post town, and about 20 miles (32 km) north of London. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 2,223.
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Worth seeing in and around Great Amwell
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.
- 01St James' Church, Stanstead Abbotts
St James' Church is a redundant Anglican church near the village of Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building, having been designated in 1967.
3.2 km · church in Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Balls Park
Balls Park in Hertford is a Grade I Listed mid-17th-century house. The estate and house are set in over 63 acres of parkland which is listed Grade II on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.
3.8 km · Grade I listed building in East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Hoddesdon Town Hall
Hoddesdon Town Hall, also known as Hoddesdon Clock House, was a municipal building in the High Street in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England. Except for the clock tower, which survives, the building was demolished in 1967.
3.6 km · town hall in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Hoddesdon Cemetery
Hoddesdon Cemetery is the burial ground for the town of Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire in the UK and is owned and maintained by the Borough of Broxbourne. Located on Ware Road in Hoddesdon, the first interment was in February 1883 since when over 11,000 burials have taken place in the cemetery.
2.5 km · cemetery in Hertfordshire, England · Wikipedia - 05Christ Church Ware
Christ Church is a Church of England church in Ware, Hertfordshire, England. The parish was formed out of the ancient parish in 1858 and covers the East and South sides of Ware.
2.2 km · church in Ware, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Fanhams Hall
Fanhams Hall is an 18th-century Queen Anne style country house in Wareside, Hertfordshire, in the south east of England. It is a Grade II* listed building which is now operating as a hotel.
3.2 km · 18th-century Queen Anne House-style hotel in Ware, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Rye House, Hertfordshire
Rye House in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire is a former fortified manor house, located in what is now the Lee Valley Regional Park. The 15th-century gatehouse is the surviving part of the structure and is a Grade I listed building.
2.9 km · Grade I listed English country house in East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08All Nations Christian College
All Nations Christian College is an English missions college, located at Chester House, 30 Pages Lane, Muswell Hill in London and validated by the Open University.
1.4 km · missions college, located in Hertfordshire and validated by the Open University · Wikipedia - 09Church of St Mary
St Mary's Church is a grade I listed parish church in Ware, Hertfordshire, England.
2.4 km · church in Ware, East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Hertford Regional College
Hertford Regional College is a further education college located over two sites in Hertfordshire, England.
1.9 km · college in Hertfordshire, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Great Amwell
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 20 km · London Luton (LTN), 26 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 47 km
- Stations
- Rye House railway station, 3.1 km · St Margarets railway station, 1.2 km · Ware railway station, 1.9 km
- London → Great Amwell32 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · £3–4.5
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Great Amwell150 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £17–22
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Great Amwell151 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · £18–24
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Great Amwell
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 Great Amwell. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inA low-cost minibus company, Stansted Transfer operates between London and Stansted Airport.
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Next door to Great Amwell
Great Amwell is 29 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Waretown in Hertfordshire, England2.8 km
- Hoddesdontown in Hertfordshire, England3.9 km
- Stanstead St Margaretsvillage in Hertfordshire, England, UK1.1 km
- Hertford Heathvillage in Hertfordshire, England, UK2.7 km
- Stanstead Abbottsvillage in Hertfordshire, UK1.9 km
- Waresidevillage in Hertfordshire, England, UK4 km