Hertford Heath

Worth seeing in and around Hertford Heath

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
   Hertford Castle

   Hertford Castle is a Norman era castle built beside the River Lea in Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire, England. Most of the internal buildings of the structure have been demolished.

   2.5 km · Grade I listed castle in East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   All Saints' Church

   All Saints' Church is in Queens Road, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Hertford and Ware, the archdeaconry of Hertford, and the diocese of St Albans.

   2.2 km · church in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Bayfordbury Observatory

   Bayfordbury Observatory is the University of Hertfordshire's astronomical and atmospheric physics remote sensing observatory, and one of the largest teaching observatories in the UK. It is located in the relatively dark countryside of Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire, 6 miles from the main university campus in Hatfield. The first telescope was built in 1969, and since then has been used as a teaching observatory for undergraduate students, staff and student research as well as for public outreach activities.

   3.2 km · observatory in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Balls 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.

   1.6 km · Grade I listed building in East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Church of Saint Leonard, Bengeo

   The Church of Saint Leonard is a Norman church in Bengeo, Hertfordshire, England. Located on the hillside overlooking the shared Beane and Lea valley, the Grade I Listed church dates from about 1120, and is the oldest building in Hertford.

   3.2 km · church in East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Bailey Hall

   Bayley Hall is a Grade II* listed building located on Queens Road in Hertford, Hertfordshire. Constructed primarily around 1770, it is regarded as one of the finest examples of early 18th-century domestic architecture in Hertford.

   2.3 km · house in Hertford, East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Bayfordbury

   Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire, is a large Grade II* listed country house with surrounding parkland, and the location of a University of Hertfordshire campus, housing its biology/geography field station and observatory.

   3.2 km · country house in Bayford, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Hoddesdon 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.

   2.7 km · cemetery in Hertfordshire, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Hoddesdon 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
10. 10
    Shire Hall

    The Shire Hall is a municipal building in Fore Street, Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire, England. The building, which currently serves as a Magistrates' Court, is a Grade I listed building.

    2.4 km · Grade I listed building in East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Hertford Heath

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 23 km · London Luton (LTN), 24 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 45 km

Stations

Hertford North railway station, 3.4 km · Hertford East railway station, 2.4 km · St Margarets railway station, 3.5 km · Ware railway station, 3.1 km · Hertingfordbury railway station, 3.6 km

• London → Hertford Heath

  31 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £3.5–4.5
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Hertford Heath

  149 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £17–22
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Hertford Heath

  150 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £18–24
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