Hertsmere
Hertsmere is a local government district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England.

Hertsmere is a local government district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Borehamwood. Other settlements in the borough include Bushey, Elstree, Radlett and Potters Bar. The borough contains several film studios, including Elstree Studios and the BBC Elstree Centre at Borehamwood. The borough borders Three Rivers, Watford, St Albans, and Welwyn Hatfield in Hertfordshire and the three north London boroughs of Harrow, Barnet and Enfield. Hertsmere is located mainly within the M25 Motorway.
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Worth seeing in and around Hertsmere
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.
300 m · home ground of Boreham Wood FC and Arsenal Women FC · Wikipedia - 02Denis Compton Oval
The Denis Compton Oval is a cricket ground located at the Shenley Cricket Centre in Shenley, Hertfordshire, England. The ground was opened by Denis Compton and the main ground was named in his honour.
3.8 km · cricket ground in England · Wikipedia - 03St 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 - 04Clare Hall
Clare Hall Manor is a former health facility in Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
3.8 km · house in South Mimms, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Arkley 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 - 06Bell's Hill Burial Ground
Bells Hill Burial Ground is a cemetery and Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation in the Parish of Chipping Barnet in the London Borough of Barnet. It was opened in 1895 and closed in 2005 when it officially became full.
4 km · cemetery in Barnet, Greater London · Wikipedia - 07Brunton Memorial Ground
Brunton Memorial Ground is a cricket ground at Radlett in Hertfordshire. The ground is the home of Radlett Cricket Club and, since 2013, has been used as an outground by Middlesex County Cricket Club.
3.2 km · cricket ground · Wikipedia - 08Hyver Hall
Hyver Hall is a grade II listed house in Barnet Road, to the west of Barnet Gate and Arkley, in the London Borough of Barnet, England. It was purchased by Harpinder Singh Narula in 1991.
2.5 km · building in Barnet, London, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Moat Mount Open Space and Mote End Farm
Moat Mount Open Space is a 110-hectare park and nature reserve in Mill Hill in the London Borough of Barnet. It is part of Moat Mount Open Space and Mote End Farm Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II, which includes Barnet Gate Wood and Scratchwood Countryside Park, but is separate from Scratchwood itself, which is a neighbouring park and nature reserve.
3.2 km · park and nature reserve in the London Borough of Barnet, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Stoneyfields Park
Stoneyfields Park is a three-hectare public park in The Hale in the London Borough of Barnet. The park is mainly a grassland area with a small wood, hedgerows, and two play areas.
4 km · public park in Barnet, London, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hertsmere
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 25 km · London Luton (LTN), 25 km · London Stansted (STN), 43 km
- Stations
- Elstree Aerodrome, 3.9 km · Elstree & Borehamwood railway station, 1 km
- London → Hertsmere22 km · quickest by road, 59 min · £2.5–3
- London, Essex → Hertsmere22 km · quickest by road, 59 min · £2.5–3
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Hertsmere143 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · £15–20
- 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 Hertsmere
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 Hertsmere. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Hertsmere – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Hertsmere
Hertsmere is 12 km from Brent, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Elstreevillage in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, England3 km
- Shenleyvillage in Hertfordshire, England, UK3.7 km
- Arkleyvillage in the London Borough of Barnet, England, UK3 km
- Elstree and Borehamwoodcivil parish in Hertfordshire, England, UK1.9 km
- Barnet Gatehamlet in the London Borough of Barnet, England3 km
- Barnet Gate Millwindmill in London Borough of Barnet, London, England, UK2.7 km