High Wych
High Wych is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England.
High Wych is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The village is located a little over one mile south-west of the town of Sawbridgeworth, and around three miles north-east of Harlow in the neighbouring county of Essex. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 841.
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Worth seeing in and around High Wych
9 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.
- 01Henry Moore Foundation
The Henry Moore Foundation is a registered charity in England, established for education and promotion of the fine arts — in particular, to advance understanding of the works of Henry Moore, and to promote the public appreciation of sculpture more generally. The Foundation is also tasked with administering the sale, exhibition and conservation of Moore's work in perpetuity.
3.9 km · charity and museum in England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Harlow Town Park
Harlow Town Park is a 164-acre public park in Harlow, Essex, England. The park is one of the largest urban parks in Britain.
3.7 km · park in Harlow, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Mary the Virgin, Harlow
St Mary the Virgin Church is located in Latton, Harlow, Essex, England. It is an Anglican church and is liberal catholic in tradition.
3.5 km · church in Harlow, UK · Wikipedia - 04Gibberd Garden
Gibberd Garden is a garden in Harlow, Essex, England, which was created by Sir Frederick Gibberd and his wife Patricia Gibberd. They designed the garden and added sculptures, ceramic pots, and architectural salvage from 1972 till his death in 1984.
2.8 km · garden in Essex, UK · Wikipedia - 05Harlow Marsh
Harlow Marsh is a 13.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Harlow in Essex. It is owned and managed by Harlow District Council.
2.9 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Contrapuntal Forms
Contrapuntal Forms is a stone sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, one of her first public commissions, made in 1950–51 for the Festival of Britain and installed outside the Dome of Discovery on South Bank, London. It was one of two Hepworth commissions for the festival: the other was an abstract rotating sculpture, Turning Forms.
3.4 km · sculpture by Barbara Hepworth · Wikipedia - 07Church of Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady of Fatima's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Harlow, Essex, England. It was designed between 1953 and 1954 by Gerard Goalen and was one of the earliest churches in England where the design was influenced by the Liturgical Movement.
3.6 km · Catholic church building in Harlow, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08St Mary & St Hugh, Old Harlow
St Mary & St Hugh's Church is a Church of England parish church in Churchgate Street, Old Harlow in Essex, England. The church is of medieval origin and was given Grade II listed status on 5 July 1950.
3.5 km · church in Old Harlow, UK · Wikipedia - 09Parish Church of St Mary
St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in Gilston, Hertfordshire, England. It dates from the 13th century.
2.5 km · church in Gilston, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to High Wych
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 12 km · London Luton (LTN), 34 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 55 km
- Stations
- Sawbridgeworth railway station, 2.8 km · Harlow Town railway station, 3.6 km · Harlow Mill railway station, 2.2 km · Hunsdon Airfield, 3.4 km
- London → High Wych39 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £4.5–6
- Birmingham, West Midlands → High Wych156 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · £18–24
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → High Wych152 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · £17–23
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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 High Wych
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 High Wych. 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 High Wych
High Wych is 34 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Harlowtown in the west of Essex, England2.9 km
- Sawbridgeworthtown and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, UK2.1 km
- Gilstonvillage and civil parish in East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, UK2.6 km
- Eastwickcivil parish in Hertfordshire, England3.7 km
- Allen's Greenvillage in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom1.9 km
- Old Harlowhistoric part of the new town and district of Harlow, Essex in England3.1 km