Hoddesdon

Worth seeing in and around Hoddesdon

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
   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.

   5.8 km · church in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   5.7 km · observatory in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Hertfordshire Zoo

   Hertfordshire Zoo, previously known as Paradise Wildlife Park and before that as Broxbourne Zoo, is a family-run wildlife park and charity in Broxbourne, in Hertfordshire, England. It came under the management of the Peter and Grace Sampson family in 1984; in 2017, their daughter Lynn Whitnall became chief executive and continued the family business.

   3.3 km · zoo in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St 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.

   3.8 km · church in Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   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.

   5.2 km · Grade I listed building 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.

   5.9 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.

   5.8 km · country house in Bayford, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Woods North

   Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood North is a 143.9-hectare woodland area in Hertfordshire which has been designated as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. The site is listed as Grade 1 in A Nature Conservation Review, and is designated a Special Area of Conservation.

   4.7 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood South

   Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood South is a 192.5 hectares is a biological site of Special Scientific Interest near Cheshunt in Hertfordshire. It is part of Broxbourne Woods National Nature Reserve, and is listed in A Nature Conservation Review.

   4.4 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Cheshunt Park

    Cheshunt Park is a 40 hectare public park and Local Nature Reserve in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire. It is owned and managed by Broxbourne Borough Council.

    5.2 km · park in Hertfordshire, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Hoddesdon

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 22 km · London Luton (LTN), 27 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 44 km

Stations

Roydon railway station, 3.9 km · Broxbourne railway station, 1.4 km · Bayford railway station, 5.6 km · Rye House railway station, 1.8 km · Hertford East railway station, 6 km

• London → Hoddesdon

  29 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · £3–4
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Hoddesdon

  152 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £17–23
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Hoddesdon

  153 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · £18–24
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