Holywell

Worth seeing in and around Holywell

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
   Vicarage Road

   Vicarage Road is a stadium in Watford, England, and is the home stadium of Championship club Watford. An all-seater stadium, its current capacity is 22,200.

   1.6 km · Association football stadium in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, home to Watford F.C. · Wikipedia
2. 02
   London School of Theology

   The London School of Theology, formerly London Bible College, is a British interdenominational evangelical theological college based in Northwood within the London Borough of Hillingdon.

   3.9 km · interdenominational evangelical theological college in Hillingdon, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Holy Rood Church

   Holy Rood Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Watford, Hertfordshire. It was built from 1889 to 1890.

   2 km · catholic church in Watford, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Museum of Watford

   Watford Museum is a local museum in Watford, Hertfordshire, in the United Kingdom. It is owned by Watford Borough Council.

   2 km · local museum in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Harlequin Centre

   Harlequin Watford is a shopping centre in the middle of Watford, Hertfordshire, England. It opened in June 1992 as the Harlequin Shopping Centre.

   2.3 km · shopping mall in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Watford Palace Theatre

   Watford Palace Theatre, opened in 1908, is an Edwardian Grade II listed building in Watford, Hertfordshire. The 600-seat theatre on Clarendon Road was refurbished in 2004.

   2.2 km · theatre and cinema in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St Mary's Church

   St Mary's Watford is a Church of England church in Watford, Hertfordshire, in England. It is an active church situated in the town centre on Watford High Street, approximately 25 kilometres outside London.

   2.2 km · historic church in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St John's Church

   The Church of St John the Apostle and Evangelist is a Church of England parish church located in Sutton Road, close to the centre of the busy market town of Watford in Hertfordshire. It is within the Diocese of St Albans and has throughout its history been one of the leading Anglo-Catholic churches in the southeast of England.

   2.5 km · grade II listed church in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   The Grove

   The Grove is a large resort hotel in Hertfordshire, England, with a 300–acre private park next to the River Gade and the Grand Union Canal. It touches on its north-west corner the M25 motorway and remains a small part in Watford.

   3.4 km · country house hotel in Sarratt, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    The More

    The More was a 16th-century palace in the parish of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, where Catherine of Aragon lived after the annulment of her marriage to Henry VIII. It had been owned by Cardinal Wolsey. It lay at the northeast corner of the later More Park estate on the edge of the Colne flood plain.

    1.8 km · 16th century palace in Batchworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Holywell

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 20 km · London Luton (LTN), 26 km · London Stansted (STN), 53 km

Stations

Watford tube station, 1.2 km · Moor Park tube station, 2 km · Croxley tube station, 1.1 km · Rickmansworth station, 3.4 km · Watford Junction railway station, 2.7 km

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  125 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £14–18
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