Ickleford
Ickleford is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England.

Ickleford is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies immediately north of the town of Hitchin, from which it is separated by the River Oughton. It lies west of the River Hiz and to the east of the A600 road. The village has two greens: Upper Green by the parish church of St Katharine at the centre of the village, and the larger Lower Green to the north. The population of the parish was 1,936 at the 2021 census.
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Worth seeing in and around Ickleford
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.
- 01Hitchin
Hitchin is a market town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The town dates from at least the 7th century.
2.6 km · market town in the North Hertfordshire district in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Hitchin Flyover
The Hitchin Flyover is a railway flyover 0.7 miles north of Hitchin railway station in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. The flyover allows the Down Cambridge Flyover line to cross over the four tracks of the congested East Coast Main Line to connect to the Cambridge line, as opposed to the former flat junction at the same location, which remains in situ nevertheless.
1.4 km · grade-separated single-track railway viaduct on the Great Northern Route near Hitchin · Wikipedia - 03Parish Church of St Mary
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church of Old Letchworth in Hertfordshire. A church appears to have been on the site since before the Norman Conquest.
3.8 km · church building in Letchworth Garden City, North Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Howgills (Society Of Friends Meeting House)
Howgills in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, is a Grade II listed building on the Register of Historic England in use as a Meeting House for the Society of Friends. Howgills was built on South View in 1907 to a free-style Arts and Crafts design by Robert Bennett and Benjamin Wilson Bidwell, typical with this firm of architects, although it is thought the design is mostly by Bidwell, a Quaker himself.
3.9 km · Quaker meeting house in Letchworth Garden City, North Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Town Hall
Letchworth Town Hall is a municipal building in Broadway, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Letchworth Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.
3.8 km · town hall in Letchworth Garden City, North Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church of St Hugh of Lincoln, Letchworth
The Church of St Hugh of Lincoln is a Catholic church in Letchworth, Hertfordshire founded by the scholar and priest Adrian Fortescue. The first church was consecrated in 1908 and was dedicated to St Hugh of Lincoln while the modern church which replaced it was built in 1963.
3.8 km · Catholic church in Letchworth · Wikipedia - 07Church of St Katharine, Ickleford
The Church of St Katharine of Alexandria is the Church of England parish church for Ickleford in Hertfordshire. It comes under the diocese of St Albans.
200 m · church in Ickleford, North Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Oughtonhead Lane
Oughtonhead Lane is a 0.9-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hitchin in Hertfordshire. The local planning authority is North Hertfordshire District Council.
1.9 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hitchin · Wikipedia - 09Hitchin Town Hall
Hitchin Town Hall is a municipal structure in Brand Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Hitchin Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.
2.3 km · movie theater in North Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10North Hertfordshire Museum
North Hertfordshire Museum is a museum that displays collections relating to local history and heritage. It is located adjacent to the refurbished Hitchin Town Hall on Brand Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
2.4 km · museum in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ickleford
- Airports
- London Luton (LTN), 12 km · London Stansted (STN), 37 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 57 km
- Stations
- Letchworth Garden City railway station, 3.9 km · Hitchin railway station, 2.4 km
- London → Ickleford53 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £6–7
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Ickleford124 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £13–18
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Ickleford124 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £15–19
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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 Ickleford
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 Ickleford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt's a major hub for the budget airlines easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air, and for charter flights by Tui.
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Next door to Ickleford
Ickleford is 46 km from Brent, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Letchworth Garden Citytown in Hertfordshire, England3.8 km
- Pirtonvillage and civil parish in North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England3.4 km
- Holwellvillage and a civil parish in North Hertfordshire, England1.8 km
- Walsworthvillage in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom2.4 km
- Beartonsuburb of Hitchin, in Hertfordshire, England, UK1.4 km