Monkswood

Worth seeing in and around Monkswood

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
   Welwyn Garden City

   Welwyn Garden City is a town in the Welwyn Hatfield district, in Hertfordshire, England, 20 miles north of London. It was the second garden city in England and one of the first new towns.

   1.7 km · garden city and new town in Hertfordshire, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Hatfield House

   Hatfield House is a Grade I listed country house set in a large park, the Great Park, on the eastern side of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. The present Jacobean house, a leading example of the prodigy house, was built in 1611 by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Chief Minister to James I. It is a prime example of Jacobean architecture.

   6.6 km · country house in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   University of Hertfordshire

   The University of Hertfordshire is a public research university in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. It is based primarily in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

   7.9 km · university in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Knebworth House

   Knebworth House is an English country house in the parish of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

   5.9 km · country house in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Broadhall Way

   Broadhall Way, known as the SPORTA Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium located in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. Built in 1960 and opened the following year, it has been the home ground of Stevenage Football Club, formerly Stevenage Borough, since 1980.

   7.8 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Hertford Castle

   Hertford Castle is a Norman era castle built beside the River Lea in Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire, England. Most of the internal buildings of the structure have been demolished.

   9 km · Grade I listed castle in East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Concerts at Knebworth House

   The Knebworth Festival is a recurring open-air rock and pop festival held on the grounds of Knebworth House in Knebworth, England. The festival first occurred in July 1974 when the Allman Brothers Band, the Doobie Brothers and other artists attracted 60,000 people.

   6.1 km · open-air rock and pop concert · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Brocket Hall

   Brocket Hall is a neo-classical country house set in a large park at the western side of the urban area of Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, England. The estate includes two golf courses and seven smaller listed buildings, apart from the main house.

   3.1 km · country house in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   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.

   9.3 km · church in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    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.

    9.1 km · observatory in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Monkswood

Airports

London Luton (LTN), 13 km · London Stansted (STN), 31 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 43 km

Stations

Stevenage railway station, 9.1 km · Welwyn North railway station, 1 km · Knebworth railway station, 5.4 km · Panshanger Aerodrome, 3.8 km · Welwyn Garden City railway station, 2.1 km

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  196 km · quickest by road, 3h 42m · £21–28
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  111 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · £13–17
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  184 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · £20–27
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