Rickmansworth

Worth seeing in and around Rickmansworth

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.

   4.6 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.

   3.7 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.

   5 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.

   4.9 km · local museum in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   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.

   1.9 km · 16th century palace in Batchworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Chiltern Open Air Museum

   Chiltern Open Air Museum is an independent open-air museum of vernacular buildings and a tourist attraction located near Chalfont St Peter and Chalfont St. Giles in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England.

   5.2 km · Museum in the Chiltern Hills, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Northwood Cemetery, London

   Northwood Cemetery was opened in 1915 as a consequence of population growth in the Northwood area. It is now in the London Borough of Hillingdon.

   5.3 km · cemetery in Hillington, London · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Colne Valley Viaduct

   The Colne Valley Viaduct is a railway bridge that will carry High Speed 2 over the Colne Valley Regional Park and the Grand Union Canal. It runs between Harefield in Hillingdon, Greater London and Denham in Buckinghamshire.

   5.5 km · railway viaduct in Harefield, London Borough of Hillingdon, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   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.

   5.2 km · historic church in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    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.

    5.3 km · shopping mall in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Three Rivers Museum

   Basing House, 46 High St, WD3 1HP, enquiries@trmt.org.uk.

2. 02
   Chenies Manor House

   Chenies Manor House, Chenies, Buckinghamshire, WD3 6ER (103 bus from Rickmansworth Station to the Garden Centre, and approximately 15-min walk to the house.), enquiries@cheniesmanorhouse.co.uk.

From Wikivoyage: Rickmansworth, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Watersmeet Theatre

   Watersmeet, High St, WD3 1EH, watersmeet@threerivers.gov.uk.

2. 02
   The Aquadrome

   Rickmansworth Aquadrome, Frogmoor Lane, WD3 1NB, fax: +44 1923 896119, enquiries@threerivers.gov.uk.

3. 03
   Chorleywood Common

   Take a walk on a semi-wooded common, that has varied chalk grassland, and trees.

From Wikivoyage: Rickmansworth, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

1. 01
   Presso

   92 High St, WD3 1AQ,.

2. 02
   Sea Master

   137 Uxbridge Rd, WD3 7DW,.

From Wikivoyage: Rickmansworth, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Rickmansworth

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 19 km · London Luton (LTN), 27 km · London Stansted (STN), 55 km

Stations

Watford tube station, 4 km · Moor Park tube station, 2.6 km · Croxley tube station, 2 km · Chorleywood station, 4 km · Northwood tube station, 4.2 km

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  28 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £4–5
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  28 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £4–5
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Rickmansworth

  135 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £15–21
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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 Rickmansworth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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