Stanstead Abbotts
Stanstead Abbotts is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England.
Stanstead Abbotts is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies 2 miles (3 km) south-east of Ware, its post town. The centre of the village adjoins the east bank of the River Lea, which forms the parish boundary with the neighbouring parishes of Stanstead St Margarets and Great Amwell west of the river.
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Worth seeing in and around Stanstead Abbotts
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.
- 01Hunsdon House
Hunsdon House is a historic house in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England, northwest of Harlow. Originally constructed in the 15th century, it was most notably the estate of King Henry VIII. It has been rebuilt several times since then, and is no longer as grand as it was in the Tudor era.
3.1 km · Grade I listed English country house in East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St 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.
1.4 km · church in Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Briggens House
Briggens House is a Grade II listed 18th-century house and parklands in Hertfordshire, England, near the border with Essex and the village of Roydon. It has a number of features from the garden designer Charles Bridgeman from 1720.
2.6 km · country house in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04All Nations Christian College
All Nations Christian College is an English missions college, located at Chester House, 30 Pages Lane, Muswell Hill in London and validated by the Open University.
1.7 km · missions college, located in Hertfordshire and validated by the Open University · Wikipedia - 05Hoddesdon Town Hall
Hoddesdon Town Hall, also known as Hoddesdon Clock House, was a municipal building in the High Street in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England. Except for the clock tower, which survives, the building was demolished in 1967.
3.4 km · town hall in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St Peter's Church, Roydon
St Peter's Church is a Church of England parish church in the village of Roydon in Essex, England.
2.5 km · church in Roydon, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Hoddesdon Cemetery
Hoddesdon Cemetery is the burial ground for the town of Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire in the UK and is owned and maintained by the Borough of Broxbourne. Located on Ware Road in Hoddesdon, the first interment was in February 1883 since when over 11,000 burials have taken place in the cemetery.
2.7 km · cemetery in Hertfordshire, England · Wikipedia - 08Christ Church Ware
Christ Church is a Church of England church in Ware, Hertfordshire, England. The parish was formed out of the ancient parish in 1858 and covers the East and South sides of Ware.
3.8 km · church in Ware, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Hertford Regional College
Hertford Regional College is a further education college located over two sites in Hertfordshire, England.
3.6 km · college in Hertfordshire, UK · Wikipedia - 10Rawdon House
Rawdon House is a former residence in the High Street of Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England. It was built as a house in 1622 by Marmaduke Rawdon, and extended in 1879.
3.8 km · house in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Stanstead Abbotts
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 19 km · London Luton (LTN), 28 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 48 km
- Stations
- Roydon railway station, 2.2 km · Rye House railway station, 2.2 km · St Margarets railway station, 800 m · Ware railway station, 3.6 km
- London → Stanstead Abbotts33 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £4.5–6
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Stanstead Abbotts151 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £17–23
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Stanstead Abbotts152 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · £18–24
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No local-transport research exists yet for Stanstead Abbotts
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 Stanstead Abbotts. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inA low-cost minibus company, Stansted Transfer operates between London and Stansted Airport.
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Next door to Stanstead Abbotts
Stanstead Abbotts is 29 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hoddesdontown in Hertfordshire, England3.8 km
- Roydonvillage and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England, UK2.6 km
- Stanstead St Margaretsvillage in Hertfordshire, England, UK900 m
- Waresidevillage in Hertfordshire, England, UK3.8 km
- Hunsdonvillage and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England3.5 km
- Great Amwellvillage in Hertfordshire, England1.8 km