Stanstead St Margarets
Stanstead St Margarets, often abbreviated to just St Margarets, is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England.
Stanstead St Margarets, often abbreviated to just St Margarets, is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It is located halfway between the towns of Hoddesdon and Ware. It lies on the west bank of the River Lea, which separates it from Stanstead Abbotts on the east bank. Stanstead St Margarets is now classed as part of the Stanstead Abbotts built up area by the Office for National Statistics, and has Stanstead Abbotts postal addresses. It is served by St Margarets railway station. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 1,576.
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Worth seeing in and around Stanstead St Margarets
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.
3.9 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.
2.2 km · church in Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Hoddesdon 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.
3.2 km · town hall in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Hoddesdon 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.
2.3 km · cemetery in Hertfordshire, England · Wikipedia - 05Rawdon 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.
3.7 km · house in Broxbourne, 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.
3.2 km · church in Roydon, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Christ 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.
3.1 km · church in Ware, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Fanhams Hall
Fanhams Hall is an 18th-century Queen Anne style country house in Wareside, Hertfordshire, in the south east of England. It is a Grade II* listed building which is now operating as a hotel.
3.7 km · 18th-century Queen Anne House-style hotel in Ware, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Rye House, Hertfordshire
Rye House in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire is a former fortified manor house, located in what is now the Lee Valley Regional Park. The 15th-century gatehouse is the surviving part of the structure and is a Grade I listed building.
2.2 km · Grade I listed English country house in East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Church of St Mary
St Mary's Church is a grade I listed parish church in Ware, Hertfordshire, England.
3.3 km · church in Ware, East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Stanstead St Margarets
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 19 km · London Luton (LTN), 27 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 48 km
- Stations
- Roydon railway station, 3 km · Rye House railway station, 2.4 km · Ware railway station, 2.8 km · St Margarets railway station, 200 m
- London → Stanstead St Margarets31 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · £3–4.5
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Stanstead St Margarets151 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £17–23
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Stanstead St Margarets152 km · quickest by road, 3h · £18–24
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No local-transport research exists yet for Stanstead St Margarets
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 St Margarets. 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 St Margarets
Stanstead St Margarets is 29 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Waretown in Hertfordshire, England3.6 km
- Hoddesdontown in Hertfordshire, England3.6 km
- Roydonvillage and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England, UK3.3 km
- Hertford Heathvillage in Hertfordshire, England, UK3.5 km
- Stanstead Abbottsvillage in Hertfordshire, UK900 m
- Waresidevillage in Hertfordshire, England, UK3.9 km