Waltham Cross

Worth seeing in and around Waltham Cross

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
   Gilwell Park

   Gilwell Park is the headquarters and principal camp site of The Scout Association in the United Kingdom. It is a 109-acre site on the northeastern outskirts of London, located within Epping Forest in the Sewardstonebury area of Waltham Abbey, near the border with Chingford.

   4.7 km · UK camp site and activity centre for Scouting and Guiding groups and other youth organizations · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Waltham Abbey Church

   The Abbey Church of Waltham Holy Cross and St Lawrence, also known as Waltham Abbey or Waltham Abbey Church, is the parish church of the town of Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. It has been a place of worship since the 7th century.

   2 km · church in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Lee Valley Park

   Lee Valley Regional Park is a 10,000-acre 26 miles long linear park, much of it green spaces, running through the northeast of Greater London, Essex and Hertfordshire. The park follows the course of the River Lea along the Lea Valley from Ware in Hertfordshire through Essex and the north east of Greater London, through the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to East India Docks Basin on the River Thames.

   3.1 km · park in the Lee Valley · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Theobalds House

   Theobalds House, also known as Theobalds Palace, was a significant 16th-century stately home located in the parish of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. Set in extensive parkland, it was a residence of statesmen Lord Burghley and his son the Earl of Salisbury, both leading royal advisers.

   1.6 km · ruined stately home and palace near Cheshunt in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Barclays Bank, 20 The Town, Enfield

   Barclays Bank, at 20 The Town, Enfield, formerly the London and Provincial Bank, is a Grade II listed building in the London Borough of Enfield. It was designed by William Gillbee Scott in a Flemish Renaissance style and completed in 1897.

   5 km · bank building in Enfield, London, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of St Andrew, Enfield

   St Andrew's Enfield is a Church of England church in Enfield, London, and the original parish church of Enfield. It is a grade II* listed building with Historic England.

   5 km · Church of England church in Enfield, London, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Nicon House

   Nicon House is an office building at 45 Silver Street, Enfield, London, that until 1911 was the Church of England Girls' School of Industry. It was then used as a boys' preparatory school and subsequently, until 1984, as the offices and printing works of the Enfield Gazette.

   4.9 km · building in Enfield, London, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Christ Church United Reformed Church

   Christ Church United Reformed Church is a grade II listed United Reformed Church at Chase Side, Enfield, London.

   4.9 km · church in Enfield, London · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Forty Hall

   Forty Hall is a manor house of the 1620s in Forty Hill in Enfield, north London. The house, a Grade I listed building, is today used as a museum by the London Borough of Enfield.

   3 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in the London Borough of Enfield, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills

    The Royal Gunpowder Mills are a former industrial site in Waltham Abbey, England. It was one of three Royal Gunpowder Mills in the United Kingdom.

    1.8 km · military museum in Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Waltham Cross

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 29 km · London Luton (LTN), 31 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 38 km

Stations

Bush Hill Park railway station, 5.5 km · Turkey Street railway station, 1.8 km · Southbury railway station, 4.4 km · Cheshunt railway station, 2 km · Theobalds Grove railway station, 700 m

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  155 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £17–22
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  160 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £18–24
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