Ware
Worth seeing in and around Ware
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.
- 01Hertford 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.
3.9 km · Grade I listed castle in East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02All 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.
3.7 km · church in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Balls Park
Balls Park in Hertford is a Grade I Listed mid-17th-century house. The estate and house are set in over 63 acres of parkland which is listed Grade II on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.
3.5 km · Grade I listed building in East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of Saint Leonard, Bengeo
The Church of Saint Leonard is a Norman church in Bengeo, Hertfordshire, England. Located on the hillside overlooking the shared Beane and Lea valley, the Grade I Listed church dates from about 1120, and is the oldest building in Hertford.
3.6 km · church in East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Bailey Hall
Bayley Hall is a Grade II* listed building located on Queens Road in Hertford, Hertfordshire. Constructed primarily around 1770, it is regarded as one of the finest examples of early 18th-century domestic architecture in Hertford.
3.8 km · house in Hertford, East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06All 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.
2.2 km · missions college, located in Hertfordshire and validated by the Open University · 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.
100 m · 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.
1.8 km · 18th-century Queen Anne House-style hotel in Ware, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Shire Hall
The Shire Hall is a municipal building in Fore Street, Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire, England. The building, which currently serves as a Magistrates' Court, is a Grade I listed building.
3.7 km · Grade I listed building 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.
300 m · church in Ware, East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ware
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 20 km · London Luton (LTN), 24 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 48 km
- Stations
- Hertford East railway station, 3.3 km · St Margarets railway station, 3.2 km · Ware railway station, 300 m
- London → Ware34 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £3.5–4.5
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Ware148 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £17–22
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Ware148 km · quickest by road, 3h · £18–24
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ware
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 Ware. 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 Ware
Ware is 31 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Stanstead St Margaretsvillage in Hertfordshire, England, UK3 km
- Hertford Heathvillage in Hertfordshire, England, UK3.4 km
- Stanstead Abbottsvillage in Hertfordshire, UK3.7 km
- Thundridgevillage and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, UK2.6 km
- Waresidevillage in Hertfordshire, England, UK3.7 km
- Great Amwellvillage in Hertfordshire, England2.1 km