Watford

Worth seeing in and around Watford

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.

   700 m · Association football stadium in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, home to Watford F.C. · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Bhaktivedanta Manor

   Bhaktivedanta Manor is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu temple set in the Hertfordshire countryside of England, in the village of Letchmore Heath near Watford. The Manor is owned and run by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, better known as the Hare Krishna movement.

   4.3 km · Hindu temple, formerly a country house, in Hertfordshire, England, 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.

   200 m · catholic church in Watford, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Building Research Establishment

   The Building Research Establishment is a centre of building science in the United Kingdom, owned by charitable organisation the BRE Trust. It is a former UK government national laboratory, previously called Building Research Station, that was privatised in 1997.

   5.2 km · centre of building science in the United Kingdom, owned by charitable organisation the BRE Trust · Wikipedia
5. 05
   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.

   5.3 km · interdenominational evangelical theological college in Hillingdon, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Museum of Watford

   Watford Museum is a local museum in Watford, Hertfordshire, in the United Kingdom. It is owned by Watford Borough Council.

   700 m · local museum in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Grim's Dyke

   Grim's Dyke is a house and estate in Harrow Weald, in northwest London, England. The house was built from 1870 to 1872 by Richard Norman Shaw for painter Frederick Goodall and named after the nearby prehistoric earthwork known as Grim's Ditch.

   4.6 km · house (now a hotel) in Harrow Weald, London · Wikipedia
8. 08
   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.

   0 m · historic church in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   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.

   100 m · shopping mall in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Watford Palace Theatre

    Watford Palace Theatre, opened in 1908, is an Edwardian Grade II listed building in Watford, Hertfordshire. The 600-seat theatre on Clarendon Road was refurbished in 2004.

    200 m · theatre and cinema in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Warner Bros

   Studio Tour, toll-free: +44 800 640 4550.

2. 02
   Watford Palace Theatre

   Alongside touring productions, the theatre provides programmes in new writing.

3. 03
   Watford Museum

   Its collection includes fine art, displays about local heritage, industry and sport, with a special collection related to the history of the Cassiobury Estate.

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

Things to do

There are plenty of things to do in Watford. For example, visit the Warner Bros Studios in north Watford, shop in the town centre, stroll through Cassiobury Park, play golf at Watford TopGolf or even visit Woodside Leisure Park, home of Vue cinema, indoor play areas and some restaurants. Watford is also home to many leisure centres, for sporting activities, including a running and athletics track in Garston.

1. 01
   Watford FC

   They play soccer in the Championship, the second tier.

2. 02
   Watford Colosseum

   Watford Colosseum is famed for its world-class acoustics.

3. 03
   Watford Topgolf

   Much like a modern bowling alley it has sensors and screens which track your shots.

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

Where to eat

There are many choices. For restaurants, there is Middletons Steakhouse and Grill, Flower Drum (Chinese), Flame (Chinese buffet), various Pizza restaurants (Pizza et pizza, Zinco, Ask, Pizza Hut, Pizza Express), Caribbean, Japanese (Hanko)...

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Getting to Watford

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 21 km · London Luton (LTN), 25 km · London Stansted (STN), 50 km

Stations

Watford tube station, 1.5 km · Croxley tube station, 3.3 km · Moor Park tube station, 3.7 km · Rickmansworth station, 5.6 km · Northwood tube station, 5.3 km

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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Watford

  138 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £15–20
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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 Watford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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