Dominican Priory

Hertfordshire's grand circuit from the Royce Stone at Royston — chalk streams, commons and country houses for nearly 200 miles.

0.5 km S · Hertfordshire

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

1 km E · spans 9 counties

The Making of Harry Potter at Leavesden, a walk through the original film sets, props and Diagon Alley near Watford.

3.8 km SE

Beech woods and chalk downland within easy reach of London, laced with old ridge paths and grazing red kites

4.2 km SW

Ruined porch, chapel and clock tower of Sir Nicholas Bacon's Elizabethan mansion near St Albans, built in the 1560s and later home to Francis Bacon.

6.8 km NE

Long Norman abbey church over Roman Verulamium.

9 km NE