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Photo of Hitchin Lavender, a visitor attraction in Hertfordshire, eastern England.

Hitchin Lavender© DeFacto / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Places to explore near Arlesey StationArlesey

38 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Hitchin Lavender, a visitor attraction in Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Hitchin Lavender

Attraction near Hitchin

Rows of lavender and sunflowers you can walk and cut on a chalk hillside at Ickleford, above Hitchin, at their best in high summer.

5.4 km S

Photo of The Cock, a pub near Broom, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

The Cock

Pub · With rooms near Broom

Greene King ales fetched by the jug straight from the cellar in a quarry-tiled village pub with no bar counter.

5.6 km N

Photo of the Chilterns, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Chilterns

National Landscape near The Lee

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

7.8 km SW

Photo of Ashwell, a village in Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Ashwell

Village

North-Hertfordshire village of preserved timber-framed houses gathered under a tall medieval church spire, beside the chalk springs that feed the River Cam.

7.8 km E · Hertfordshire

Photo of Swiss Garden, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Ickwell, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Swiss Garden

House & garden near Ickwell

A theatrical Regency Swiss garden of winding paths, follies and a chalet cottage.

8 km NW

Photo of Old Warden, a village in Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Old Warden

Village

Estate village of picture-book thatched cottages, restored by the Shuttleworth family, with the Swiss Garden and vintage aerodrome on its doorstep.

8.2 km NW · Bedfordshire

Photo along the Hertfordshire Way, a 195-mile long-distance path in eastern England.Highlight

Hertfordshire Way

Long-distance path

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

8.7 km SE · Hertfordshire

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Stotfold Watermill

Watermill near Stotfold

A restored working watermill and greenspace on the River Ivel at Stotfold, milling flour again after fire and rebuild.

3.6 km E

Photo along the John Bunyan Trail, an 81-mile long-distance path in eastern England.

John Bunyan Trail

Long-distance path

Around Bedfordshire in John Bunyan's footsteps — Elstow, Bedford and the chalk rises he recast as the Delectable Mountains.

4.8 km W · Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire

Photo along the Icknield Way Path, a 110-mile long-distance path running from Ivinghoe Beacon to Knettishall Heath, England.

Icknield Way Path

Long-distance path

The missing middle of the 'oldest road in Britain', linking the Ridgeway at Ivinghoe Beacon to the Peddars Way at Knettishall Heath.

5.4 km S · spans 7 counties

Photo of The White Horse (Southill), a pub in Bedfordshire, eastern England.

The White Horse (Southill)

Pub near Southill

Village country pub at Southill with a heated patio and garden, comforting pub classics and a good range of real ales.

5.8 km NW

Photo along the Greensand Ridge Walk, a 40-mile long-distance path running from Leighton Buzzard to Gamlingay, England.

Greensand Ridge Walk

Long-distance path

Leighton Buzzard to Gamlingay along Bedfordshire's wooded sandstone ridge, waymarked with a muntjac in a nod to Woburn's escapees.

7.7 km NW · Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & Cambridgeshire

Photo of All Saints' Church, Willian, a church in Hertfordshire, eastern England.

All Saints' Church, Willian

Church near Willian

Nearly nine-hundred-year-old flint church beside the green at Willian, near Letchworth Garden City.

7.9 km SE

Warden Abbey Vineyard

Vineyard near Old Warden

Historic vineyard on a field first planted by medieval monks and replanted in 1986, offering guided tours and tastings of its award-winning wines.

8.4 km NW

Photo along the Chiltern Way, a 177-mile long-distance path in England.

Chiltern Way

Long-distance path

The Chiltern Society's grand loop through four counties of beechwood and chalk, grown from a Millennium project into 177 miles.

8.5 km SW · spans 5 counties

Ickwell

Village

Thatched cottages set around a broad green with a permanent maypole and a cricket club that has played here for over a century.

8.7 km NW · Bedfordshire

Everything else within 10 km (22) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.