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

Hertfordshire Way© Philip Jeffrey / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Ashwell & Morden StationOdsey

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

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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.

2.2 km E · Hertfordshire

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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.

3.5 km NW · Hertfordshire

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

4.1 km E · spans 7 counties

Stotfold Watermill

Watermill near Stotfold

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

7.5 km W

Barkway: Berg Cottage

House & garden near Cottered

A National Trust place in Hertfordshire.

9.2 km E

Cromer Windmill

Windmill near Ardeley

Hertfordshire's only surviving post mill, a white weatherboarded mill of about 1720 on a medieval mound near Ardeley, restored and open on summer afternoons.

10 km S

Everything else within 10 km (13) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Therfield HeathSSSI2.2 km E
Ashwell SpringsSSSIaccess unclear3 km NW
St Mary the Virgin, AshwellChurch3.3 km W
Arbury Banks hillfortHillfortaccess unclear3.6 km W
Therfield CastleEarthworks of a former castleaccess unclear3.8 km SE
Hinxworth Roman fortletRoman archaeological siteaccess unclear5.3 km W
Blagrove CommonSSSI5.6 km SE
John o'Gaunt's HouseEarthworks of a former castleaccess unclear7 km NE
Radwell Roman villaRoman archaeological siteaccess unclear7.1 km SW
Holland Hall (Melbourn) Railway CuttingSSSIaccess unclear7.4 km NE
Preceptory of Knights HospitallersSite of a former preceptoryaccess unclear8.8 km N
CotteredVillage9.5 km S
The Garden House, CotteredHouse & gardenaccess unclear9.7 km S

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.