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Photo of Hatfield House and Gardens, a Grade I registered house & garden near Ayot Green, Hertfordshire, eastern England.

Hatfield House and Gardens© Christine Matthews / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Bayford StationBayford

36 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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.

0.5 km NW · Hertfordshire

Photo of Paradise Wildlife Park, a visitor attraction in Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Paradise Wildlife Park

Attraction near Hertford

Family wildlife park near Broxbourne with big cats and hundreds of exotic animals, voted a top county attraction.

4 km SE

Photo of Panshanger, a Grade II* registered house & garden in Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Panshanger

House & garden near Hertford

A Humphry Repton landscape of lakes and meadows, home to an ancient Great Oak.

4.7 km NW

Photo of Scott's Grotto, a folly near Ware, Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Scott's Grotto

Folly near Ware

The largest shell grotto in the country, six flint-and-shell chambers dug into a Ware hillside by the poet John Scott in the 1760s.

6.9 km NE

Photo of Hatfield House and Gardens, a Grade I registered house & garden near Ayot Green, Hertfordshire, eastern England.Iconic

Hatfield House and Gardens

House & garden near Ayot Green

Jacobean palace of the Cecils and Elizabeth I.

7.3 km W

Photo of Lee Valley White Water Centre, a visitor attraction near Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Lee Valley White Water Centre

Attraction near Waltham Cross

The 2012 Olympic white-water course near Waltham Cross, open for rafting and kayaking over the rapids.

9.4 km SE

Photo of Waltham Abbey Church, an abbey near Waltham Cross, Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Waltham Abbey Church

Abbey near Waltham Cross

Norman church said to hold King Harold's grave.

9.9 km SE

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of the Lee Navigation, a 28-mile river navigation running from Hertford to Bow Locks, England.

Lee Navigation

River navigation

The Lea made navigable — from Hertford through the Lee Valley's reservoirs and marshes to Bow Locks on the edge of the Thames.

2.2 km NW · London, Hertfordshire & Essex

Photo along the Lea Valley Walk, a 50-mile long-distance path running from Luton to Limehouse Basin, England.

Lea Valley Walk

Long-distance path

Down the Lea from its source at Leagrave to the Thames at Limehouse — flat towpath walking through Hertford and the Olympic Park.

3.3 km N · spans 4 counties

Photo of Northaw Great Wood Country Park, a country park in Hertfordshire, eastern England.

Northaw Great Wood Country Park

Country park near Hertford

A country park in Hertfordshire.

4.4 km SW

Hertford

Village

County town at the meeting of four rivers, with a medieval street pattern, castle grounds and McMullen's brewery in its heart.

4.5 km N · Hertfordshire

Photo of McMullen Brewery, a brewery in Hertfordshire, eastern England.

McMullen Brewery

Brewery near Hertford

Family brewery in the heart of Hertford, brewing since 1827 and running tours of its Victorian tower brewhouse.

4.6 km N

Photo of River Lee Country Park, a country park near Hertford, Essex, eastern England.

River Lee Country Park

Country park near Hertford

A country park in Essex.

5.7 km E

Ware

Village

Old malting town on the River Lea, known for its riverside gazebos and the six-chambered Scott's Grotto.

7.4 km NE · Hertfordshire

Photo of the River Stort, a 14-mile river navigation running from Bishop's Stortford to Feildes Weir, eastern England.

River Stort

River navigation

A small, winding navigation through the Essex–Hertfordshire border country from Bishop's Stortford to the Lee.

7.6 km E · Hertfordshire & Essex

Photo of St Etheldreda's Church, a church near Hatfield, Hertfordshire, eastern England.

St Etheldreda's Church

Church near Hatfield

Medieval church above Old Hatfield beside Hatfield House, resting place of two prime ministers and the Cecils of Salisbury.

8 km W

Everything else within 10 km (20) — 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.