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Photo of St Albans Cathedral, an abbey in Hertfordshire, eastern England.

St Albans CathedralPhoto Agris Belkovskis / Unsplash

Places to explore near Harpenden StationHarpenden

30 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 of The Silver Cup, a gastropub near Harpenden, Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

The Silver Cup

Gastropub near Harpenden

Common-side dining pub on the edge of Harpenden.

0.4 km SW

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.

3.5 km S · Hertfordshire

Photo of Devil's Dyke, Wheathampstead, a landmark in Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Devil's Dyke, Wheathampstead

Landmark near Wheathampstead

Deep wooded Iron Age earthwork on the edge of Wheathampstead, thought to be part of a stronghold of the Catuvellauni tribe.

4.6 km E

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

5.9 km W

Photo of St Albans, a village in Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

St Albans

Village

Historic city grown from the Roman town of Verulamium, its cathedral and medieval streets rising above the Ver and Verulamium Park.

6.7 km S · Hertfordshire

Photo of Ayot St Lawrence, a village in Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Ayot St Lawrence

Village

Secluded lane-end hamlet of George Bernard Shaw's home, a ruined old church and a Palladian eyecatcher church built as a folly.

6.8 km E · Hertfordshire

Photo of St Albans Cathedral, an abbey in Hertfordshire, eastern England.Iconic

St Albans Cathedral

Abbey near St Albans

Long Norman abbey church over Roman Verulamium.

7.2 km S

Photo of Cardington Sheds, a landmark near Luton, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Cardington Sheds

Landmark near Luton

Two vast airship hangars built for the R101 that still dominate the flat land south-east of Bedford, among the largest structures in the country.

9.2 km NW

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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.

1 km N · spans 5 counties

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.

1.2 km NE · spans 4 counties

Photo of The Old Bell, a pub near Harpenden, Hertfordshire, eastern England.

The Old Bell

Pub near Harpenden

Grade II-listed country pub near Harpenden, settled into the Hertfordshire countryside since 1765.

1.7 km NW

Photo of Shaw's Corner, a house & garden near Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, eastern England.

Shaw's Corner

House & garden near Ayot St Lawrence

George Bernard Shaw's home, with a writing hut that revolves to follow the sun.

6.1 km E

Photo of Old Gorhambury House, a house near St Albans, Hertfordshire, eastern England.

Old Gorhambury House

House near St Albans

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.

7.1 km S

Three Brewers of St Albans

Attraction near St Albans

St Albans craft brewery brewing with water from its own Hertfordshire borehole.

7.2 km S

Photo of Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, a pub near St Albans, Hertfordshire, eastern England.

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks

Pub near St Albans

Octagonal former dovecote beside Verulamium Park in St Albans, long cited among England's oldest pubs.

7.3 km S

Photo of Luton Hoo Walled Garden, a Grade II* registered house & garden in Bedfordshire, eastern England.

Luton Hoo Walled Garden

House & garden near Luton

Capability Brown's unusual octagonal walled garden of the 1760s, restored by volunteers.

7.5 km NW

Photo of Verulamium wall and ditch, a Roman town near St Albans, Hertfordshire, eastern England.

Verulamium wall and ditch

Roman town near St Albans

Flint-and-brick walls of Roman Verulamium, up to four metres high in places, in a park in St Albans.

7.5 km S

Everything else within 10 km (13) — 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.