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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 Hertford East StationHertford

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.

0.2 km NW · Hertfordshire

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.

2.8 km E

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.

3.8 km W

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.

7.8 km S

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.

10 km SW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

0.2 km N · spans 4 counties

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.

0.2 km NW · London, Hertfordshire & Essex

Hertford

Village

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

0.4 km SW · 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.

0.5 km W

Ware

Village

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

3.1 km NE · Hertfordshire

Photo of The Bull (Watton-at-Stone), a pub in Hertfordshire, eastern England.

The Bull (Watton-at-Stone)

Pub near Watton-at-Stone

Period village pub with an open hearth at Watton-at-Stone, south of Stevenage in the Beane valley.

6.9 km N

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.

7.1 km SE · Hertfordshire & Essex

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.

7.3 km SE

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.

9.2 km SW

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.