Places to explore near Watford Junction StationWatford

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

2.1 km W · spans 9 counties

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

3.2 km E · Hertfordshire

The Making of Harry Potter at Leavesden, a walk through the original film sets, props and Diagon Alley near Watford.

3.4 km NW

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

5.9 km W

The 'M25 for walkers' — an orbital path through outer London's woods, commons and river valleys from Erith to Purfleet.

3.7 km S · spans 5 counties

A country park in Hertfordshire.

5.5 km E

A country park in Hertfordshire.

6.4 km SW

Chess-valley village strung along one of the longest greens in the county, with old cottages and a flint church down by the river.

6.6 km W · Hertfordshire

A country park in London.

6.8 km SE

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

7.2 km W · spans 5 counties

A country park in London.

9 km SW

Saxon-founded church over a thousand years old on the southern edge of St Albans, set in an acre of tree-filled churchyard.

9.3 km N

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

9.7 km N