Places to explore near Watford North StationNorth Watford

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

2.2 km NE · Hertfordshire

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

2.5 km NW

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

2.5 km W · spans 9 counties

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

6.5 km W

Long Norman abbey church over Roman Verulamium.

8.8 km N

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

9.6 km NE · Hertfordshire

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

5.1 km S · spans 5 counties

A country park in Hertfordshire.

5.5 km SE

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

6.8 km W · Hertfordshire

A country park in London.

7.4 km SE

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

7.6 km W · spans 5 counties

A country park in Hertfordshire.

7.7 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.

7.9 km N

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

8.3 km N

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

8.7 km N