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

Scott's Grotto© Jim Osley / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Watton-at-Stone StationWatton-at-Stone

34 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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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.

2.3 km SE · Hertfordshire

Photo of Knebworth House and Gardens, a country park near Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Knebworth House and Gardens

Country park near Ayot St Lawrence

A Gothic Victorian house reworked by the novelist Bulwer-Lytton, with Lutyens gardens.

6.3 km NW

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.

6.9 km S

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.

8.1 km SE

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.

9.8 km W · Hertfordshire

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

0.6 km E

Benington

Village

Hilltop village around a green and duck pond, with a Norman castle mound and the celebrated Lordship gardens behind the church.

3.6 km N · Hertfordshire

Benington Lordship Gardens

Garden near Benington

Hilltop Edwardian gardens behind a Norman castle mound at Benington, famed for snowdrops, an old rose garden and long herbaceous borders.

3.7 km N

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.

6.6 km SE · 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.

6.7 km SE · spans 4 counties

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.

7 km SE

Photo of The White Hart (Welwyn), a pub in Hertfordshire, eastern England.

The White Hart (Welwyn)

Pub near Welwyn

Family-run inn with rooms in the old village of Welwyn, serving real ales and an extensive gin list.

7.2 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.

7.3 km SE · Hertfordshire

Six Hills Brewing

Brewery near Stevenage

Stevenage's first craft brewery and taproom, pouring its own and guest beers.

7.5 km NW

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.