Places to explore near Welwyn Garden City StationWelwyn Garden City

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

4.6 km W · Hertfordshire

Jacobean palace of the Cecils and Elizabeth I.

4.8 km S

A Humphry Repton landscape of lakes and meadows, home to an ancient Great Oak.

5.3 km E

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

5.3 km NW · Hertfordshire

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

5.7 km W

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

7.6 km N

Down the Lea from its source at Leagrave to the Thames at Limehouse — flat towpath walking through Hertford and the Olympic Park.

1.9 km SW · spans 4 counties

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

3.3 km N

Medieval church above Old Hatfield beside Hatfield House, resting place of two prime ministers and the Cecils of Salisbury.

4.4 km S

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

5.9 km NW

The Lea made navigable — from Hertford through the Lee Valley's reservoirs and marshes to Bow Locks on the edge of the Thames.

6.7 km SE · London, Hertfordshire & Essex

Family brewery in the heart of Hertford, brewing since 1827 and running tours of its Victorian tower brewhouse.

8.5 km E

A country park in Hertfordshire.

8.9 km SE