Places to explore near Welwyn North StationDigswell

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

4.1 km NW · Hertfordshire

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

4.7 km W · Hertfordshire

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

5.3 km N

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

5.5 km SE

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

6.7 km W

Jacobean palace of the Cecils and Elizabeth I.

7.3 km S

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

1.7 km NW

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

3.8 km S · spans 4 counties

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

5.5 km W

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

6.8 km NE

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

7 km S

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

7.6 km SE · London, Hertfordshire & Essex

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

8.2 km NW · spans 5 counties

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

8.2 km E