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Amwell Quarry

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Amwell Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire, covering 0.37 km². The county has 41 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. The nearest railway station, St Margarets (Herts), is under a kilometre away. Other SSSIs nearby include Hertford Heath and Hunsdon Mead.

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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.

0.2 km S · spans 4 counties

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.

0.4 km NW · Hertfordshire

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

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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.

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Photo of Much Hadham, a village in Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Much Hadham

Village

Long east-Hertfordshire street of timber-framed and Georgian houses, once home to the Bishops of London's country palace.

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Photo of Paradise Wildlife Park, a visitor attraction in Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Paradise Wildlife Park

Attraction near Hertford

Family wildlife park near Broxbourne with big cats and hundreds of exotic animals, voted a top county attraction.

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Photo of Panshanger, a Grade II* registered house & garden in Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

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House & garden near Hertford

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