Bricket Wood Common

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

0.3 km SW · Hertfordshire

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

3.6 km W

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

4.8 km W · spans 9 counties

Long Norman abbey church over Roman Verulamium.

5.9 km N

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

6.6 km N · Hertfordshire

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

8.9 km W