Warner Bros. Studio Tour London

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

1.2 km W · spans 9 counties

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

2 km N · Hertfordshire

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

5.4 km SW

Ruined porch, chapel and clock tower of Sir Nicholas Bacon's Elizabethan mansion near St Albans, built in the 1560s and later home to Francis Bacon.

7.5 km N

Flint-and-brick walls of Roman Verulamium, up to four metres high in places, in a park in St Albans.

7.5 km NE

Long Norman abbey church over Roman Verulamium.

8.3 km NE