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Principal towns: St Albans Hatfield Watford Stevenage
Hertfordshire is in the south-east of England and, just twelve miles from the UK’s capital, sits firmly on the edge of London’s commuter belt. Half of the county is designated Green Belt land comprising beautiful woodlands, picturesque river valleys, and open farmland. The Chiltern Hills are to the west and north-west of the county and are designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and the county has more than 1,800 miles of public paths including The Hertfordshire Way, a 166 mile circular footpath that takes you to and around the best points of interest the county has to offer. Other interesting routes include the 11 mile Ver Colne Valley walk which links St. Albans and Watford , The Alban Way and the Nicky Line which are open to cyclists and walkers and The Ayot Greenway and Cole Green Way which follow disused railway tracks and are ideal for walkers, horse riders and cyclists.
In contrast to the opportunities for outdoor leisure activities, London, and its myriad of entertainment venues is only a 20 minute trip by train and Watford, Hertfordshire’s largest town provides a massive variety of shopping and entertainment facilities, as well as housing a number of business parks. Similar modern attractions can also be found in the county’s new towns which include the UK’s first ‘Garden Cities’, Letchworth and Welwyn Garden City , where you’ll also find Stanborough Park which incorporates a nature reserve and facilities for windsurfing, canoeing and angling. The rest of the county provides the essential combination of sleepy country villages and historic market towns, such as St Albans, Hitchin and Hertford that visitors swarm to.
Interesting historical miscellany about Hertfordshire includes the nickname for people from the country - 'Hertfordshire Hedgehog'. Although hedgehogs are abundant in the county, the nickname is probably a corruption of 'haycock', a haystack, referring to the county's cornfields, which formed the county's principal Medieval export to the food markets of London. Hertfordshire is also the starting point of the New River: a man-made waterway in England, opened in 1613 to supply London with fresh drinking water taken from the River Lee and from springs and wells along its course.
Still on the subject of history, Hertfordshire has an excellent variety of historic houses to offer its visitors. Jacobean Hatfield House in Hatfield was a former home to Queen Elizabeth I during her youth. It’s said that it was under one of the oak trees in the garden that she was told that she would become queen. Hatfield, by the way, is also home to The Galleria Shopping Complex which offers a variety of outlet shops, a multiplex cinema, restaurants and leisure facilities. Knebworth House , home of the Lytton family since 1490 offers some beautiful formal gardens to walk round, and the 250 acre park includes a kids adventure playground, miniature railway and deer park. It also hosts some excellent open air classical and pop concerts and shows in the summer months. The remains of Hertford Castle include a Norman Motte, 11th century Curtain Wall and 15th century Gatehouse, which for historical architecture pundits will be of great interest and the town itself offers some quaint Georgian shopfronts to explore and delightful old pubs.
Hertfordshire’s only traditional city, St Albans is now a modern town named after Saint Alban, Britain’s first Christian martyr. Alban was actually a pagan at the time, but was converted in the process of sheltering a Christian priest and later sacrificed his life for the priest’s for the good of the Christian faith. As thanks for that he was beheaded by the Romans , apparently on the exact spot where The Cathedral & Abbey Church of St Alban stands today. At 106 metres its nave is the longest of any cathedral in England. Its grandeur has attracted many film crews in recent times more notably those filming Inspector Morse, Foyle’s War and the film Johhny English. St Albans is also home to an the early 15th century Clock Tower - one of only two similar towers in England.
Destinations
Recommended Hotels See Map
- Down Hall Country House Hotel Bishops Stortford *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, TennisCourt, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Little Hallingbury Mill Bishops Stortford *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Coltsfoot Country Retreat Datchworth *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Comfort Hotel Enfield Enfield *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Offley Place Country House Hotel Hitchin *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Redcoats Farmhouse Hotel Hitchin *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Coach House Hotel Melbourn *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - The Bedford Arms Hotel Rickmansworth *featured*
Licensed, Restaurant - Ardmore House Hotel St Albans *featured*
Licensed, Restaurant - Sopwell House St Albans *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - St Michael's Manor St Albans *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Little Hallingbury Mill Stansted *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Archways Lodge Hotel Stevenage *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Bestwestern Roebuck Inn Stevenage Stevenage *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Holiday Inn Stevenage Stevenage *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Gym, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Champneys Health Resort Tring *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Fanhams Hall Ware *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Gym, Parking, Restaurant
Hotels bookable online See Map
- Shendish Manor Hotel Apsley *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Days Inn Stevenage North (Baldock) Baldock *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Purple Hotel Baldock *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Savoro Restaurant with Rooms Barnet *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - West Lodge Park Barnet *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Cock Inn Bishops Stortford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Great Hallingbury Manor Great Hallingbury *book online*
Licensed, Restaurant - Glen Eagle Manor Harpenden *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Glen Eagle Manor Hotel Harpenden *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Harpenden House Harpenden *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Ramada Jarvis Hatfield Hatfield *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Gym, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Holiday Inn Hemel Hempstead M1 Hemel Hempstead *book online*
Licensed, Historic, Restaurant - Watermill Hemel Hempstead *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - The Node Hitchin *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - The Broadway Hotel Letchworth Garden City *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Thistle Stevenage Little Wymondley *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Express by Holiday Inn Luton South Markyate *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Ramada Jarvis Hemel Hempstead Redbourn *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - The Grove Rickmansworth *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Restaurant - Ramada Cromwell Stevenage Stevenage *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - The Gate Hotel Stevenage *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Hanbury Manor Hotel Ware *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Park Inn Watford Watford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Gym, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - White House Hotel Watford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Homestead Court Welwyn Garden City *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities
More Hertfordshire Hotels
Recommended Bed and Breakfast See Map
- Acer Cottage Bishops Stortford *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Latchmead Bishops Stortford *featured*
TV in rooms - Woodlands Lodge Bishops Stortford *featured*
TV in rooms - Grove End Hotel Bushey *featured*
TV in rooms - Hawkins Grange Farm Knebworth *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Bonningtons Guesthouse Little Hallingbury *featured*
TV in rooms - High Hedges Much Hadham *featured*
TV in rooms - Long Island Exchange Rickmansworth *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Fern Cottage St Albans *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Tresco St Albans *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Little Bullocks Farm Stansted *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking, Disabled - Abbington Hotel Stevenage *featured*
TV in rooms - Roebuck Hotel Stevenage *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic - The White House Takeley *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - The Willows Guest House Takeley *featured*
TV in rooms
Bed and Breakfast bookable online See Map
- George Green Farm Bishops Stortford *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Grange Guest House Bishops Stortford *book online*
TV in rooms, Historic - The Cottage Guest House Bishops Stortford *book online*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The Willows Guest House Bishops Stortford *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Anstey Grove Barn Buntingford *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Mulberry Lodge Hertford Epping Green *book online*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Woollcott House Great Hallingbury *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Mulberry Lodge Hotel Hertford *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Parks Guest House Hertford *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - Roydon Mill Motel Hoddesdon *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - Woodland Lodge Hoddesdon *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Bonningtons Little Hallingbury *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - George Green Farm Little Hallingbury *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Homesdale Little Hallingbury *book online*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking, Disabled Facilities - Shalimer Little Hallingbury *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The PitStop Little Hallingbury *book online*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking, Disabled Facilities - Oakbury B&B Stansted *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Greenways Lodge Stansted Airport *book online*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Rangers Cottage Tring *book online*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Roebuck Hotel Ware *book online*
TV in rooms, Historic
More Hertfordshire B&Bs
Pubs & Inns
- The Three Tuns Hotel Ashwell *book online*
Food, Children Welcome, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Jester Hotel Baldock *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Kings Arms Hotel Berkhamsted *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Pennyfarthing Hotel Berkhamsted *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Jolly Brewers Bishops Stortford *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Kick and Dicky Bishops Stortford *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Waggon & Horses Hotel Bishops Stortford *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Yew Tree Inn Bishops Stortford *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Elstree Inn Borehamwood *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Sword Inn Hand Buntingford *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Bell Inn Country Hotel Codicote *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Olde Kings Arms Hemel Hempstead *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Papillon Woodhall Arms Hertford *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Bell Inn & Motel Hitchin *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Sun Hotel Hitchin *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Tudor Oaks Lodge Hitchin *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Kings Lodge Hotel Kings Langley *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Two Brewers Kings Langley *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Chequers Inn Knebworth *book online*
Food, Children Welcome, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Red Lion Radlett *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Bull Redbourn *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Fox and Duck Royston *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Railway Inn Sawbridgeworth *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Cock Inn Hotel Sheering *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - White Hart Hotel St Albans *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Chequers Inn Stevenage *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Rose & Crown Hotel Tring *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Feathers Inn Ware *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Bedford Arms Hotel Watford *book online*
Food, Children Welcome, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - White Hart Hotel Welwyn *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Fairway Tavern Welwyn Garden City *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Greyhound Pub Wigginton *book online*
Food, Children Welcome, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards
Self-Catering See Map
- Anglesey House Accommodation Bishops Stortford *featured*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Parkside Apartments Cheshunt *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Cottages in Hertfordshire Countywide *featured*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Claret House Watford *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Harlequin Executive Apartments Watford *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Harlequin Executive Cottage Watford *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Pets Allowed, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Harlequin Executive Studios Watford *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards