Explore Hertfordshire with its large area of Green Belt

Hertfordshire - Historic County - England

Key Towns - Abbots Langley Barnet Berkhamsted Bishop's Stortford Borehamwood Hatfield Hemel Hempstead Hertford Hitchin St. Albans Tring Watford Welwyn Garden City

Hertfordshire - Historic County - England Hertfordshire an inland county in England, one of the Home Counties. St Albans, with it's cathedral and abbey church and long history since the days of Queen Boudica; Verulamium, remains of a Roman Theatre built around AD130. Half of Hertfordshire is designated as Green Belt. Lee Valley Park, stretches over 23 miles along the line of the River Lee to the East End of London. Hire a boat, or a canoe or take one of the oranised river cruises. Holiday makers will find Knebworth House with its turrets, gargoyles and open air concerts. Hatfield House surrounded by parkland is known for its paintings, furniture, tapestries and armour. The ancient woodland of Hatfield Forest, near Takeley with its numerous walks and trails. Modern towns of Letchworth, Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City.
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Explore St. Albans St Albans in Hertfordshire is a historic city with a magnificent cathedral, many tourist attractions and good shopping including a Wednesday and Saturday street market. Explore the old historic streets packed with specialist shops, markets, pubs, cafés and restaurants or relax in the green oasis of Verulamium Park, with its 100 acres of tranquil parkland. Here you will also find the world renowned Royal National Rose Society Gardens. With more than 7,000 plants and 2,500 varieties and gardens to give inspiration for growing roses in small spaces.		Domes and Gargoyles The romantic exterior of Knebworth House and Gardens in Hertfordshire, with its turrets, domes and gargoyles silhouetted against the sky does little to prepare the visitor for what to expect inside. The house has stood for many years, longer than the nineteenth-century decoration would suggest. Once home to Constance Lytton, the Suffragette, and Robert Lytton, the Viceroy of India who proclaimed Queen Victoria Empress of India at the Great Delhi Durbar of 1877. Knebworth Park has 250 acres of grassland for you to explore. There are avenues of magnificent trees and over 100 red and sika deer. There is also a bouncy castle, monorail suspension slide, Tarzan Trail and Miniature Railway. Children can run loose on the grass, climb on the swings and walkways, bounce down the four lane astroglide or try their courage on the freefall slide. Knebworth is also world famous for its huge open-air rock concerts, and was used as a film location for Batman, The Shooting Party, Wilde, Jane Eyre and The Canterville Ghost.
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