Batford is a Town in the county of Hertfordshire.

Batford postcode: AL5 5BA

Retail in Batford

There are great places to visit near Batford including some great cities, villages, lakes, parks, hiking areas, towns, geological features, woodlands, nature reserves, waterfalls, historic buildings, gardens, country parks, ruins, shopping centres, attractions, castles and bluebell woods.

There are a several good cities in the Batford area like Letchworth, and St Albans.

The area around Batford boasts some of the best villages including Norton, Redbourn, Anstey, Therfield, Chorleywood, Essendon, and Great Amwell.

There are a several good lakes in the Batford area like Norton Pond, Radwell Mill Lake, and Hatfield Forest Lake.

The area around Batford features a number of interesting parks including Broadway Gardens, and Chorleywood Common.

Batford has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Letchworth’s Greenway, and Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve.

Hitchin, Bishop's Stortford, Royston, Welwyn Garden City, Baldock, Sawbridgeworth, and Hatfield are some of Batford best towns to visit near Batford.

Don't miss Hill End Chalk Pit's geological features if visiting the area around Batford.

Hitchwood, Hatfield Forest, and Ashridge Estate are great places to visit near Batford if you like woodlands.

There are a number of nature reserves near Batford including Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve, Stotfold Watermill and Nature Reserve, and Chorleywood Common.

Batford is near some unmissable waterfalls like Oughtonhead Waterfall,

Stotfold Watermill and Nature Reserve, Church of Saint Mary at Hitchin, Wimpole Hall, Wimpole Ruins, Hatfield House, and Rye House Gatehouse are some of Batford best historic buildings to visit near Batford.

Batford is near some unmissable gardens like Hitchin Lavender,

The area around Batford boasts some of the best country parks including Hatfield Forest, Wimpole Estate, Stanborough Park, Pishiobury Park, and Ashridge Estate.

The area around Batford features a number of interesting ruins including Wimpole Ruins, and Berkhamsted Castle.

atria Watford is one of Batford's best, nearby shopping centres to visit in Batford.

Don't miss Planet Ice Hemel Hempstead, and East Herts Miniature Railway's attractions if visiting the area around Batford.

Berkhamsted Castle is a great place to visit close to Batford if you like castles.

There are a several good bluebell woods in the area around Batford like Ashridge Estate.

Batford History

There are some historic monuments around Batford:

• The Benedictine Priory of St Mary (Sopwell Priory) and the post-medieval mansions known as Sopwell House or Lee Hall
• St Albans Abbey, site of conventual buildings
• Wheathampstead earthwork incorporating Devils Dyke and the Slad
• Minsden Chapel
• Romano-Celtic temple complex at Wood Lane End, 280m SW of Woodwells Farm
• Bacon's House, Gorhambury
• Bridge at Hoo Park
• The Clock Tower
• Devils Ditch
• Batch Wood, moated manorial site
• Rothamsted Romano-British cemetery
• Verulamium, part of wall and ditch of Roman city
• Someries Castle: a medieval magnate's residence and formal garden remains
• Dray's Ditches
• Strip lynchets on Stopsley Common
• Verulamium, The Fosse
• St Albans Abbey Gatehouse
• Verulamium, Bacons Mount
• Verulamium, Prae Wood settlement
• The Pondyards, Gorhambury
• The Aubreys camp
• Verulamium, site of
• Iron Age territorial boundary known as Beech Bottom Dyke