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 and shopping centres.

Letchworth, and St Albans are some of Batford best cities to visit near Batford.

Villages to visit near Batford include Norton, Redbourn, Anstey, Therfield, Chorleywood, and Essendon.

The area around Batford boasts some of the best lakes including Norton Pond, Radwell Mill Lake, and Hatfield Forest Lake.

Batford's best nearby parks can be found at Broadway Gardens, and Chorleywood Common.

Batford's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Letchworth’s Greenway, and Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve.

There are a number of towns near Batford including Hitchin, Bishop's Stortford, Royston, Welwyn Garden City, Baldock, Sawbridgeworth, and Hatfield.

Hill End Chalk Pit is a great place to visit close to Batford if you like geological features.

The area around Batford boasts some of the best woodlands including Hitchwood, and Hatfield Forest.

There are a several good nature reserves in the Batford area like Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve, Stotfold Watermill and Nature Reserve, and Chorleywood Common.

Places near Batford feature a number of interesting waterfalls including Oughtonhead Waterfall.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Batford area like Stotfold Watermill and Nature Reserve, Church of Saint Mary at Hitchin, Wimpole Hall, Wimpole Ruins, and Hatfield House.

Don't miss Hitchin Lavender's gardens if visiting the area around Batford.

The area around Batford features a number of interesting country parks including Hatfield Forest, Wimpole Estate, Stanborough Park, and Pishiobury Park.

Don't miss Wimpole Ruins's ruins if visiting the area around Batford.

Don't miss atria Watford's shopping centres if visiting the area around Batford.

Batford History

There are some historic monuments around Batford:

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