Hatfield - Hertfordshire in Hertfordshire

Hatfield - Hertfordshire is a Town in the county of Hertfordshire.

Hatfield is a town in Hertfordshire, England, in the United Kingdom.

Hatfield House, a country house set in a large park, is the seat of the Marquess of Salisbury.

RAF Hatfield, which was closed in 1993 and is now a business park.

Hatfield - Hertfordshire postcode: AL9 5

Retail in Hatfield - Hertfordshire

There are great places to visit near Hatfield - Hertfordshire 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.

Hatfield - Hertfordshire has some unmissable cities nearby like Letchworth, and St Albans.

Villages to visit near Hatfield - Hertfordshire include Norton, Redbourn, Anstey, Therfield, Chorleywood, Essendon, and Great Amwell.

Norton Pond, Radwell Mill Lake, and Hatfield Forest Lake are great places to visit near Hatfield - Hertfordshire if you like lakes.

The area around Hatfield - Hertfordshire boasts some of the best parks including Broadway Gardens, and Chorleywood Common.

Hiking Areas to visit near Hatfield - Hertfordshire include Letchworth’s Greenway, and Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve.

Don't miss Hitchin, Bishop's Stortford, Royston, Welwyn Garden City, Baldock, Sawbridgeworth, and Hatfield's towns if visiting the area around Hatfield - Hertfordshire.

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

Hatfield - Hertfordshire has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Hitchwood, Hatfield Forest, and Ashridge Estate.

Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve, Stotfold Watermill and Nature Reserve, and Chorleywood Common are some of Hatfield - Hertfordshire best nature reserves to visit near Hatfield - Hertfordshire.

There are a number of waterfalls near to Hatfield - Hertfordshire including Oughtonhead Waterfall.

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

There are a number of gardens near to Hatfield - Hertfordshire including Hitchin Lavender.

Don't miss Hatfield Forest, Wimpole Estate, Stanborough Park, Pishiobury Park, and Ashridge Estate's country parks if visiting the area around Hatfield - Hertfordshire.

There are a number of ruins near Hatfield - Hertfordshire including Wimpole Ruins, and Berkhamsted Castle.

atria Watford is a great place to visit close to Hatfield - Hertfordshire if you like shopping centres.

Hatfield - Hertfordshire's best nearby attractions can be found at Planet Ice Hemel Hempstead, and East Herts Miniature Railway.

There are a several good castles in the area around Hatfield - Hertfordshire like Berkhamsted Castle.

Places near Hatfield - Hertfordshire feature a number of interesting bluebell woods including Ashridge Estate.

Hatfield - Hertfordshire History

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History of Hatfield - Hertfordshire

The town grew up around the gates of Hatfield House. Old Hatfield retains many historic buildings, notably the Old Palace, St Etheldreda’s Church and Hatfield House. The Old Palace was built by the Bishop of Ely, Cardinal Morton, in 1497, during the reign of Henry VII, and the only surviving wing is still used today for Elizabethan-style banquets. St Etheldreda’s Church was founded by the monks from Ely, and the first wooden church, built in 1285, was probably sited where the existing building stands overlooking the old town. In 1930 the de Havilland airfield and aircraft factory was opened at Hatfield and by 1949 it had become the largest employer in the town, with almost 4,000 staff. It was taken over by Hawker Siddeley in 1960 and merged into British Aerospace in 1978. In the 1930s it produced a range of small biplanes. During the Second World War it produced the Mosquito fighter bomber and developed the Vampire, the second British production jet aircraft after the Gloster Meteor. After the war, facilities were expanded and it developed the Comet airliner (the world’s first production jet liner), the Trident airliner, and an early bizjet, the DH125. British Aerospace closed the Hatfield site in 1993 having moved the BAe 146 production line to Woodford Aerodrome. The land was used as a film set for Steven Spielberg’s movie Saving Private Ryan and most of the BBC/HBO television drama Band of Brothers. It was later developed for housing, higher education, commerce and retail. Part of the former British Aerospace site was intended to be the site of a new £500-million hospital to replace the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Welwyn GC and a new campus for Oaklands College, but both projects were cancelled.

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