Batford is a Town in the county of Hertfordshire.

Batford postcode: AL5 5BA

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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.

The area around Batford boasts some of the best villages including 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.

There are a several good hiking areas in the Batford area like Letchworth’s Greenway, and Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve.

The area around Batford features a number of interesting towns including Hitchin, Bishop's Stortford, Royston, Welwyn Garden City, Baldock, Sawbridgeworth, and Hatfield.

The area close to Batford boasts some of the best geological features including Hill End Chalk Pit.

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

Batford has some unmissable nature reserves nearby like Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve, Stotfold Watermill and Nature Reserve, and Chorleywood Common.

Oughtonhead Waterfall is a great place to visit close to Batford if you like waterfalls.

Don't miss Stotfold Watermill and Nature Reserve, Church of Saint Mary at Hitchin, Wimpole Hall, Wimpole Ruins, and Hatfield House's historic buildings if visiting the area around Batford.

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

Batford has some unmissable country parks nearby like Hatfield Forest, Wimpole Estate, Stanborough Park, and Pishiobury Park.

There are a several good ruins in the area around Batford like Wimpole Ruins.

The area around Batford's best shopping centres can be found at atria Watford.

Batford History

There are some historic monuments around Batford:

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