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
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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 and shopping centres.
The area around Hatfield - Hertfordshire boasts some of the best cities including Letchworth, and St Albans.
Villages to visit near Hatfield - Hertfordshire include Norton, Redbourn, Anstey, Therfield, Chorleywood, and Essendon.
The area around Hatfield - Hertfordshire features a number of interesting lakes including Norton Pond, Radwell Mill Lake, and Hatfield Forest Lake.
The area around Hatfield - Hertfordshire boasts some of the best parks including Broadway Gardens, and Chorleywood Common.
Don't miss Letchworth’s Greenway, and Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve's hiking areas if visiting the area around Hatfield - Hertfordshire.
The area around Hatfield - Hertfordshire boasts some of the best towns including Hitchin, Bishop's Stortford, Royston, Welwyn Garden City, Baldock, Sawbridgeworth, and Hatfield.
The area around Hatfield - Hertfordshire's best geological features can be found at Hill End Chalk Pit.
There are a number of woodlands near Hatfield - Hertfordshire including Hitchwood, and Hatfield Forest.
Hatfield - Hertfordshire has some unmissable nature reserves nearby like Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve, Stotfold Watermill and Nature Reserve, and Chorleywood Common.
There are a several good waterfalls in the area around Hatfield - Hertfordshire like Oughtonhead Waterfall.
There are a number of historic buildings near Hatfield - Hertfordshire including Stotfold Watermill and Nature Reserve, Church of Saint Mary at Hitchin, Wimpole Hall, Wimpole Ruins, and Hatfield House.
Hitchin Lavender is one of Hatfield - Hertfordshire's best, nearby gardens to visit in Hatfield - Hertfordshire.
The area around Hatfield - Hertfordshire boasts some of the best country parks including Hatfield Forest, Wimpole Estate, Stanborough Park, and Pishiobury Park.
Wimpole Ruins is a great place to visit close to Hatfield - Hertfordshire if you like ruins.
There are a number of shopping centres near to Hatfield - Hertfordshire including atria Watford.
Hatfield - Hertfordshire History
There are some historic monuments around Hatfield - Hertfordshire:
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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.
