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