Leavesden is a Village in the county of Hertfordshire.

Leavesden postcode: WD25 7GN

Retail in Leavesden

There are great places to visit near Leavesden 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.

There are a number of cities near Leavesden including Letchworth, and St Albans.

There are a number of villages near Leavesden including Norton, Redbourn, Anstey, Therfield, Chorleywood, and Essendon.

Leavesden's best nearby lakes can be found at Norton Pond, Radwell Mill Lake, and Hatfield Forest Lake.

Broadway Gardens, and Chorleywood Common are some of Leavesden best parks to visit near Leavesden.

There are a number of hiking areas near Leavesden including Letchworth’s Greenway, and Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve.

Towns to visit near Leavesden include Hitchin, Bishop's Stortford, Royston, Welwyn Garden City, Baldock, Sawbridgeworth, and Hatfield.

Hill End Chalk Pit is one of Leavesden's best, nearby geological features to visit in Leavesden.

Leavesden has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Hitchwood, and Hatfield Forest.

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

Leavesden is near some unmissable waterfalls like Oughtonhead Waterfall,

The area around Leavesden 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.

Hitchin Lavender is one of Leavesden's best, nearby gardens to visit in Leavesden.

The area around Leavesden boasts some of the best country parks including Hatfield Forest, Wimpole Estate, Stanborough Park, and Pishiobury Park.

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

There are a number of shopping centres near to Leavesden including atria Watford.

Leavesden History

There are some historic monuments around Leavesden:

• Dominican Priory (site of) (excluding inhabited parts)
• High Street Green Roman barrow
• Batch Wood, moated manorial site
• Verulamium, Bacons Mount
• Gadebridge Roman villa
• Pinner Hill ice house, 70m north east of Pinner Hill Golf Clubhouse
• The Clock Tower
• St Albans Abbey, site of conventual buildings
• Verulamium, The Fosse
• The Charter Tower, Hemel Hempstead
• Oxhey Hall moated site
• Pinner deer park, Pinner Park Farm
• Verulamium, Prae Wood settlement
• St Albans Abbey Gatehouse
• The Manor of the More
• Roman villa on Moor Park golf course
• Headstone Manor moated site
• Replica of the Mohne Dam, in the grounds of the Building Research Establishment, Garston
• The Aubreys camp
• One of two barrows on Chipperfield Common
• Little London moated site and surrounding earthwork enclosures, Kings Langley
• Grim's Ditch: section extending 1500yds (1370m) NE from Oxhey Lane
• Roman remains S of Hansteads House, Netherwyld Farm
• The Benedictine Priory of St Mary (Sopwell Priory) and the post-medieval mansions known as Sopwell House or Lee Hall
• Moated site at Bushey Hall Farm
• Verulamium, site of
• Romano-Celtic temple complex at Wood Lane End, 280m SW of Woodwells Farm
• 18th century obelisk commemorating Cassivellaunus, at Brockley Hill, Stanmore
• Devils Ditch
• The Pondyards, Gorhambury
• Penne's Place moated site, Aldenham
• Grim's Ditch: four linear sections between Uxbridge Road and Oxhey Lane
• One of two barrows on Chipperfield Common
• Iron Age territorial boundary known as Beech Bottom Dyke
• Grim's Ditch: section N of Blythwood House
• Boxmoor House Roman villa
• Bacon's House, Gorhambury
• Verulamium, part of wall and ditch of Roman city
• Royal Palace (site of)