Meriden is a Village in the county of Hertfordshire.

Meriden postcode: WD25 9UP

Retail in Meriden

There are great places to visit near Meriden 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.

Cities to visit near Meriden include Letchworth, and St Albans.

There are a several good villages in the Meriden area like Norton, Redbourn, Anstey, Therfield, Chorleywood, and Essendon.

There are a several good lakes in the Meriden area like Norton Pond, Radwell Mill Lake, and Hatfield Forest Lake.

Don't miss Broadway Gardens, and Chorleywood Common's parks if visiting the area around Meriden.

Letchworth’s Greenway, and Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve are great places to visit near Meriden if you like hiking areas.

The area around Meriden boasts some of the best towns including Hitchin, Bishop's Stortford, Royston, Welwyn Garden City, Baldock, Sawbridgeworth, and Hatfield.

There are a number of geological features near to Meriden including Hill End Chalk Pit.

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

There are a number of nature reserves near Meriden including Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve, Stotfold Watermill and Nature Reserve, and Chorleywood Common.

Don't miss Oughtonhead Waterfall's waterfalls if visiting the area around Meriden.

The area around Meriden 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.

Meriden is near some unmissable gardens like Hitchin Lavender,

There are a several good country parks in the Meriden area like Hatfield Forest, Wimpole Estate, Stanborough Park, and Pishiobury Park.

Meriden is near some unmissable ruins like Wimpole Ruins,

There are a several good shopping centres in the area around Meriden like atria Watford.

Meriden History

There are some historic monuments around Meriden:

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