Royston is a Town in the county of Hertfordshire.
There are great places to visit near Royston 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 Royston include Letchworth, and St Albans.
There are a number of villages near Royston including Norton, Redbourn, Anstey, Therfield, Chorleywood, and Essendon.
Norton Pond, Radwell Mill Lake, and Hatfield Forest Lake are great places to visit near Royston if you like lakes.
Parks to visit near Royston include Broadway Gardens, and Chorleywood Common.
Letchworth’s Greenway, and Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve are great places to visit near Royston if you like hiking areas.
Hitchin, Bishop's Stortford, Royston, Welwyn Garden City, Baldock, Sawbridgeworth, and Hatfield are great places to visit near Royston if you like towns.
Hill End Chalk Pit is a great place to visit close to Royston if you like geological features.
Royston's best nearby woodlands can be found at Hitchwood, and Hatfield Forest.
Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve, Stotfold Watermill and Nature Reserve, and Chorleywood Common are great places to visit near Royston if you like nature reserves.
Waterfalls to visit near Royston include Oughtonhead Waterfall.
Royston has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Stotfold Watermill and Nature Reserve, Church of Saint Mary at Hitchin, Wimpole Hall, Wimpole Ruins, and Hatfield House.
The area around Royston's best gardens can be found at Hitchin Lavender.
Royston has some unmissable country parks nearby like Hatfield Forest, Wimpole Estate, Stanborough Park, and Pishiobury Park.
Ruins to visit near Royston include Wimpole Ruins.
atria Watford is one of Royston's best, nearby shopping centres to visit in Royston.
Royston History
There are some historic monuments around Royston:
Places to see near Royston
History of Royston
Until 1540 Royston was divided between five parishes: Barkway, Reed and Therfield in Hertfordshire and Melbourn and Kneesworth in Cambridgeshire. In that year it became a separate ecclesiastical parish, partly in each county. Ralph de Rochester founded the Augustinian priory which originated as a chapel for three canons and was later expanded to seven or more regular canons. Royston had two hospitals or free chapels, as well as the monastery. The hospital of St John and St Thomas was founded for lepers in 1224 by Richard Argentine, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire on the south side of Baldock Street.
