Shenley is a Village in the county of Hertfordshire.

Retail in Shenley

There are great places to visit near Shenley 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.

Shenley has some unmissable cities nearby like Letchworth, and St Albans.

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

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

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

There are a several good hiking areas in the Shenley area like Letchworth’s Greenway, and Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve.

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

The area close to Shenley boasts some of the best geological features including Hill End Chalk Pit.

Woodlands to visit near Shenley include Hitchwood, and Hatfield Forest.

Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve, Stotfold Watermill and Nature Reserve, and Chorleywood Common are some of Shenley best nature reserves to visit near Shenley.

Oughtonhead Waterfall is one of Shenley's best, nearby waterfalls to visit in Shenley.

Don't miss Stotfold Watermill and Nature Reserve, Church of Saint Mary at Hitchin, Wimpole Hall, Wimpole Ruins, and Hatfield House's historic buildings if visiting the area around Shenley.

Gardens to visit near Shenley include Hitchin Lavender.

Shenley's best nearby country parks can be found at Hatfield Forest, Wimpole Estate, Stanborough Park, and Pishiobury Park.

Don't miss Wimpole Ruins's ruins if visiting the area around Shenley.

Don't miss atria Watford's shopping centres if visiting the area around Shenley.

Shenley History

There are some historic monuments around Shenley:

• Colney Chapel moated site
• The Clock Tower
• Pinner deer park, Pinner Park Farm
• Verulamium, The Fosse
• Verulamium, part of wall and ditch of Roman city
• Verulamium, Prae Wood settlement
• 18th century obelisk commemorating Cassivellaunus, at Brockley Hill, Stanmore
• The Benedictine Priory of St Mary (Sopwell Priory) and the post-medieval mansions known as Sopwell House or Lee Hall
• Replica of the Mohne Dam, in the grounds of the Building Research Establishment, Garston
• Verulamium, site of
• Penne's Place moated site, Aldenham
• St Albans Abbey, site of conventual buildings
• Roman remains S of Hansteads House, Netherwyld Farm
• Grim's Ditch: four linear sections between Uxbridge Road and Oxhey Lane
• Manor House moated site, East End Road, Finchley
• South Mimms motte and bailey castle
• Moated site at Bushey Hall Farm
• Brockley Hill Romano-British pottery and settlement
• Headstone Manor moated site
• Verulamium, Bacons Mount
• Iron Age territorial boundary known as Beech Bottom Dyke
• Batch Wood, moated manorial site
• Devils Ditch
• St Albans Abbey Gatehouse
• Linear earthworks in Pear Wood, W of Watling Street
• The Pondyards, Gorhambury
• Grim's Ditch: section extending 1500yds (1370m) NE from Oxhey Lane