Wheathampstead is a Village in the county of Hertfordshire.

Retail in Wheathampstead

There are great places to visit near Wheathampstead 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 Wheathampstead including Letchworth, and St Albans.

Wheathampstead has some unmissable villages nearby like Norton, Redbourn, Anstey, Therfield, Chorleywood, and Essendon.

Lakes to visit near Wheathampstead include Norton Pond, Radwell Mill Lake, and Hatfield Forest Lake.

There are a number of parks near Wheathampstead including Broadway Gardens, and Chorleywood Common.

The area around Wheathampstead boasts some of the best hiking areas including Letchworth’s Greenway, and Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve.

Hitchin, Bishop's Stortford, Royston, Welwyn Garden City, Baldock, Sawbridgeworth, and Hatfield are some of Wheathampstead best towns to visit near Wheathampstead.

Wheathampstead is near some unmissable geological features like Hill End Chalk Pit,

Wheathampstead's best nearby woodlands can be found at Hitchwood, and Hatfield Forest.

Don't miss Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve, Stotfold Watermill and Nature Reserve, and Chorleywood Common's nature reserves if visiting the area around Wheathampstead.

There are a number of waterfalls near to Wheathampstead including Oughtonhead Waterfall.

Wheathampstead's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Stotfold Watermill and Nature Reserve, Church of Saint Mary at Hitchin, Wimpole Hall, Wimpole Ruins, and Hatfield House.

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

Don't miss Hatfield Forest, Wimpole Estate, Stanborough Park, and Pishiobury Park's country parks if visiting the area around Wheathampstead.

The area around Wheathampstead's best ruins can be found at Wimpole Ruins.

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

Wheathampstead History

There are some historic monuments around Wheathampstead:

• Lockleys Roman villa
• Bacon's House, Gorhambury
• Rothamsted Romano-British cemetery
• Iron Age territorial boundary known as Beech Bottom Dyke
• Verulamium, The Fosse
• The Six Hills Roman barrows
• Dicket Mead Roman villa
• Verulamium, Prae Wood settlement
• St Albans Abbey Gatehouse
• Verulamium, site of
• St Albans Abbey, site of conventual buildings
• Wheathampstead earthwork incorporating Devils Dyke and the Slad
• The Benedictine Priory of St Mary (Sopwell Priory) and the post-medieval mansions known as Sopwell House or Lee Hall
• Verulamium, Bacons Mount
• Devils Ditch
• Colney Chapel moated site
• Bridge at Hoo Park
• Verulamium, part of wall and ditch of Roman city
• The Clock Tower
• The Pondyards, Gorhambury
• Someries Castle: a medieval magnate's residence and formal garden remains
• Bell barrow in Graffridge Wood, 400m south east of Keepers Cottage
• Batch Wood, moated manorial site
• Roman barrow and Bronze Age bowl barrow in Graffridge Wood, 250m east of Wintergreen Cottages
• Minsden Chapel