Wheathampstead
Wheathampstead is a large village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, north of St Albans. Included within the parish is the small hamlet of Amwell.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Legis, Public domain.
Photo: Legis, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 6,410 residents
- Description: village in Hertfordshire, England
- Also known as: “Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire”
Photo: Legis, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Bull Inn and Wheathampstead railway station.
Wheathampstead railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Wheathampstead railway station was a railway station serving Wheathampstead on the Great Northern Railway branch line to Dunstable. While little of it remains now, east of Wheathampstead is the Ayot Greenway which follows what was the line towards Welwyn Garden City.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ayot St Lawrence and Batford.
Ayot St Lawrence
Photo: Jason Ballard, CC BY 2.0.
Ayot St Lawrence is a small village in Hertfordshire. It lies between Harpenden and Welwyn Garden City. It is mainly known as the home of George Bernard Shaw from 1906 until his death in 1950.
Batford
Suburb
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Batford is a village in Hertfordshire, England, located on the River Lea on the outskirts of Harpenden. Batford Springs is a local nature reserve alongside the river and the village green, which has a small play area for children. Batford is situated 2 miles northwest of Wheathampstead.
Sandridge
Village
Photo: UKgeofan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandridge is a village and civil parish between the city centre of St Albans and Wheathampstead, in the St Albans district, in Hertfordshire, England, forming part of the contiguous built-up area of St Albans. Sandridge is situated 2½ miles south of Wheathampstead.
Wheathampstead
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Wheathampstead, City and District of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.81265° or 51° 48′ 46″ northLongitude
-0.29366° or 0° 17′ 37″ westPopulation
6,410Elevation
299 feet (91 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WHPOpen location code
9C3XRP74+3GOpenStreetMap ID
node 23752230OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Wheathampstead” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Wheathampstead”
- Bengali: “ওয়েদাম্পস্টিড”
- Catalan: “Wheathampstead”
- Cebuano: “Wheathampstead (lungsod)”
- Cebuano: “Wheathampstead”
- Chinese: “偉漢斯坦德”
- Chinese: “惠特汉普斯特”
- Chinese: “惠特漢普斯特”
- Dutch: “Wheathampstead”
- French: “Wheathampstead”
- German: “Wheathampstead”
- Gujarati: “વ્હીટહેમ્પસ્ટેડ”
- Irish: “Wheathampstead”
- Italian: “Wheathampstead”
- Japanese: “ウィーサンプステッド”
- Kannada: “ವೀಥಾಂಪ್ಸ್ಟೆಡ್”
- Korean: “위탬프스테드”
- Ladin: “Wheathampstead”
- Lithuanian: “Vethampstedas”
- Persian: “ویتهمپستد”
- Polish: “Wheathampstead”
- Portuguese: “Wheathampstead”
- Russian: “Уитхампстед”
- Spanish: “Wheathampstead”
- Swedish: “Wheathampstead”
- Tamil: “வ்ஹீதாம்ப்ஸடீட்”
- Telugu: “వీట్ హాంప్స్టడ్”
- Turkish: “Wheathampstead”
- Urdu: “وہیاتھامپستیاد”
- Vietnamese: “Wheathampstead”
- Welsh: “Wheathampstead”
- Yue Chinese: “韋咸斯特”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Amwell and Nomansland.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parish Church of Saint Helen and Crinkle Crankle Community Garden.
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