Ayot St Lawrence
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shaw’s Corner and New St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence.
Shaw’s Corner
Shaw's Corner was the primary residence of the renowned Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw; it is now a National Trust property open to the public as a writer's house museum.
New St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence
Church
Photo: David Edgar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Lawrence Church is an eighteenth-century, neoclassical church in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England. It is also known as New St Lawrence Church to distinguish it from the ruined Old St Lawrence Church.
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 Welwyn Garden City and Harpenden.
Welwyn Garden City
Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Welwyn Garden City is a town in Hertfordshire, England. It was the second "garden city" in England, and one of the first "new towns". It is unique in being both a garden city and a new town and exemplifies the physical, social and cultural planning ideals of the periods in which it was built.
Harpenden
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Harpenden is a town in Hertfordshire near the border of Bedfordshire. It is between and near to the city of St Albans and Luton. Primarily a residential community, in the outside of the London commuter belt, but if passing through, there are interesting sights and pleasant places to be enjoyed in this town.
Ayot St Lawrence
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.8369° or 51° 50′ 13″ northLongitude
-0.2662° or 0° 15′ 58″ westElevation
400 feet (122 metres)Open location code
9C3XRPPM+QGOpenStreetMap ID
node 25076102OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7291354
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Ayot St Lawrence” goes by many names.
- French: “Ayot St Lawrence”
- German: “Ayot Saint Lawrence”
- Korean: “에엿세인트로렌스”
- Spanish: “Ayot St. Lawrence”
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Highlights include The Brocket Arms and Old Church (remains of).
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