Royston
Royston is a small market town in Hertfordshire, where the Icknield Way meets the Ermine Street Roman road. It lies around 13 mi south-west of Cambridge and 13 mi north-east of Letchworth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Royston railway station and Royston Cave.
Royston railway station
Railway station
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royston railway station serves the town of Royston, in Hertfordshire, England. The station is 44 miles 72 chains from London Kings Cross on the Cambridge Line.
Royston Cave
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Royston Cave is an artificial cave located in Katherine's Yard, Melbourn Street, Royston, England. It is located beneath the crossroads formed by Ermine Street and the Icknield Way.
Therfield Heath
Nature reserve
Photo: David Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Therfield Heath is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and Local Nature Reserve on the chalk escarpment just north of Therfield, Hertfordshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melbourn and Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth.
Melbourn
Village
Photo: mym, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melbourn is a large, clustered village in the far south-west of Cambridgeshire, England. Its traditional high street is bypassed by the A10, intersecting the settlement's other main axis exactly 3 miles northwest of the traditional focal point of Royston, Hertfordshire, the nearest larger settlement. Melbourn is situated 3 miles northeast of Royston.
Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth
Village
Photo: Mike W Hallett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth is a civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, 14 miles south-west of Cambridge and just north of Royston, Hertfordshire. Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth is situated 2½ miles north of Royston.
Royston
- Type: Locality
- Location: North Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.0485° or 52° 2′ 55″ northLongitude
-0.0222° or 0° 1′ 20″ westElevation
213 feet (65 metres)Open location code
9C4X2XXH+C4GeoNames ID
7295268
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