Berkhamsted
Berkhamsted is an historic market town of 18,500 people in Hertfordshire in England, UK. It is about 30 miles north of London.Places of Interest
Highlights include Berkhamsted Castle and Berkhamsted railway station.
Berkhamsted Castle
Castle
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Berkhamsted Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. The castle was built to obtain control of a key route between London and the Midlands during the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century.
Berkhamsted railway station
Railway station
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Berkhamsted railway station is in the historic market town of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. It is located just beside Berkhamsted Castle, overlooking the Grand Junction Canal.
The Rex
Movie theater
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The Rex is a cinema in the town of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. Designed in the art deco style by David Evelyn Nye in 1936, the cinema opened to the public in 1938.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hemel Hempstead and Chesham.
Hemel Hempstead
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Hemel Hempstead is a town in the Dacorum district of Hertfordshire, England. It is located 24 miles north-west of London; nearby towns and cities include Watford, St Albans and Berkhamsted.
Chesham
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Chesham is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, 11 miles south-east of the county town of Aylesbury, about 26 miles north-west of central London, and part of the London commuter belt.
Berkhamsted
- Type: Locality
- Location: Dacorum District, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.7551° or 51° 45′ 19″ northLongitude
-0.5578° or 0° 33′ 28″ westElevation
433 feet (132 metres)Open location code
9C3XQC4R+3VGeoNames ID
7298694
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