Vincenzo Lunardi
Vincenzo Lunardi is a memorial in North Mymms, Welwyn Hatfield, England. Vincenzo Lunardi is situated nearby to St Mary’s Church of England Primary School, as well as near the recreation area Welham Green Recreation Ground.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Welham Green railway station and Oxleys Wood.
Welham Green railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Welham Green railway station serves the village of Welham Green in Hertfordshire, England. It is 15 miles 50 chains measured from King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line. Welham Green railway station is situated 2,300 feet east of Vincenzo Lunardi.
Oxleys Wood
Forest
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oxleys Wood is a 1.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Hatfield in Hertfordshire. The declaring authority is Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. The wood floods in wet weather, particularly the northern part, which has a pond.
Brookmans Park railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gordon Joly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brookmans Park railway station serves the village of Brookmans Park in Hertfordshire, England. The station is located 14 miles 37 chains north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line, on the stretch between Finsbury Park and Hatfield. Brookmans Park railway station is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Vincenzo Lunardi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Welham Green and Colney Heath.
Welham Green
Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Welham Green is a village in the parish of North Mymms, Hertfordshire, England. It is situated a mile to the west of the Great North Road coaching route that used to run through the neighbouring hamlet of Bell Bar from London to York and the north.
Colney Heath
Village
Photo: Barry Lawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colney Heath is a large village in Hertfordshire, England. The village became a civil parish in 1947 when the St. Peter Rural parish was split to form Colney Heath and London Colney.
Bell Bar
Village
Bell Bar is a hamlet located in North Mymms, Hertfordshire, England. It is in the civil parish of North Mymms. Thought to be named after the ancient Bell Inn which stood nearby, Bell Bar was a cluster of dwellings around this coaching inn on the Great North Road which used to pass through Bell Bar along what is now called Bell Lane.
Vincenzo Lunardi
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Near this spot at 3.30 in the afternoon of September 15th 1784 Vincenzo Lunardi an Italian balloonist made his first landing whilst on his pioneer flight in the English atmosphere Having handed out a cat and dog the partners of his flight from London he”
- Category: historic site
- Location: North Mymms, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.73599° or 51° 44′ 10″ northLongitude
-0.22085° or 0° 13′ 15″ westOpen location code
9C3XPQPH+9MOpenStreetMap ID
node 12804774131OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Church of England Primary School and Welham Green Recreation Ground.
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