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.
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  • Type: Town with 15,800 residents
  • Description: town in Hertfordshire, England
  • Also known as: “Crux Roesia”, “Roisia’s Cross”, “Roisia’s Town”, “Roiston”, “Royston, Hertfordshire”, and “羅伊斯頓”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Royston railway station and Royston Cave.

Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of Royston, in , England.

Archaeological site
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is an ancient artificial cave with…

Church
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The Church of St John the Baptist is an Anglican…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth and Therfield.

Village
Photo: Mike W Hallett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a civil parish in the… is situated 2½ miles north of Royston.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the North… is situated 2½ miles southwest of Royston.

Village
Photo: Mike W Hallett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
cum Kneesworth is a civil parish in the… is situated 2½ miles northwest of Royston.

Royston

Latitude
52.0473° or 52° 2′ 50″ north
Longitude
-0.0246° or 0° 1′ 29″ west
Population
15,800
Elevation
213 feet (65 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB ROS
Open location code
9C4X2XWG+W4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25965417
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2639018
Wiki­data ID
Q19804
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Royston” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Royston”
  • Basque: “Royston (Hertfordshire)”
  • Basque: “Royston”
  • Bengali: “রয়স্টোন”
  • Catalan: “Royston”
  • Cebuano: “Royston”
  • Chinese: “罗伊斯顿”
  • Chinese: “罗斯顿”
  • Chinese: “羅斯頓”
  • Dutch: “Royston”
  • French: “Royston”
  • German: “Royston”
  • Gujarati: “રોયસ્ટન”
  • Hungarian: “Royston”
  • Irish: “Royston, Hertfordshire”
  • Irish: “Royston”
  • Italian: “Royston”
  • Japanese: “ロイストン”
  • Kannada: “ರಾಯ್ಸ್ಟನ್”
  • Korean: “로이스턴”
  • Ladin: “Royston (Cambridgeshire)”
  • Ladin: “Royston”
  • Lithuanian: “Roistonas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Royston i Hertfordshire”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Royston”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Royston”
  • Persian: “رویستون، هرتفوردشر”
  • Persian: “رویستون”
  • Polish: “Royston”
  • Portuguese: “Royston”
  • Romanian: “Royston, Hertfordshire”
  • Russian: “Ройстон”
  • Slovenian: “Royston”
  • South Azerbaijani: “رویستون، هرتفوردشر”
  • Spanish: “Royston”
  • Swedish: “Royston, Hertfordshire”
  • Swedish: “Royston”
  • Tamil: “ரோய்ஸ்டன்”
  • Telugu: “రాయ్స్టోన్”
  • Turkish: “Royston, Hertfordshire”
  • Urdu: “روئیسٹن،ہارٹفورڈشائر”
  • Urdu: “رویسٹن”
  • Volapük: “Royston (Hertfordshire)”
  • Volapük: “Royston”
  • Welsh: “Royston, Swydd Hertford”
  • Welsh: “Royston”
  • “Royston”

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