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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”, and “Royston, Hertfordshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Royston railway station and Royston Cave.

Railway station
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of Royston, in , England. The station is 44 miles 72 chains from on the Cambridge Line.

Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an artificial cave located in Katherine's Yard, Melbourn Street, Royston, . It is located beneath the crossroads formed by Ermine Street and the Icknield Way.

Church
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of St John the Baptist is an Anglican church in the town of Royston, Hertfordshire, England. The nave and aisles, which were built c. 1250, originally formed the quire and sanctuary of a large church belonging to the Augustinian Priory of Royston.

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 South Cambridgeshire district of , England, 14 miles south-west of and just north of Royston, Hertfordshire. is situated 2½ miles north of Royston.

Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of , England. The village stands on a broad chalk ridge, about 2 miles south-west of Royston. 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 South Cambridgeshire district of , England, 14 miles south-west of and just north of Royston, Hertfordshire. 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)
United Nations Location Code
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: “羅伊斯頓”
  • 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”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Royston”
  • Persian: “رویستون، هرتفوردشر”
  • 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”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Royston”. Photo: Jo Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.