Breach Wood

Breach Wood is a forest in Great Gaddesden, Dacorum District, England. Breach Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Ballingdon Bottom, as well as near the village Hudnall Common.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Amaravati Buddhist Monastery and St Margaret’s Convent, Hertfordshire.

Amaravati Buddhist Monastery

Buddhist temple

Photo: ibrotha, CC BY 2.0.

Amaravati is a Theravada Buddhist monastery at the eastern end of the Chiltern Hills in South East England. Established in 1984 by Ajahn Sumedho as an extension of Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, the monastery has its roots in the Thai Forest Tradition.

St Margaret’s Convent, Hertfordshire

Archaeological site

St Margaret's Convent was a convent of the Benedictine order near Great Gaddesden in Hertfordshire, England. Founded in 1160, it was abolished as a consequence of King Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s.

Church of St John the Baptist

Church

Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Berkhamsted and Studham.

Berkhamsted

Photo: Misterzee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Berkhamsted is an historic market town of 18,500 people in Hertfordshire in England, UK. It is about 30 miles north of London.

Studham

Village

Photo: Robin Hall, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Studham is a village and civil parish in the county of Bedfordshire. It has a population of 1,182. The parish bounds to the south of the Buckinghamshire border, and to the east is the Hertfordshire border.