Roughdown Common

Roughdown Common is a 3.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire. The planning authority is Dacorum Borough Council.

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Type: Forest
Description: protected area in Hertfordshire, England
Also known as: “Lower Roughdown Common”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Apsley railway station and Hemel Hempstead railway station.

Apsley railway station

Railway station

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Apsley railway station serves the village of Apsley, on the southern outskirts of Hemel Hempstead, in Hertfordshire, England. It is of two railway stations now serving the town; the other is Hemel Hempstead, just down the line in Boxmoor.

Hemel Hempstead railway station

Railway station

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Hemel Hempstead railway station lies in Boxmoor, on the western edge of the town of Hemel Hempstead, in Hertfordshire, England. It is located 24+1⁄2 miles north-west of London Euston on the West Coast Main Line.

The Forum

Town hall

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The Forum is a municipal building in Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. The building accommodates the meeting place and offices of Dacorum Borough Council as well as the local library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hemel Hempstead and Kings Langley.

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.

Kings Langley

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Kings Langley is a historic village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, 21 miles northwest of central London on the southern edge of the Chiltern Hills and now part of the London commuter belt.