Piggottshill Wood

Piggottshill Wood is a forest in Wheathampstead, City and District of St. Albans, England. Piggottshill Wood is situated near the suburb Southdown, as well as near the hamlet Mackerye End.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Harpenden railway station and Wheathampstead railway station.

Harpenden railway station

Railway station

Photo: Hassocks5489, Public domain.

Harpenden railway station is on the Midland Main Line in England, serving the town of Harpenden, Hertfordshire. It is 24 miles 51 chains down the line from London St Pancras and is situated between St Albans City to the south and Luton Airport Parkway to the north.

Wheathampstead railway station

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Wheathampstead railway station was a railway station serving Wheathampstead on the Great Northern Railway branch line to Dunstable. While little of it remains now, east of Wheathampstead is the Ayot Greenway which follows what was the line towards Welwyn Garden City.

Lydekker Park

Park

Lydekker Park is a 3-acre park in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. The land was formerly part of the garden of Harpenden Lodge, built in 1803, home for many years to the Lydekkers, one of the town's oldest families.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harpenden and Ayot St Lawrence.

Harpenden

Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Harpenden is a town in Hertfordshire near the border of Bedfordshire. It is between and near to the city of St Albans and Luton. Primarily a residential community, in the outside of the London commuter belt, but if passing through, there are interesting sights and pleasant places to be enjoyed in this town.

Ayot St Lawrence

Photo: Jason Ballard, CC BY 2.0.

Ayot St Lawrence is a small village in Hertfordshire. It lies between Harpenden and Welwyn Garden City. It is mainly known as the home of George Bernard Shaw from 1906 until his death in 1950.

Redbourn

Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Redbourn is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. It is located 3 miles from Harpenden, 4 miles from St Albans and 5 miles from Hemel Hempstead. The civil parish had a population of 6,913 according to the 2011 Census.

Piggottshill Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Wheathampstead, City and District of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.8143° or 51° 48′ 52″ north

Longitude

-0.3267° or 0° 19′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C3XRM7F+P8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 22776771

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Southdown and Mackerye End.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Aldwickbury Park Golf Course and Aldwickbury School.

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Worth a closer look: St Albans and Watford.

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