Gray’s Wood

Places of Interest

Wheathampstead railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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.

Devil’s Dyke

Forest

Photo: Legis, Public domain.

Devil's Dyke is the remains of a prehistoric defensive ditch which lies at the east side of the village of Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England. It is protected as a Scheduled Monument.

Shaw’s Corner

Museum

Photo: PaulSkin, CC BY 2.0.

Shaw's Corner was the primary residence of the renowned Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw; it is now a National Trust property open to the public as a writer's house museum.

Places in the Area

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.

Welwyn Garden City

Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Welwyn Garden City is a town in Hertfordshire, England. It was the second "garden city" in England, and one of the first "new towns". It is unique in being both a garden city and a new town and exemplifies the physical, social and cultural planning ideals of the periods in which it was built.

Hatfield

Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hatfield is a town in the English county of Hertfordshire 20 mi north of London. It is perhaps best known as the location of Hatfield House, an historic stately home with strong royal connections that include Queen Elizabeth I.

Gray’s Wood

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