Greencroft Wood

Greencroft Wood is a forest in Great Gaddesden, Dacorum District, England. Greencroft Wood is situated nearby to the village Hudnall Common, as well as near the locality Clement’s End.

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.

Kensworth

Village

Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kensworth is a village and civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The parish is located on the edge of Dunstable Downs, and includes the hamlets of California and Kensworth Lynch.

Greencroft Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Great Gaddesden, Dacorum District, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.8125° or 51° 48′ 45″ north

Longitude

-0.517° or 0° 31′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C3XRF7M+26

OpenStreetMap ID

way 23720892

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hudnall Common and Clement’s End.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Breach Wood and Long Wood.

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