Bridgewater Monument
The Bridgewater Monument is a Grade II* listed monumental column in the Ashridge estate in Hertfordshire, England. It was built in 1832 to commemorate Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, known as the "Canal Duke".Photo: Pointillist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: grade II* scheduled monument in England
- Also known as: “The Bridgewater Monument”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist, Aldbury and Stocks House.
Church of St John the Baptist, Aldbury
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Church of St John the Baptist, Aldbury is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Bridgewater Monument.
Stocks House
House
Photo: Ali zaybak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stocks Manor House is a large Georgian mansion, built in 1773. It is the largest property in the village of Aldbury, Hertfordshire. Stocks House and its manorial farm is an 182-acre estate surrounded by 10,000 acres of National Trust Ashridge Forest and the Chiltern Hills. Stocks House is situated 1,900 feet west of Bridgewater Monument.
Aldbury School (Hertfordshire County Council) School House
School
Photo: Chris Reynolds, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aldbury School (Hertfordshire County Council) School House is situated 2,700 feet southwest of Bridgewater Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aldbury and Barley End.
Aldbury
Village
Photo: Chuunen Baka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aldbury is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. It lies near to the borders of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, in the Bulbourne valley of the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Barley End
Locality
Barley End is a hamlet within the parish of Pitstone in Buckinghamshire, England.
Ringshall
Hamlet
Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ringshall is a hamlet in the Chiltern Hills of England. It is located on the border of the counties of Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire; parts of the village lie in the civil parishes of Edlesborough and Ivinghoe in eastern Buckinghamshire, while the rest of the village is mainly within the parish of Little Gaddesden in the west of Hertfordshire.
Bridgewater Monument
- Categories: memorial column, tower, building, tourism, historic site, and monument
- Location: Aldbury, Dacorum District, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.8083° or 51° 48′ 30″ northLongitude
-0.59428° or 0° 35′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C3XRC54+87OpenStreetMap ID
way 265117304OpenStreetMap feature
building=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q15108035
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In Other Languages
“Bridgewater Monument” goes by many names.
- German: “Bridgewater Monument”
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Highlights include National Trust Visitor Centre and Meadley’s Meadow.
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