Velvet Lawn
Velvet Lawn is a park in Berkhamsted, Dacorum District, England. Velvet Lawn is situated nearby to The Thomas Coram Church of England School, as well as near the health club Aspire Fitness.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Rex and Ashlyns School.
The Rex
Movie theater
Photo: Lucy Downey, CC BY 2.0.
The Rex is a cinema in the town of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. Designed in the art deco style by David Evelyn Nye in 1936, the cinema opened to the public in 1938. The Rex is situated 2,200 feet north of Velvet Lawn.
Ashlyns School
School
Photo: Cnbrb, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ashlyns School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. The school was established in 1935 as the final location of the Foundling Hospital, a children's charity founded in London in 1739. Ashlyns School is situated 1,300 feet west of Velvet Lawn.
Berkhamsted Castle
Castle
Photo: Winstainforth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Berkhamsted Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. The castle was built to obtain control of a key route between London and the Midlands during the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century. Berkhamsted Castle is situated 4,000 feet north of Velvet Lawn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Heath and Whelpley Hill.
Little Heath
Hamlet
Little Heath is a partly wooded area with scattered housing, just south of the village of Potten End, Hertfordshire, England. It represents the top of the Chiltern Hill plateau and has distinctive geological beds that remain while they have been eroded elsewhere. Little Heath is situated 1½ miles northeast of Velvet Lawn.
Whelpley Hill
Village
Whelpley Hill is a hamlet in the parish of Ashley Green in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located to the east of Chesham, near the border with Hertfordshire and is the site of an Iron Age hillfort. Whelpley Hill is situated 1½ miles south of Velvet Lawn.
Potten End
Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Potten End is a village in west Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, two miles east-north-east of Berkhamsted, three miles north west of Hemel Hempstead and two miles south east of the National Trust estate of Ashridge. Potten End is situated 2 miles northeast of Velvet Lawn.
Velvet Lawn
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Berkhamsted, Dacorum District, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.7528° or 51° 45′ 10″ northLongitude
-0.5589° or 0° 33′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C3XQC3R+4COpenStreetMap ID
way 274414255OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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