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 fitness 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 Whelpley Hill and Potten End.

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.

Bourne End

Village

Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.

Bourne End is a village in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated on the ancient Roman Akeman Street between Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead, on the former A41 London-Liverpool Trunk Route, on the Grand Union Canal that runs between London and Birmingham and at the confluence of the Chiltern chalk stream, the Bourne Gutter and the River Bulbourne. Bourne End is situated 2 miles east 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″ north

Longitude

-0.5588° or 0° 33′ 32″ west

Open location code

9C3XQC3R+4F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 274414255

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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