Beech Bottom Dyke
Beech Bottom Dyke, is a large ditch running for almost a mile at the northern edge of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England flanked by banks on both sides.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Iron Age ditch in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Iron Age territorial boundary known as Beech Bottom Dyke”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ancient Briton and St Albans Girls’ School.
Ancient Briton
Restaurant
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ancient Briton is a restaurant, which is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Beech Bottom Dyke.
St Albans Girls’ School
School
Photo: Jack Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Albans Girls' School, usually referred to as STAGS, is a girls' secondary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire. It was formerly known as "St Albans Girls' Grammar School." It is one of three schools for girls in St Albans, the others being Loreto College and St Albans High School for Girls; the latter is private and selective. St Albans Girls’ School is situated 1,100 feet north of Beech Bottom Dyke.
St Albans City Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Gary Fellows, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Albans City Hospital is an acute District General Hospital in St Albans, Hertfordshire operated by the West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. St Albans City Hospital is situated 4,000 feet southwest of Beech Bottom Dyke.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marshalswick and St Albans.
Marshalswick
Suburb
Marshalswick is a suburb of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England, located around 1.5 miles northeast of the city centre. The area was developed from the 1920s onwards.
St Albans
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Albans is an English cathedral city to the north of London, in the county of Hertfordshire. Its rich Roman and Medieval history means it is much more worth a visit than the typical commuter suburb.
Childwickbury
Hamlet
Childwickbury is a hamlet in Hertfordshire, England, lying to the north of St Albans in the parish of St Michael. Childwickbury Manor was home to Stanley Kubrick from 1978 until his death in 1999.
Beech Bottom Dyke
- Categories: forest, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: City and District of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.76761° or 51° 46′ 3″ northLongitude
-0.33073° or 0° 19′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C3XQM99+2POpenStreetMap ID
way 276156030OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forestWikidata ID
Q4879564
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