Claypits Wood

Claypits Wood is a forest in Brickendon Liberty, East Hertfordshire District, England. Claypits Wood is situated nearby to the village Brickendon, as well as near the hamlet Monks Green.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bayford railway station and Bayfordbury Observatory.

Bayford railway station

Railway station

Photo: Jack Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bayford railway station serves the villages of Bayford and Brickendon in Hertfordshire, England. The station is on the Hertford Loop Line, 16 miles 56 chains down the line from London King's Cross.

Bayfordbury Observatory

Observatory

Photo: Mhardcastle, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bayfordbury Observatory is the University of Hertfordshire's astronomical and atmospheric physics remote sensing observatory, and one of the largest teaching observatories in the UK.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hertford and Hoddesdon.

Hertford is the county town of Hertfordshire in England and has a population of around 29,000 in 2021. It was the birthplace of Samuel Stone, who is credited with being the founder of Hartford, Connecticut.

Hoddesdon

Town

Photo: Chris Hunt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hoddesdon is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, lying entirely within the London Metropolitan Area and Greater London Urban Area. The area is on the River Lea and the Lee Navigation along with the New River.

Broxbourne

Town

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Broxbourne is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire, England, with a population of 15,303 at the 2011 Census. It is located to the south of Hoddesdon and to the north of Cheshunt, 17 miles north of London.

Claypits Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Brickendon Liberty, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.751° or 51° 45′ 3″ north

Longitude

-0.083° or 0° 4′ 59″ west

Open location code

9C3XQW28+9R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 28743930

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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