Bittern Hide

Bittern Hide is a bird hide in Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England. Bittern Hide is situated nearby to the canal Cheshunt Lock, as well as near the zoo Lee Valley Animal Adventure Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cheshunt railway station and Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills.

Cheshunt railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rubberist, Public domain.

Cheshunt is an interchange station for London Overground and Greater Anglia services on the Lea Valley lines, located in Cheshunt in the Borough of Broxbourne. Cheshunt railway station is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Bittern Hide.

Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

The Royal Gunpowder Mills are a former industrial site in Waltham Abbey, England. It was one of three Royal Gunpowder Mills in the United Kingdom. Waltham Abbey is the only site to have survived virtually intact. Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills is situated 1 mile south of Bittern Hide.

Haileybury Turnford

School

Haileybury Turnford is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Turnford, Hertfordshire, England. Previously a community school administered by Hertfordshire County Council, in September 2015 Turnford School converted to academy status and was renamed Haileybury Turnford. Haileybury Turnford is situated 3,400 feet west of Bittern Hide.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cheshunt and Turnford.

Cheshunt

Town

Photo: Northmetpit, Public domain.

Cheshunt is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, in Hertfordshire, England. It lies within the London commuter belt approximately 13 miles north of Central London, on the River Lea and Lee Navigation, bordering the Lee Valley Park.

Turnford

Village

Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Turnford is a village in the Borough of Broxbourne, in Hertfordshire, England, in an area generally known as the Lee Valley. It is bounded by Wormley to the north, Cheshunt to the south and west, and its eastern boundary is formed largely by the Lee Navigation. Central London at Charing Cross is approximately 18 miles south.

Waltham Abbey

Suburb

Photo: Northmetpit, CC0.

Waltham Abbey is a suburban town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, within the metropolitan and urban area of London, England, 13.5 miles north-east of Charing Cross.

Bittern Hide

Type: Bird hide
Categories: building and recreation area
Location: Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.71016° or 51° 42′ 37″ north

Longitude

-0.01017° or 0° 0′ 37″ west

Open location code

9C3XPX6Q+3W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 300985698

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=bird_hide

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