Holy Rood Church
Holy Rood Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Watford, Hertfordshire. It was built from 1889 to 1890. It is situated on the western corner of Market Street and Exchange Road.Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: catholic church in Watford, UK
- Also known as: “Holy Rood” and “Holy Rood Church, Watford”
- Address: Watford, WD18 0PJ
Photo: Anthony Duffy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vicarage Road and Watford High Street Railway Station.
Vicarage Road
Stadium
Photo: Jbb503, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vicarage Road is a stadium in Watford, England, and is the home stadium of Championship club Watford. An all-seater stadium, its current capacity is 22,200. Vicarage Road is situated 1,900 feet south of Holy Rood Church.
Watford High Street Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, Public domain.
Watford High Street is a station on the Lioness line of the London Overground, located in the centre of Watford, Hertfordshire. It is the only station on the sole deviation of the Watford DC line away from the West Coast Main Line, situated between Bushey and Watford Junction stations. Watford High Street Railway Station is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Holy Rood Church.
Watford Palace Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Graham Hale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Watford Palace Theatre, opened in 1908, is an Edwardian Grade II listed building in Watford, Hertfordshire. The 600-seat theatre on Clarendon Road was refurbished in 2004. It houses its own rehearsal room, wardrobe, cafe and bar. Watford Palace Theatre is situated 900 feet north of Holy Rood Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Watford and Bushey.
Watford
Watford is a large town in Hertfordshire, a few miles from the Greater London boundary. It is around 20 minutes from central London using National Rail trains, and slightly longer on the London Underground and Overground networks.
Bushey
Town
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Bushey is a town in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire in the East of England. It had a population of 25,328 in the 2011 census, rising to 28,416 in the 2021 census, an increase of 12.19%. Bushey is situated 1½ miles southeast of Holy Rood Church.
Carpenders Park
Suburb
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carpenders Park is a suburb of Watford in the Watford Rural parish of the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the south western corner of Hertfordshire and close to the boundary with Greater London. Carpenders Park is situated 2 miles southeast of Holy Rood Church.
Holy Rood Church
- Categories: Catholic church building, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Watford District, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.65483° or 51° 39′ 17″ northLongitude
-0.39863° or 0° 23′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C3XMJ32+WGOpenStreetMap ID
way 400864438OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q17529154
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Russian—“Holy Rood Church” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه هولى رود”
- Russian: “Холирудская церковь (Уотфорд)”
- Russian: “Холирудская церковь”
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