Stocking Springs

Stocking Springs is a nature reserve in Hertfordshire, East of England, England. Stocking Springs is situated nearby to the hamlet Ayot St. Peter, as well as near the locality Lamer.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shaw’s Corner and Wheathampstead railway station.

Shaw’s Corner

Museum

Photo: PaulSkin, CC BY 2.0.

Shaw's Corner was the primary residence of the renowned Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw; it is now a National Trust property open to the public as a writer's house museum.

Wheathampstead railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Wheathampstead railway station was a railway station serving Wheathampstead on the Great Northern Railway branch line to Dunstable. While little of it remains now, east of Wheathampstead is the Ayot Greenway which follows what was the line towards Welwyn Garden City.

The Frythe

Manor estate

The Frythe is a country house set in its own grounds in rural Hertfordshire, just south of the village of Welwyn, about 30 miles north of London.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ayot St Lawrence and Welwyn Garden City.

Ayot St Lawrence

Photo: Jason Ballard, CC BY 2.0.

Ayot St Lawrence is a small village in Hertfordshire. It lies between Harpenden and Welwyn Garden City. It is mainly known as the home of George Bernard Shaw from 1906 until his death in 1950.

Welwyn Garden City

Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Welwyn Garden City is a town in Hertfordshire, England. It was the second "garden city" in England, and one of the first "new towns". It is unique in being both a garden city and a new town and exemplifies the physical, social and cultural planning ideals of the periods in which it was built.

Welwyn

Village

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Welwyn is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The parish also includes the nearby villages and settlements of Digswell, Mardley Heath and Oaklands.

Stocking Springs

Type: Nature reserve
Categories: forest and recreation area
Location: Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.8255° or 51° 49′ 32″ north

Longitude

-0.258° or 0° 15′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C3XRPGR+5Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4218890

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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