Secret Spring

Secret Spring is a forest in Wheathampstead, City and District of St. Albans, England. Secret Spring is situated nearby to the hamlet Ayres End, as well as near the suburb Southdown.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Harpenden railway station and Nomansland Common.

Harpenden railway station

Railway station

Photo: Hassocks5489, Public domain.

Harpenden railway station is on the Midland Main Line in England, serving the town of Harpenden, Hertfordshire. It is 24 miles 51 chains down the line from London St Pancras and is situated between St Albans City to the south and Luton Airport Parkway to the north.

Nomansland Common

Park

Nomansland Common is an area of common land in Hertfordshire, England to the south of Harpenden and the south-west of Wheathampstead. Geologically, the common is part of the Harpenden Dry Valley.

Childwickbury Manor

Manor estate

Photo: Ghouston, CC0.

Childwickbury Manor is a manor house in the hamlet of Childwickbury, Hertfordshire, England, between St Albans and Harpenden. It was the home and is the resting place of American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harpenden and Redbourn.

Harpenden

Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Harpenden is a town in Hertfordshire near the border of Bedfordshire. It is between and near to the city of St Albans and Luton. Primarily a residential community, in the outside of the London commuter belt, but if passing through, there are interesting sights and pleasant places to be enjoyed in this town.

Redbourn

Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Redbourn is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. It is located 3 miles from Harpenden, 4 miles from St Albans and 5 miles from Hemel Hempstead. The civil parish had a population of 6,913 according to the 2011 Census.

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.

Secret Spring

Type: Forest
Location: Wheathampstead, City and District of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.8014° or 51° 48′ 5″ north

Longitude

-0.3278° or 0° 19′ 40″ west

Open location code

9C3XRM2C+HV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4373597

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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