The Brocket Arms

The Brocket Arms is a country inn in Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England. According to Historic England, the timber-framed building is probably early sixteenth century, although an earlier date has been claimed.

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Type: Pub
Description: pub in Ayot St. Lawrence, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Brocket Arms”, “The Brocket Arms Public House”, and “The Brocket Arms, Welwyn”
Address: Hill Farm Lane, Welwyn, AL6 9BT

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Shaw’s Corner and New St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence.

Shaw’s Corner

Museum

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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. Shaw’s Corner is situated 870 feet southwest of The Brocket Arms.

New St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence

Church

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St Lawrence Church is an eighteenth-century, neoclassical church in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England. It is also known as New St Lawrence Church and St Lawrence Palladian to distinguish it from the ruined Old St Lawrence Church nearby. New St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence is situated 1,300 feet west of The Brocket Arms.

Wheathampstead railway station

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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. Wheathampstead railway station is situated 2 miles southwest of The Brocket Arms.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Codicote and Kimpton.

Codicote

Village

Photo: Melvyn Cousins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Codicote is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies 7 miles south of Hitchin, its post town, and 1.5 miles north of Welwyn.

Kimpton

Village

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kimpton is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies 6 miles south of Hitchin, its post town, 7 miles north of St Albans and 4 miles from both Harpenden and Luton. Kimpton is situated 1½ miles northwest of The Brocket Arms.

Wheathampstead

Village

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Wheathampstead is a large village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, north of St Albans. Included within the parish is the small hamlet of Amwell. Wheathampstead is situated 2 miles southwest of The Brocket Arms.

The Brocket Arms

Category: building
Location: Ayot St Lawrence, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.83745° or 51° 50′ 15″ north

Longitude

-0.26587° or 0° 15′ 57″ west

Open location code

9C3XRPPM+XM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 489027174

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=pub

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q7720233

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Highlights: Brimstone Wood and Claggbottom Wood.

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