Preston Hills

Preston Hills is a forest in Preston, North Hertfordshire District, England. Preston Hills is situated nearby to the hamlet Temple Dinsley, as well as near Austage End.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Minsden Chapel and Church of St Mary.

Minsden Chapel

Ruins

Photo: David Edgar, Public domain.

Minsden Chapel is an isolated ruined chapel in the fields above the hamlet of Chapelfoot, near Preston, Hertfordshire. Today it is a roofless shell, partly surrounded by a small wood, and accessible only by footpath.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Ebelthite, CC BY 2.5.

Princess Helena College

School

PHC was a co-educational private day and boarding school for pupils aged 11 to 18 in Preston near Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. The school was housed in a Queen Anne country house, formerly known as Temple Dinsley, which was redesigned by Edwin Lutyens, at the same time as the gardens were designed by his great friend, Gertrude Jekyll.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hitchin and Stevenage.

Hitchin

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hitchin is a town with 33,350 inhabitants in 2011 35 mi miles north of London in the county of Hertfordshire. Hitchin is an old market town first mentioned 1,000 years ago.

Stevenage

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stevenage is a town in the county of Hertfordshire, in the south east of England, around 32 miles north of central London. The town is well known for being the first ever 'new town'; new towns were a series of towns built near London after World War II.

Wigmore

Suburb

Wigmore is a suburb of Luton about 2 miles east north-east of the town centre, and a ward of the Borough of Luton, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England.

Preston Hills

Type: Forest
Location: Preston, North Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.9077° or 51° 54′ 28″ north

Longitude

-0.2944° or 0° 17′ 40″ west

Open location code

9C3XWP54+36

OpenStreetMap ID

way 51678916

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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