East of England
Hertfordshire
Three Rivers District

Whippendell Wood

Whippendell Wood is an ancient woodland on the edges of , England, covering an area of 165.3 acres. It is owned and managed by Watford Borough Council.
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Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Forest
  • Description: ancient woodland in Hertfordshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Whippendell Woods”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vicarage Road and Watford tube station.

Stadium
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is a stadium in , England, and is the home stadium of Championship club Watford. An all-seater stadium, its current capacity is 22,200.

Metro station
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Watford is a London Underground station in , . It is the terminus of its branch of the Metropolitan line and the next station towards is . The station is in London fare zone 7. It was opened in 1925.

Metro station
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Croxley is a London Underground station. It is located on Watford Road in , , . The station is on the of the Metropolitan line, between Watford and stations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Watford and Rickmansworth.

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is a large town in , 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.

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is a small town in Hertfordshire, its hinterland includes Chorleywood and the largely suburban Maple Cross.

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is a large village and civil parish in the English county of . The only Englishman ever to have become pope, Pope Adrian IV, was born here as Nicholas Breakspear around the year 1100.

Whippendell Wood

Latitude
51.6673° or 51° 40′ 2″ north
Longitude
-0.4425° or 0° 26′ 33″ west
Open location code
9C3XMH85+W2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 7936902
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­forest
Wiki­data ID
Q7993723
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Russian—“Whippendell Wood” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ուիփենդել անտառ”
  • Catalan: “Whippendell Wood”
  • Russian: “Уиппендел”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Chandler’s Cross and Croxley Green.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Merlin’s Wood and West Herts Golf Club.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Whippendell Wood”. Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.