Scratching Grove

Places of Interest

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.

Devil’s Dyke

Forest

Photo: Legis, Public domain.

Devil's Dyke is the remains of a prehistoric defensive ditch which lies at the east side of the village of Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England. It is protected as a Scheduled Monument.

Shaw’s Corner

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.

Places in the Area

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.

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.

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.

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