Selected local events / Local organisations / Places to visit / Notes and other information
Venues with more local events
Bushey Museum & Art Gallery
Reveley Lodge, Bushey
Watersmeet, Rickmansworth
Watford Colosseum
Watford Museum
Watford Palace Theatre
Watford Pump House
14 November 2024 | Thursday concert – CANCELLED [Pump House Clog Morris Dancers accompanied by a band] – St Mary's Church, Church Street / High Street, Watford – Free but donations welcome – Refreshments available from 12 noon – Link |
19 November 2024 | "A History of British Rail Engineering Ltd (BREL)" – Talk by Richard Marks – Watford & District Industrial History Society – The Stanborough Centre, 609 St Albans Road, Watford WD25 9JL – Free for members; minimum donation of £5 suggested for a visitor – See the website for details – Tel: 07719 619934 – Link |
20–23 November 2024, 7:30pm (Wed-Fri), 2pm,7pm (Sat) | "The Little Mermaid" – Stage version of Disney's The Little Mermaid – Rickmansworth Players – Watersmeet Theatre, High Street, Rickmansworth WD3 1EH – £14.50-£23.50 – Link1 & Link2 |
21 November 2024 | Thursday concert – Purcell School pupils – St Mary's Church, Church Street / High Street, Watford – Free but donations welcome – Link |
23 November 2024 | Dance Organ Day – Featuring the centenary of the newly restored 97-key Mortier organ – St Albans Organ Theatre, 320 Camp Road, St Albans AL1 5PE – Adult £15; child (11 and under) £7.50 – Price includes sandwiches and cakes – Link |
23 November 2024 | Performing opportunity for musicians and singers – Solo or ensembles; classical or light music of any era, including your own compositions – Eternal Chord – Watford Quaker Meeting House, 150 Church Road, Watford WD17 4QB – Performers: adult £5, under-18 £3. Audience free – Contact the organiser, David Silver (eternalchord@gmail.com). Piano available |
24 November 2024 | Concert – Old Christmas Returned Music, Words and Song for Christmas – Passamezzo early music ensemble – Octagon Music Society – Clarendon Muse, Watford School of Music, 70 Rickmansworth Road, Watford (entrance in Shepherds Road) – £20. (Season ticket for 5 concerts £80) – Performed in Elizabethan costume – Link |
24 November 2024 | Concert: An evening in Vienna – Mozart (Overture to Clemenza di Tito Overture), Mozart (Symphony No 40 in G minor), Haydn (Symphony No 1), Haydn (Symphony No 104) – Abbots Langley Orchestra – Abbots Langley Community Centre, Gallows Hill Lane, Abbots Langley – £12; under-18s free – Link |
30 November 2024 | Concert – Vaughan Williams (A Sea Symphony), Chris Williams (Songs of the Coromandel Coast), Morten Lauridsen (Sure on this Shining Night) – The Chiltern Choir – St Andrew's Church, Chorleywood WD3 5AE – £18 on-line, £20 on the door, under-18 free but ticket required – Link |
30 November 2024 | Concert - a Bohemian Rhapsody – Dvořák (Violin Concerto in A minor; Czech Suite), Smetana (3 symphonic tone poems from Ma Vlast: 'Vysehrad', 'Vltava' and 'Sarka') – Watford Symphony Orchestra – St Luke's Church, Langley Way, Watford WD17 3EG – £18, under-18s free with an adult – 07925 749928 – Link |
1 December 2024 | Recital – Purcell School students – St James's Church, High Street, Bushey – Free; donations welcome – Link |
4–7 December 2024, Wed-Fri: 7:30pm; Sat: 2pm & 6pm | "Alice in Wonderland" – A pantomime by Tom Whalley – Abbots Langley Players – Theatre, The Nap, Kings Langley – £13-£16 – Link |
6 December 2024 | Christmas Gift Concert – A variety of music and more – Rickmansworth Players – Christ Church, Chorleywood – Adults £12, concessions £10, under-16s £6 – Price includes refreshments – Link1 & Link2 |
7 December 2024 | Concert – Film music spectacular – Audentior Symphony Orchestra – The Grand Hall, Bushey WD23 3AA – Link |
8 December 2024 | Family concert – Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" condensed into a 1-hour family-friendly concert – Chorleywood Orchestra and Chorleywood Festival Chorus – Chorleywood Music – Rickmansworth School, Scots Hill, Croxley Green WD3 3AQ – Adult: £12 advance, £15 on the door. Under 18: £6 – Includes festive sing-along – Link |
8 December 2024 | Concert - A Chiltern Christmas – Carols (and more) performed by the Chiltern Singers – The Chiltern Choir – Hillside Centre, Chorleywood WD3 5AP – £5; under-18 free but ticket required – Link |
14 December 2024 | Concert: film music spectacular – Audentior Symphony Orchestra – The Grand Hall WD23 4AA – Link |
14 December 2024 | Christmas Concert – Including traditional carols – Watford Philharmonic Society – Grand Hall, Bushey Arena, The Grange Academy, London Road, Bushey WD23 3AA – £20; under-19 £5 – Link |
17 December 2024 | "Dodgy Military Equipment" – Talk by David Nicholson – Watford & District Industrial History Society – The Stanborough Centre, 609 St Albans Road, Watford WD25 9JL – Free for members; minimum donation of £5 suggested for a visitor – See the website for details – Tel: 07719 619934 – Link |
21 December 2024 | Recital – Kings Langley Choir – St James's Church, High Street, Bushey – Free; donations welcome – Link |
19 January 2025 | New Year Concert – Rossini (Overture: L'italiana in Algeri), Beethoven (Violin Concerto in D, Op 61), Schubert (Symphony No 6 in C, D589) – Bushey Symphony Orchestra – Clarendon Muse, Watford School of Music, 70 Rickmansworth Road, Watford (entrance in Shepherds Road) – Adult £20, child £1 – Tel: 07467 248258 – Link |
21 January 2025 | "The Evolution of Electronic Displays" – Talk by John Harrison – Watford & District Industrial History Society – The Stanborough Centre, 609 St Albans Road, Watford WD25 9JL – Free for members; minimum donation of £5 suggested for a visitor – See the website for details – Tel: 07719 619934 – Link |
2 February 2025 | Concert – Fanny Mendelssohn (String Quartet in Eb), Borodin (String Quartet no. 2 in D), Tchaikovsky (String Quartet no.1 in D) – Piatti Quartet (string quartet) – Octagon Music Society – Clarendon Muse, Watford School of Music, 70 Rickmansworth Road, Watford (entrance in Shepherds Road) – £20. (Season ticket for 5 concerts £80) – Link |
18 February 2025 | "The Underground at War" – Talk by David Burnell – Watford & District Industrial History Society – The Stanborough Centre, 609 St Albans Road, Watford WD25 9JL – Free for members; minimum donation of £5 suggested for a visitor – See the website for details – Tel: 07719 619934 – Link |
1 March 2025 | Concert – Beethoven (Coriolan Overture), Haydn (Trumpet Concerto), Veethoven (Symphony no. 3) – Watford Symphony Orchestra – St Luke's Church, Langley Way, Watford WD17 3EG – £18, under-18s free with an adult – 07925 749928 – Link |
2 March 2025 | Concert – Including: Rameau (Suite in G), Chopin (Sonata no.3, Op.58) – Kasparas Mikuzis (piano) – Octagon Music Society – Clarendon Muse, Watford School of Music, 70 Rickmansworth Road, Watford (entrance in Shepherds Road) – £20. (Season ticket for 5 concerts £80) – Link |
6–8 March 2025, 7:45pm | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein – By Rona Munro – Abbots Langley Players – Theatre, The Nap, Kings Langley – £13-£16 – Link |
16 March 2025 | Concert - Springtime Classics – Debussy/Ravel (Danse (1890)), Christopher Gunning (Flute Concertino), Debussy (Petite Suite), Armas Järnefelt (Praeludium; Berceuse in G minor), Frank Bridge (Summer), Haydn (Symphony No 100 in G) – Bushey Symphony Orchestra – Clarendon Muse, Watford School of Music, 70 Rickmansworth Road, Watford (entrance in Shepherds Road) – Adult £20, child £1 – Tel: 07467 248258 – Link |
18 March 2025 | "Sentinels of the Sea" – Talk by Mark Lewis – Watford & District Industrial History Society – The Stanborough Centre, 609 St Albans Road, Watford WD25 9JL – Free for members; minimum donation of £5 suggested for a visitor – See the website for details – Tel: 07719 619934 – Link |
23 March 2025 | Concert – Schubert (Violin Sonata in A, D574), Debussy (La fille aux cheveux de lin), Debussy (Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune), Beethoven (Sonata in A, Op.47, "Kreutzer") – Coco Tomita (violin), Simon Callaghan (piano) – Octagon Music Society – Clarendon Muse, Watford School of Music, 70 Rickmansworth Road, Watford (entrance in Shepherds Road) – £20. (Season ticket for 5 concerts £80) – Link |
23 March 2025 | Concert – Cimarosa (Overture to The Secret Marriage), Schubert (Overture in the Italian Style), Beethoven (Coriolan Overture op.62), Bruch (Romanze for Viola op.85), Beethoven (Symphony No.3 op.55 'The Eroica') – Abbots Langley Orchestra – Abbots Langley Community Centre, Gallows Hill Lane, Abbots Langley – £12; under-18s free – Link |
29 March 2025 | Concert "London calling" – Elgar (Cockaigne Overture), Haydn ('London' Symphony no. 104), Vaughan Williams ('A London Symphony' no. 2) – Audentior Symphony Orchestra – St Michael & All Angels' Church, Mildred Avenue, Watford – Link |
29 March 2025 | Concert: "London calling" – Elgar (Cockaigne Overture), Haydn ("London" Symphony no. 104) Vaughan Williams ("A London Symphony", no. 2) – Audentior Symphony Orchestra – St Michael & All Angels' Church, Mildred Avenue, Watford – Link |
2–5 April 2025, 8:00pm | "Curtains- The Musical Comedy Whodunnit" – Kings Langley Musical Theatre Company – Theatre, The Nap, Kings Langley – Sold out – Tel: 01442 268839 – Link |
10 May 2025 | Concert – Schumann (Genoveva Orchestra), Rachmaninov (Paganini Variations), Brahms (Symphony no. 1) – Watford Symphony Orchestra – St Luke's Church, Langley Way, Watford WD17 3EG – £18, under-18s free with an adult – 07925 749928 – Link |
18 May 2025 | 50th Anniversary Concert – James Francis Brown (A Flourish for Bushey (World premiere)), (Dvořák In Nature's Realm, Op 91), Grieg (Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16), Schumann (Symphony No 3 in E flat, Op 97 'Rhenish') – Bushey Symphony Orchestra – Clarendon Muse, Watford School of Music, 70 Rickmansworth Road, Watford (entrance in Shepherds Road) – Adult £20, child £1 – Tel: 07467 248258 – Link |
29 June 2025 | Concert: Travels – Mendelssohn (Hebrides Overture op.26), Mendelssohn (Violin Concerto in E minor op.64), Dvořák (Symphony no 8 op.88) – Abbots Langley Orchestra – Abbots Langley Community Centre, Gallows Hill Lane, Abbots Langley – £12; under-18s free – Link |
5 July 2025 | Concert "London calling" – Wagner (Prelude to Die Meistersingers), Gounod (Ballet music from "Faust"), Tchaikovsky (Symphony no. 4) – Audentior Symphony Orchestra – Clarendon Muse, Watford School of Music, 70 Rickmansworth Road, Watford (entrance in Shepherds Road) – Link |
5 July 2025 | Concert – Glinka (Ruslan and Ludmila Overture), Gounod (Ballet Music from "Faust"), Tchaikovsky (Symphony no. 4) – Audentior Symphony Orchestra – Clarendon Muse, Watford School of Music, 70 Rickmansworth Road, Watford (entrance in Shepherds Road) – Link |
6 July 2025 | Family Concert – Watford Symphony Orchestra – St Luke's Church, Langley Way, Watford WD17 3EG – £18, under-18s free with an adult – Details to be announced – 07925 749928 – Link |
| Some local
organisations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Abbots Langley Gilbert & Sullivan Society | website | |
| Abbots Langley Local History Society | website | Programme of monthly talks from about September to May |
| Abbots Langley Orchestra | website | Concerts given in churches in Abbots Langley |
| Abbots Langley Players | website | |
| Abbots Langley Singers | website | |
| Book Trade Charity (BTBS) | website | Sales of new books at low prices about five times a year |
| Bovingdon Players | website | |
| Bushey & District Footpaths Association | website | Monthly walks of various lengths |
| Bushey and District U3A | website | Offers a wide variety of study groups for those no longer in full-time work |
| Bushey Festival | website | |
| Bushey Symphony Orchestra | website | |
| Carillon Chamber Choir | website | Based in St Albans, the choir has a large repertoire of sacred and secular, ancient and modern music |
| Cassio Operatic Society | website | |
| Cassiobury and nearby Community Choir (CanCC) | (No site found) | For anyone of any musical ability, at St Luke's Church, Watford. Contact: 01923 246161 |
| The Centralian Players | website | Watford-based drama group established in 1933 |
| The Chiltern Choir | website | |
| Chipperfield Choral Society | website | |
| Chorleywood Choral Society | website | |
| Croxley Green History Project | website | |
| Folk at the Pump House | website | Folk and roots music every Friday night in the Colne River Room, 8-10.30pm |
| Folly's Farm Sanctuary for Donkeys | website | Open on Sundays, 2-4:30pm, May to September: c/o 2 Nursery Terrace, Potten End, Berkhamsted. Tel: 01442 871158 |
| Friends of Bushey Museum | website | See also, under Places to Visit, the entry for Bushey Museum and Art Gallery |
| Friends of Cassiobury Park | website | Opportunities for volunteers to help look after the park, and a talk once a year |
| Friends of Croxley Common Moor | website | Secretary: 01923 251157 |
| Friends of Harebreaks Wood | website | Harebreaks Wood is the only area of ancient woodland in urban Watford to which there is public access |
| Friends of Oxhey Park | website | The website has historical information and photographs |
| Friends of Watersmeet | website | Also: Friends of Watersmeet Film Society. Watersmeet is in the centre of Rickmansworth |
| Haddenham Ceilidhs and Concerts | website | Monthly ceilidhs and folk concerts |
| Hemel Hempstead Singers | website | |
| Hertfordshire Building Preservation Trust | website | |
| Hertfordshire Early Dance | website | Founded in 2002 for those interested in the dances and music of earlier times. Meetings in St Albans |
| The International Organ Festival at St Albans | website | An annual festival, from the 9th to the 18th of July in 2009. Also monthly organ concerts from October to April |
| Kings Langley Community Choir | website | |
| Kings Langley Local History & Museum Society | website | Monthly talks, September-March, and other activities |
| Kings Langley Musical Theatre Company | website | Formerly the Kings Langley Light Opera Company |
| Kings Langley Players | website | |
| Maple Lodge Conservation Society | website | The society looks after Maple Lodge, a private 40-acre nature reserve leased from Thames Water and normally open only to members |
| Mosaic Chamber Choir | website | A choir with a wide-ranging repertoire and with singers based in and around St Albans |
| National Council for the Conservation of Plants & Gardens: Herts & Beds Group | website | Events are listed on their website, along with other information |
| Octagon Music Society | website | Presents a series of classical chamber music concerts at the Clarendon Muse |
| Oxhey Village Environment Group | website | Several outdoor events in the summer, and some talks in the winter |
| The Phoenix Concert Band | website | Based in Radlett, the band plays "a wide variety of concert band and film music to a high musical standard" |
| Phoenix Mandolins | website | Formed in February 2020 as a merger of Hatfield Banjo Mandolin Guitar Group and Watford Plectra Orchestra |
| Pump House Theatre & Arts Centre | website | Various groups put on plays and musicals at this small theatre |
| The Purcell School | website | Free lunchtime concerts take place on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 12:20pm. Contact the Concerts Office (01923 331138) on the day to check that the concert is taking place |
| Radlett Choir | website | Formerly Radlett Choral Society |
| Radlett Light Opera Society | website | |
| Radlett Music Club | website | Presents a series of six classical chamber music concerts between October and April at the Radlett Centre |
| Rebuild the Iconic 'Cassiobury Park Gates' | website | A campaign to rebuild Cassiobury Park gatehouse (built 1800, demolished 1970) |
| Rickmansworth Decorative and Fine Arts Society | website | Monthly lectures on Tuesday mornings at Sarratt Village Hall. Donation at the door (£5 suggested) |
| Rickmansworth Historical Society | website | The society has a programme of lectures |
| Rickmansworth Players | website | Anuual productions are usually a play at the Pump House, Watford and a musical at Watersmeet, Rickmansworth |
| Sarratt Festival of Music | website | Takes place over the last two weekends of September |
| South West Herts Astronomical Society | website | |
| South West Herts Narrowboat Project | website | Provides a 12-berth narrowboat for use by all community and youth groups: Dick's Folly, moored in Old Mill Road, Hunton Bridge |
| South West Herts U3A | website | Offers a wide variety of study groups for those no longer in full-time work |
| Spokes: South West Herts Cycling Group | website | Rides of various lengths. Occasional talks and social events |
| St Albans & District Model Engineering Society | website | Model engineering and related activities which include model locomotives, garden railways, traction engines, stationary engines, model boats, yachts, barges and general engineering and technical subjects |
| The St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society | website | |
| St Albans Bach Choir | website | |
| St Albans Chamber Choir | website | Founded in 1958, the choir has several concerts each year |
| St Albans Chamber Opera | website | An annual production at the Abbey Theatre in the spring is supplemented with studio performances, concerts and workshops in a variety of unusual and attractive venues |
| St Albans Choral Society | website | |
| St Albans Morris Men | website | Dances in many places in the area, accompanied by musicians on accordion, melodeon, three-hole pipe and tabor |
| St James' Music & Drama Society | website | Amateur drama group based at Falconer Hall, Bushey |
| SW Herts Archaelogical and Historical Society | website | Programme of talks in the winter and outings by coach in the summer |
| Three Rivers Music Society | website | Concerts in Rickmansworth |
| Tring Park School for the Performing Arts | website | Students perform drama and musical theatre shows, often at the adjoining Markova Theatre, some of which are open to the public |
| Watford & District Industrial History Society | website | Programme of talks in the winter and outings by coach in the summer |
| Watford & District U3A | website | Offers a wide variety of study groups for those no longer in full-time work |
| Watford & West Herts Scottish Society | website | Various social activities and weekly Scottish country dance classes |
| Watford and Bushey Art Society | website | Programme of talks. Occasional exhibitions of members' work |
| Watford Area Humanists | website | A humanist/atheist/secular group with monthly discussion meetings. Tel: 01923 228121 |
| Watford Association of Magicians | website | |
| Watford Band | website | One of Hertfordshire's oldest brass bands, started in 1894 |
| Watford Community Orchestra | website | A group of orchestral musicians playing easier music for beginners and improvers |
| Watford Dance Festival | website | An annual event with competitions for various age groups, for character, classical, modern, national and tap dancing |
| Watford Festival of Music, Speech and Drama | website | A wide range of competitions each spring for various age groups |
| Watford Folk Club | website | A folk music club that meets at the Pump House, Lower Board Road, Watford WD17 2JP |
| Watford Folk Dance Group | (No site found) | English country dancing on Monday evenings. Tel: 01923 233371 or 672341 |
| Watford Organ and Keyboard Club | website | Monthly concerts for members and visitors at Henderson Hall, Abbots Langley |
| Watford Palace Theatre | website | |
| Watford Park U3A | website | Offers a wide variety of study groups for those no longer in full-time work |
| Watford Philharmonic Society | website | |
| Watford Phoenix Choir | website | Formerly Watford Palace Theatre Community Choir. Open to all ages and abilities |
| Watford Plectra Orchestra | 01923 461785 | A small amateur club of musicians of varying abilities playing mainly fretted stringed instruments such as mandolin, mandola and guitar. See also www.banjomandolinguitar.org/orchestras.htm |
| Watford Speakers | website | Amateur public speaking club; part of Toastmasters International. Tel: 07749 501190 |
| Watford Symphony Orchestra | website | |
| Watford Youth Sinfonia | (No site found) | Occasional concerts still planned, although the website has closed |
| Watford-Novgorod Friendship Society | website | |
| West Watford History Group | website |
| Some places to
visit, over a wider area around Watford | ||
|---|---|---|
| The 1940s House, Bushey | website | An exhibition at Lincolnsfields Children's Centre of a typical interior for a house in the 1940s. Open on the last Sunday of every month, 10.30am - 4pm. There is a charge for entry |
| Aberford Park, Borehamwood | website | In the centre of Borehamwood by Brook Road, the park has lakes, fountains and play and sport activities |
| Aldenham Country Park, Elstree | website | Woodland, meadows and reservoir covering 175 acres. Sailing, fishing. Farm with rare breeds of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, shire horses, poultry, rabbits. Free entrance for pedestrians and cyclists. Car park. Dagger Lane, Elstree |
| Amersham Fair Organ Museum, Amersham | website | Formerly the Teddy Reed Collection, at Unit 1, 28 Plantation Road, Amersham. Open only a few days in the year - tel: 01494 433948 or 07763 774279 |
| Amersham Museum, Amersham | website | Open mostly from May to September on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday afternoons, 2-4.30pm - tel: 01494 723700 |
| The Aquadrome, Rickmansworth | website | A nature reserve with three lakes, grassland and woodland covering 100 acres. Fishing, sailing, watersports. Frogmoor Lane, off Harefield Road, Rickmansworth - tel: 01923 776611 |
| Ashridge Estate, between Aylesbury and Hemel Hempstead | website | Over 5,000 acres of woodlands, commons and downland with waymarked trails - tel: 01442 755557 / 851227 |
| Attenborough's Fields, Oxhey | (No site found) | Pasture and trees, adjoining Merry Hill and Oxhey Green. Sometimes known as Haydon Hill pastures and pond. Owned by Hertfordshire County Council |
| Bekonscot Model Village, Beaconsfield | website | A model landscape with gardens, about six villages and a model railway - tel: 01494 672919 |
| Bentley Priory Museum, Stanmore | website | For opening times etc, see the website |
| Berkhamsted Castle (ruin), Berkhamsted | website | The remains of one of the oldest motte and bailey castles in Britain - tel: 01442 871737 |
| Bushey Museum and Art Gallery, Bushey | website | A museum and art gallery run by volunteers, with special exhibitions from time to time |
| Cassiobury Farm [zoo], Watford | website | A zoo with some rare breeds. Open occasionally, so see website for dates |
| Cassiobury Park, Watford | website | The largest public open space in Watford - over 190 acres |
| Chenies Manor House and Gardens, Chenies | website | Open on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Bank Holiday Mondays, 2-5pm, from April to October. Some special events including an annual plant fair - tel: 01494 762888 |
| Cheslyn Garden, Watford | website | Cheslyn Garden, in Nascot Wood Road, Watford, is free to visit and open every day except Christmas Day and Boxing Day |
| Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles | website | More than 30 rescued historic buildings. Open usually from late March to late October. Also special events. At Newland Park, Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks. - tel: 01494 872163 |
| Chorleywood Community Orchard, Chorleywood | website | An orchard, started in 2009, for local and other unusual varieties of apple tree, and plum, cherry and pear trees |
| Chorleywood House Estate, Chorleywood | website | Formal parkland, grassland, open meadows and mature woodland covering 168 acres and leading down to the banks of the River Chess |
| The Clock Tower, St Albans | website | A rare, mediaeval clock tower in the centre of St Albans. Open Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays from Easter to mid-September. 93 steps to the top for a good view on a clear day |
| Colne Valley Regional Park, Colne Valley | website | A mosaic of farmland, woodland and water, with fifty miles of river and canal and over forty lakes. Much is privately owned but large areas are open to the public or accessible through a network of paths. There is a visitors' centre in Denham Country Park |
| Croxley Common Moor, Croxley Green | website | A nature reserve of over 100 acres, with over 130 types of plant. It borders the Grand Union Canal |
| Croxley Great Barn, Croxley Green | 01923 772325 | Croxley Great Barn is more than 600 years old. It can be visited on the last Saturday of each month by arrangement. See also: Friends of Croxley Great Barn |
| Croxley Great Barn, | website | |
| The de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre, London Colney | website | Incorporating the Mosquito Aircraft Museum. Next to Salisbury Hall in London Colney, south of St Albans - tel: 01727 822051 |
| Gorhambury House, St Albans | website | Large neo-Palladian house built 1777-84. For a tour book before arriving - tel: 01727 855000 |
| Harebreaks Wood, Watford | (No site found) | One of the last remaining local woodlands. Further information from Watford Borough Council on 01923 278558. See also: Friends of Harebreaks Wood |
| Heath Robinson Museum, Pinner | website | An exhibition of the work of the artist, William Heath Robinson, in West House, Pinner Memorial Park. This new museum might be open by the summer of 2009 |
| Ivinghoe Beacon, Ivinghoe | website | A hill in the Chilterns, reaching over 800 feet above sea level |
| Langleybury Children's Farm, Langleybury | website | See website for opening times etc |
| Leavesden Country Park, Abbots Langley | website | College Road, Abbots Langley, Herts. |
| Lincolnsfields Children's Centre, Bushey | website | A collection of WW2 buildings, with exhibitions and a small farmyard. There are occasional special events. At Bushey Hall Drive, Bushey, Herts. See also: The 1940s House |
| Merry Hill, Bushey | website | Woodland, pasture and grassland of more than 180 acres, managed by the Woodland Trust |
| Milton's Cottage, Chalfont St Giles | website | Once the home of the poet John Milton, it is now a museum of his work and times - tel: 01494 872313 |
| Moor Park Mansion, Moor Park | website | A magnificent mansion, built in 1720 in the Palladian style. Guided tours, starting between 10am and 11am, are on certain dates between April and October |
| Museum of St Albans, St Albans | website | In the Old Town Hall |
| Natural History Museum, Tring | website | Founded by Walter Rothschild, the museum displays a wide variety of mammals, birds, reptiles and insects |
| North London Society of Model Engineers, Colney Heath | website | The society's model railways and lake for model boats at Colney Heath are open to the public on Sundays, 2-5pm, May to October |
| Old Gorhambury House (ruin), St Albans | website | The remains are a two-storey porch, parts of the hall, chapel and clock-tower. Three miles from St Albans Cathedral |
| Oxhey Chapel, Oxhey | website | In Gosforth Lane, South Oxhey, built in 1612 and now largely redundant. For open days see the website |
| Oxhey Park, | website | |
| Oxhey Woods, Oxhey | website | A nature reserve covering 240 acres in South Oxhey |
| The Paper Trail, Apsley | website | An industrial 'exploration' centre built around a fully working, historic paper mill at Apsley |
| Pitstone Green Museum & The Heritage Park, | website | Run by volunteers. Open to the public on 9 or 10 days each year |
| Pitstone Windmill, Ivinghoe / Pitstone | website | One of England's oldest surviving post-mills. Usually open on summer Sunday afternoons, but check before visiting - tel: 01442 851227 |
| Prestwick Road Meadows, Oxhey | website | A nature reserve in South Oxhey, one of the few surviving meadows in the country, rich with flowers in the summer |
| Redbourn Museum, Redbourn | website | Showing the history of the village, north-west of St Albans. The museum has three rooms in Silk Mill House, The Common. - tel: 01582 793397 |
| Redbournbury Mill, Redbournbury | website | A restored 18th-century working water mill with a museum. Beside the River Ver and the old Roman road, Watling Street, 2 miles north of St Albans |
| Reveley Lodge Garden, Bushey | website | A large garden, run by Bushey Museum Trust |
| Roman Theatre of Verulamium (ruins), St Albans | website | The remains of the only Roman theatre of its type in Britain, which could seat 2000 spectators |
| Shaw's Corner, Ayot St Lawrence | website | An Edwardian house near Welwyn. Home of George Bernard Shaw |
| Shenley Park, Shenley | website | Shenley Park, at Radlett Lane, Shenley, Herts., has an orchard, meadow, woodland walks, historic buildings and a 2-acre landscaped walled garden with an amphitheatre |
| St Albans Cathedral, St Albans | website | The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban is usually open to visit from 8am to 5.45pm if not in use - check by telephone. Guided tours are available most days. Evening concerts are listed on the website - tel: 01727 860780 |
| St Albans Organ Theatre, St Albans | website | Administered by St Albans Musical Museum Society. Demonstrations on Sunday afternoons. Monthly concerts on Saturday evenings |
| St John's Church, Watford, Watford | website | With thanks for kindly providing a link to this site |
| Three Rivers Museum of Local History, Rickmansworth | 01923 775882 or 772325 | Located in Basing House, between the Library and Watersmeet in Rickmansworth. Open Mon-Fri, 2-4pm; Sat 10am-4pm but closed on bank holidays. Admission free |
| Three Rivers Museum of local history, Rickmansworth | website | |
| Tring Local History Museum, Tring | website | Open Fridays and Saturdays. Admission free |
| Tring Natural History Museum, Tring | website | An unusual collection of preserved mammals, fish, birds and insects. Admission free |
| Tring Reservoirs, Tring | website | A group of four reservoirs owned and managed by British Waterways. Popular with bird-watchers |
| Verulamium (ruins), St Albans | website | Some of the remains of this large Roman town can be seen, including what is left of the hypocaust. The Roman Theatre (q.v.) is privately owned and listed separately |
| Verulamium Museum, St Albans | website | A museum of everyday life in Roman Britain, in the middle of the site of the Roman town |
| Verulamium Park, St Albans | website | A park of 100 acres, with an ornamental lake - tel: 01727 819366 |
| Watford Fire Museum, Watford | website | A museum of old fire-fighting equipment, now in the Lower High Street. For opening times see the website |
| Watford Miniature Railway, | website | A miniature, but passenger-carrying, railway in Cassiobury Park |
| Watford Museum, Watford | website | |
| Whippendell Wood, Watford / Three Rivers | website | Also known as Whippendell Woods. 160 acres of woodland, bordering Cassiobury Park. Owned by Watford Borough Council although geographically in Three Rivers |
| The Withey Beds, Rickmansworth | website | A nature reserve with a range of habitats including wet woodland, marsh and drier grassland covering 19 acres. Adjacent to Moor Lane |
| Other webpages | Notes | Contact |
| Some other websites of
interest | ||
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| Croxley Green History | website | |
| Genealogy in Hertfordshire | website | A site with much on the history of Watford and places nearby. The website address changed sometime before 24.1.10 |
| Our Oxhey | website | History, memories, photos, events and comments concerning Oxhey |
| Peace Hospice | website | A hospice for the terminally ill of South West Hertfordshire, funded mainly by charitable donations |
| Watford New Hope Trust | website | A local charity for the homeless, providing shelter, food and help to rebuild damaged lives |
| What's On at Local Theatre Groups | website | Covers North London and South Hertfordshire. The Guild Players provide this useful list |
| Coming local events | Local organisations | Places to visit | Other information | Photographs |