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== Landmarks == [[File:Cheshunt, Theobalds - geograph.org.uk - 552741.jpg|alt=|thumb|Cedars Park]] [[File:The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban.jpg|thumb|right|St Albans Abbey]] [[File:St George's School.jpg|thumb|[[St George's School, Harpenden|St George's School]]]] [[File:Hatfield House, Hertfordshire - geograph.org.uk - 3490603.jpg|thumb|[[Hatfield House]]]] [[File:Trees and Bluebells, Dockey Wood, Ashridge - geograph.org.uk - 1516118.jpg|thumb|right|Bluebells in Dockey Wood]] [[File:The Making of Harry Potter 29-05-2012 (7528994480).jpg|thumb|The Warner Bros. ''Making of Harry Potter'' Studio Tour at Leavesden]] Below is a list of notable visitor attractions in Hertfordshire: * [[Aldenham]] Country Park * [[Ashridge]] β the estate surrounding the neo-Gothic house by [[James Wyatt]] (not open to the public) is [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] land. ** [[Bridgewater Monument]], built in 1832 in memory of Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater. {{convert|108|ft|m}} tall and open to the public to ascend to the top * [[Berkhamsted Castle]] * [[Cedars Park, Broxbourne]] β historic park once the site of James I's favourite residence, Theobalds Palace. Maintained by Broxbourne Services and the Friends of Cedars Park. * [[de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre]], between [[London Colney]] and [[South Mimms]] * [[Frogmore Paper Mill]], [[Apsley, Hertfordshire|Apsley]] * [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]] ** [[Hatfield House]] β Jacobean house, gardens and park ** [[Mill Green Watermill]] in Hatfield ** [[University of Hertfordshire]] β a public research university based in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]] * [[Henry Moore Foundation]], [[Much Hadham]] β sculpture park on the work of [[Henry Moore]] * [[Knebworth House]], {{convert|250|acre|km2}} of country park, venue of many rock and pop festivals * [[Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden|Leavesden Film Studios]], home of the Warner Bros. ''[[Warner Bros. Studio Tour London β The Making of Harry Potter|Making of Harry Potter]]'' studio tour * [[Letchworth Garden City]] β the world's first [[Garden city movement|Garden City]]. Site of the first planned [[Green Belt]], the UK's first [[roundabout]], and a number of experiments in early town planning and house and factory design ** [[Spirella Building]] * [[Magic Roundabout (Hemel Hempstead)]] β a complex road junction * [[Royston Cave]] β in [[Royston, Hertfordshire|Royston]] town centre * [[Rye House Gatehouse]] in [[Hoddesdon]] (part of the [[Rye House Plot]] to assassinate [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]]) * [[St Albans]] ** [[Beech Bottom Dyke]] β large-scale [[Iron Age]] defensive or boundary ditch ** [[Sopwell Nunnery]] ** [[St Albans Cathedral]] ** [[Verulamium]] β [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] town remains, including museum of Roman life and the remains of a Roman amphitheatre * [[Scott's Grotto]], [[Ware, Hertfordshire|Ware]] * [[Shaw's Corner]], [[Ayot St Lawrence]] β home of [[George Bernard Shaw]] * [[Stevenage]] β the first UK [[New towns in the United Kingdom|New Town]] ** [[Six Hills]] [[Roman Britain|Roman]] barrows site * [[Therfield Heath]] β a local nature reserve in the north of the county * [[Welwyn Roman Baths]] * [[Welwyn Viaduct]] to the north of Welwyn Garden City * [[Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum]], [[Tring]] β a museum-annotated collection of dead mammals, birds, reptiles and insects * [[Watford Museum]], fine art and local artefacts === Main footpaths === *[[The Ridgeway]] *[[Icknield Way Path|Icknield Way]] *[[Grand Union Canal 145 mile Race|Grand Union Canal Walk]] *[[Icknield Way Path|Harcamlow Way]] *[[Hertfordshire Way]] *[[Hertfordshire Chain Walk]]
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