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Hertfordshire has some excellent attractions for tourists and residents to visit. It is also an excellent location to explore other parts of England, being just 30 minutes train journey from central London and about a 1 hour drive from Cambridge and Oxford. Hertfordshire is also very nearby to London Heathrow, London Luton and London Stansted airports.


Old houses from Jacobean to the Georgian periods mingle well with new buildings in this old county town, where The River Lee (or Lea) runs through Hertford on its way to London and it is joined in Hertford by three other rivers, the River Mimram, the River Beane and the River Rib. Little remains of the old Norman castle except for the charming 15th century gatehouse, one of the charming homes of Elizabeth 1, standing in pleasant parkland. At the heart of the town are the famous old buildings of Christ’s hospital school in London.


The county town’s situation, remote from main through roads, has left it comparatively unspoilt. There was a settlement on the site long before the Romans, and there are the ruins of a Norman castle on the site of an earlier Saxon stronghold, built to protect London from the Danes. The town has a Victorian corn exchange, as well as handsome buildings. The shire hall, which stands in the middle of the town was built in 1769 and was designed by Robert AdamA canal called the Lee Navigation runs south from Hertford and barges can be hired for pleasure use. There are many good walks along the rivers and canals in and around Hertford.

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