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Stevenage, in the county of Hertfordshire (4.9 miles, 7.8 km, direction SE)
Its history began in Roman times when it grew as a small town beside the Great North Road and its heritage from those times is evidenced by the Six Hills, a 2,000 year old Roman burial site.
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Baldock, in the county of Hertfordshire (4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction NE)
The town lies close to the River Beane, in a spot where the river flows through some lovely water meadows and tranquil English countryside.
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Barton Le Clay, a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire (6.1 miles, 9.8 km, direction W)
The attractive village of Barton-le-Clay nestles at the foot of the beautiful Barton Hills, it is ringed by beautiful...
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Silsoe, a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire (7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction NW)
Silsoe is mostly noted for Wrest Park, a mansion in French Chateaux style which was the home of the de Grey family.
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Clophill, in the county of Bedfordshire (8.1 miles, 13.0 km, direction NW)
A village surrounded by woodlands and famous for the art of straw plaiting used to make straw boater hats. Legend has it that...
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Ardeley, a Picturesque Village in the county of Hertfordshire (8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction E)
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Ashwell, in the county of Hertfordshire (8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction NE)
Ashwell embodies some of the finest domestic architecture in England, here in this well preserved village, at a glance you get a pleasurable insight as to what England was like in the 16th and 17th-centuries.
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Old Warden, a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire (9.2 miles, 14.9 km, direction N)
Old Warden is a sleepy Bedfordshire village with pretty honey-coloured thatched cottages and a wealth of other interesting buildings.
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Wheathampstead, in the county of Hertfordshire (9.5 miles, 15.4 km, direction S)
An abiding feature of Wheathampstead is it beautiful 14th-century church dedicated to Saint Helen.
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Welwyn Garden City, in the county of Hertfordshire (10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction S)
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Ampthill, a Historic Market Town in the county of Bedfordshire (10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction NW)
The lovely town of Ampthill lies sheltered by hills in the sandstone belt of Bedfordshire.
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Dunstable, a Historic Market Town in the county of Bedfordshire (11.0 miles, 17.8 km, direction SW)
Henry I gave Dunstable its first "Royal" charter making it a market town, this was at the time he founded the town's Augustinian priory in 1131.
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Sandy, a Historic Market Town in the county of Bedfordshire (12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction N)
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Elstow, a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire (13.1 miles, 21.0 km, direction NW)
Elstow's fine Moot Hall is a building of 1500, this is a medieval market hall which is open to the public, it houses a collection illustrating John Bunyan's life and times.
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Hatfield, in the county of Hertfordshire (13.1 miles, 21.1 km, direction S)
Hatfield is a town with two histories. There is the history of the ancient market town whose roots are firmly embedded in Saxon times, and the modern-day history of a town that grew to meet the demands of the housing population.
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