Button Snap, Buntingford

#2 among attractions in Buntingford

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Button Snap is a 17th-century cottage in northeast Hertfordshire, that has been associated with the writer Charles Lamb. It is on a rural gravel road west of the village of Westmill. It has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since February 1967. ()

Completed: XVII centuryCoordinates: 51°55'12"N, 0°2'24"W

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Westmill, Buntingford SG9 9NNBuntingford United Kingdom

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Button Snap – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Benington Castle, All Saints' Church, Sandon, Cromer Windmill, St Mary's Church, Little Hormead.

3.7 miSW
Forts and castles
Benington Castle, Stevenage
95 min walk • Benington Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Benington, near Stevenage in Hertfordshire, England at grid reference TL296236. It has been protected since 1936 as a scheduled monument. A motte-and-bailey castle was built in the late 11th or early 12th century, founded by Peter de Valognes.
5.3 miN
Church
All Saints' Church, Sandon
135 min walk • All Saints' Church is a Church of England Parish Church in Sandon, Hertfordshire, England. It is listed Grade I.
3.1 miNW
Windmill
Cromer Windmill
79 min walk • Cromer Windmill, restored in four stages between 1967 and 1998, is a Grade II* listed post mill at Cromer, Ardeley, Hertfordshire, England.
3.5 miNE
Church
St Mary's Church, Little Hormead
90 min walk • St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Little Hormead, Hertfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
5.6 miNW
Church
Holy Trinity Church
143 min walk • Holy Trinity Church is the parish church for the village of Weston in Hertfordshire. The church building stands to the south-east of the village on high ground, and is built of flint and coursed ironstone rubble. It was Grade I listed in 1968. In the churchyard is the supposed grave of the giant Jack o'Legs.
1.9 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Benson Memorial Church, Buntingford
50 min walk • The Benson Memorial Church, dedicated to St Richard of Chichester, is an English Roman Catholic church in the Hertfordshire town of Buntingford.
5.9 miSW
Area
Ridlins Mire, Stevenage
150 min walk • Ridlins Mire is a 1.6 hectare nature reserve managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. This wetland site is a type of peat bog.
1.3 miE
Village
Westmill
34 min walk • Westmill is an English village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, with an area of 1036 hectares. A population of 264 was recorded in the 2001 National Census. It lies just to the south of Buntingford, beside the River Rib.
5.3 miSW
Village
Watton-at-Stone
135 min walk • Watton-at-Stone is a village in the English county of Hertfordshire, situated midway between the towns of Stevenage and Hertford in the valley of the River Beane. The 2011 census showed a population of 2,272 living in 946 households. Watton-at-Stone is also a civil parish in East Hertfordshire District Council.