Long Deans, Hemel Hempstead

Name: Long Deans
Address: Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom

#17 among attractions in Hemel Hempstead

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Long Deans is a 15 hectare nature reserve managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust in Nash Mills, between Kings Langley and Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire. It is neutral and chalk grassland and woodland with beech, ash, oak and wild cherry. Birds include common linnet, common bullfinch and song thrush, and the site is home to bats. ()

Coordinates: 51°43'52"N, 0°26'39"W

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Hemel Hempstead United Kingdom

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Day trips

Long Deans – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, The Bury, Charter Tower, St Mary's Church.

4.3 miE
Nightlife
Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, St Albans
111 min walk • Ye Olde Fighting Cocks is a public house in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. It is one of several pubs that lay claim to being the oldest in England, claiming to have been in business since 793 AD. The pub was once recognized as the oldest in England by the Guinness World Records, but this title was rested in 2000.
2.2 miNW
Museum, Georgian architecture
The Bury, Hemel Hempstead
57 min walk • The Bury is a building of historical significance in Hemel Hempstead in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It was erected in about 1790 by an attorney who worked in the town. It was the residence for the next two centuries of many notable people. It is now owned by the Dacorum Borough Council and is Grade II* listed.
2.2 miNW
Tower
Charter Tower, Hemel Hempstead
58 min walk • The Charter Tower is a Grade II* listed building in Gadebridge Park, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. The two-storey tower, built of ashlar, is the entranceway and all that remains of the former manor house of Sir Richard Combe, and his arms may still be seen on the tower.
2.3 miNW
Church
St Mary's Church, Hemel Hempstead
58 min walk • St Mary's Church, Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, is the parish church of the town and its oldest place of worship. It is a Grade I listed building.
0.7 miW
51°44'0"N • 0°27'34"W
Apsley Marina, Hemel Hempstead
18 min walk • Sailing, Marina
2.7 miNW
Park
Gadebridge Park, Hemel Hempstead
68 min walk • Gadebridge Roman Villa, alternatively known as Gadebridge Park Roman Villa, is a ruined Roman villa in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England.
3.2 miE
Zoo, Garden, Park
Butterfly World, St Albans
82 min walk • The Butterfly World Project was a visitor attraction in the village of Chiswell Green, on the outskirts of St Albans in Hertfordshire, UK, dedicated to showcasing and promoting learning about butterflies. It closed permanently in 2015.
2.8 miS
Farm, Aquarium, Zoo
Langleybury, Kings Langley
72 min walk • Langleybury is a country house and estate in Abbots Langley Parish, Hertfordshire, England, about 3 miles northwest of the centre of the town of Watford. The house stands on a low hill above the valley of the River Gade.
1.4 miSW
Monastery
Priory, Kings Langley
37 min walk • King's Langley Priory was a Dominican priory in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England. It was located adjacent to the Kings Langley Royal Palace, residence of the Plantagenet English kings.
4.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Ashridge Commons and Woods
105 min walk • Ashridge Commons and Woods is a 640.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.
2.8 miNE
Museum, Ruins
Old Gorhambury House, St Albans
72 min walk • Old Gorhambury House located near St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, is a ruined Elizabethan mansion, a leading and early example of the Elizabethan prodigy house.

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The nearest stations to Long Deans:

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Apsley (21 min walk)