Digswell Viaduct, Welwyn Garden City

Name: Digswell Viaduct
Address: Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in Welwyn Garden City

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Facts and practical information

The Digswell Viaduct, also called Welwyn Viaduct, is a railway viaduct that carries the East Coast Main Line over the River Mimram in the county of Hertfordshire in England. A prominent local landmark, it is located between Welwyn Garden City and Digswell. It is just to the south of Welwyn North railway station. ()

Coordinates: 51°49'6"N, 0°11'41"W

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Welwyn Garden City United Kingdom

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Day trips

Digswell Viaduct – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Howard Centre, Welwyn Roman Baths, Sherrardspark Wood, Stanborough Reedmarsh.

1.2 miS
Shopping, Shopping centre
Howard Centre, Welwyn Garden City
31 min walk • The Howard Centre is a shopping centre in Welwyn Garden City. It is named after Sir Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement.
1 miNW
Ruins, Museum, Archaeological museum
Welwyn Roman Baths, Ayot St Lawrence
25 min walk • The Welwyn Roman Baths are a Roman ruin preserved under the A1 just north of modern-day Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. The baths were a small part of the Dicket Mead villa, which was originally built in the 3rd century AD.
1.1 miSW
Park
Sherrardspark Wood, Welwyn Garden City
28 min walk • Sherrardspark Wood is a 74.9 hectare biological site of Special Scientific Interest in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. The site was notified in 1986 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
1.1 miSW
Park
Stanborough Reedmarsh, Welwyn Garden City
29 min walk • Stanborough Reedmarsh is a 3.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire. It is owned by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council and managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.
1.1 miSW
51°48'20"N • 0°12'29"W
New Maynard Gallery, Welwyn Garden City
27 min walk • Art gallery, Shopping, Museum
1.1 miSE
Park
Weston Hills, Welwyn Garden City
29 min walk • Weston Hills is a 17 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Baldock in North Hertfordshire. It is owned by Hertfordshire County Council and North Hertfordshire District Council and managed by NHDC. The site has grassland, woodland and mixed scrub.
1 miNW
Memorial
Lockleys Roman Villa, Ayot St Lawrence
25 min walk • Lockleys Roman Villa is a ruined Roman villa on the Lockleys estate near Welwyn, Hertfordshire. The site was excavated in 1937. This is one of two known villas near Welwyn, the other being Dicket Mead. The excavations uncovered five phases of a Roman farmhouse that flourished from the first to the fourth century AD.
1.1 miSE
Park
Wheathampstead Local Nature Reserve, Welwyn Garden City
29 min walk • Wheathampstead Local Nature Reserve is a 5.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Wheathampstead in Hertfordshire. It was declared an LNR by St Albans City Council in 2002, and is leased by Wheathampstead Parish Council from Hertfordshire County Council.
1.6 miNW
Park
Singlers Marsh, Ayot St Lawrence
42 min walk • Singlers Marsh is a 6.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Welwyn in Hertfordshire It is owned and managed by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. The site is bordered by the River Mimram.
1.3 miSW
Shopping
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, Welwyn Garden City
33 min walk • Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council is the local authority for the Welwyn Hatfield non-metropolitan district of England, the United Kingdom. Welwyn Hatfield is located in the centre of Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The Council itself is based in Welwyn Garden City, the largest settlement in the district.
0.8 miSW
Modernist architecture
Templewood Primary School, Welwyn Garden City
22 min walk • Templewood Primary School is a primary school in Pentley Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. It is one of a number of modernist schools commissioned by the Hertfordshire County Council in the 20th century and is a Grade II* listed building.