Balls Park, Hertford

Name: Balls Park
Address: Hertford, United Kingdom

#17 among attractions in Hertford

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Balls Park in Hertford is a Grade I Listed mid-17th-century house. The estate and house are set in over 63 acres of parkland which is listed Grade II on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. The estate and house has been claimed to have been the inspiration for some of Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice, which is set in Hertfordshire, however the only citation to this is a sales ad in a newspaper. ()

Coordinates: 51°47'27"N, 0°4'9"W

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Hertford United Kingdom

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Balls Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hertford Museum, All Saints' Church, The White Horse, Hartham Common.

0.6 miNW
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Hertford Museum, Hertford
15 min walk • Hertford Museum is a local museum in Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire, England. The museum first opened in 1903 and is located in a 17th-century town house with a Jacobean-style knot garden. The galleries on the ground floor present the early history of the museum. Objects include exotic animals, fossils, and Japanese armour.
0.4 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
All Saints' Church, Hertford
11 min walk • All Saints' Church is in Queens Road, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Hertford and Ware, the archdeaconry of Hertford, and the diocese of St Albans.
0.5 miNW
Nightlife
The White Horse, Hertford
14 min walk • The White Horse is a public house on the south side of Castle Street, Hertford. England. The pub occupies numbers 31 and 33 Castle Street, two of a group of three grade II listed houses that also includes number 35. The timber-framed buildings date from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries with later additions.
0.8 miNW
Park
Hartham Common, Hertford
21 min walk • Hartham Common is a park in the county of Hertfordshire in the East of England. It is located between the town centre of the county town of Hertford and the elevated suburb of Bengeo.
1.4 miNE
Bridge
Kingsmead Viaduct, Ware
36 min walk • The Kingsmead Viaduct or Kings Meads Viaduct is a raised dual-carriageway viaduct of the A10 road on the eastern outskirts of Ware, Hertfordshire, England. It carries the A10 over the River Lea, the New River and the Hertford East branch line.
0.5 miW
City hall
County Hall, Hertford
14 min walk • The County Hall is a municipal building complex in Pegs Lane, Hertford, Hertfordshire. The building, which is the headquarters of Hertfordshire County Council, is a Grade II* listed building.
1.2 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
New River Path
31 min walk • The New River Path is a long-distance footpath which follows the course of the 17th-century aqueduct, the New River, for 28 miles from its source in Hertfordshire to its original end in Islington, London.
1.5 miSW
Observatories and planetariums
Bayfordbury Observatory
40 min walk • Bayfordbury Observatory is the University of Hertfordshire's astronomical and atmospheric physics remote sensing observatory, and one of the largest teaching observatories in the UK.
0.7 miNW
Nightlife
McMullen's Brewery, Hertford
18 min walk • McMullen's, known locally as Mac's, is a regional brewery founded in 1827 in Hertford, England. The brewery expanded during the second half of the 19th century by purchasing other breweries and their associated pubs. In 1902 it was the second largest brewery in Hertfordshire.
1.1 miNW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Church of Saint Leonard, Hertford
28 min walk • The Church of Saint Leonard is a Norman church in Bengeo, Hertfordshire, England. Located on the hillside overlooking the shared Beane and Lea valley, the Grade I Listed church dates from about 1120, and is the oldest building in Hertford.
1.4 miSW
Observatories and planetariums
Bayfordbury
37 min walk • Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire, is a large Grade II* listed country house with surrounding parkland, and the location of a University of Hertfordshire campus, housing its biology/geography field station and observatory.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Balls Park?

Nearby attractions include All Saints' Church, Hertford (11 min walk), Shire Hall, Hertford (13 min walk), County Hall, Hertford (14 min walk), Hertford Museum, Hertford (15 min walk).

How to get to Balls Park by public transport?

The nearest stations to Balls Park:

Bus

Tesco • Lines: 10 (14 min walk)
Caxton Hill • Lines: 10 (14 min walk)

Train

Hertford East (16 min walk)
Hertford North (29 min walk)