Grim's Ditch, London

Name: Grim's Ditch
Address: London, United Kingdom

#2200 among attractions in London

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Grim's Ditch or Grim's Dyke or Grimes Dike is a great earthwork in the London Borough of Harrow, in the historic county of Middlesex, and lends its name to the gentle escarpment it crowns, marking Hertfordshire's border. It extended east-west about 6 miles from the edge of Stanmore where an elevated neighbourhood of London, Stanmore Hill, adjoins Bushey Heath to the far north of Pinner Green – Cuckoo Hill. Today the remaining earthworks start mid-way at Harrow Weald Common. It takes its name from the likely Roman Britain-era earthwork which became called one of seven Grim's Ditches, a few of which have two or three rows, in central-to-southern England. ()

Elevation: 472 ftCoordinates: 51°37'18"N, 0°21'30"W

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Harrow (Harrow Weald)London United Kingdom

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Grim's Ditch – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bentley Priory Nature Reserve, Bentley Priory, Harrow Arts Centre, Kol Chai Hatch End Reform Jewish Community.

1.2 miE
Park
Bentley Priory Nature Reserve, London
31 min walk • Bentley Priory Nature Reserve is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and Local Nature Reserve in Stanmore in the London Borough of Harrow, surrounding the stately home of Bentley Priory.
1.1 miE
Museum, Vernacular architecture, History museum
Bentley Priory, London
29 min walk • Bentley Priory is an eighteenth to nineteenth century stately home and deer park in Stanmore on the northern edge of the Greater London area in the London Borough of Harrow. It was originally a medieval priory or cell of Augustinian Canons in Harrow Weald, then in Middlesex.
1 miS
Theater
Harrow Arts Centre, Watford
25 min walk • Harrow Arts Centre is a professional arts venue in the London Borough of Harrow. HAC is located in Hatch End, Harrow, North London, in the Elliott Hall and other buildings that were previously part of the Royal Commercial Travellers School.
1.3 miSW
Synagogue
Kol Chai Hatch End Reform Jewish Community, Watford
33 min walk • Kol Chai Hatch End Reform Jewish Community, a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism, is a Reform Jewish congregation at 434 Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, Pinner in the London Borough of Harrow. It was founded in March 1987.
1.4 miSE
Nightlife
Seven Balls, London
37 min walk • The Seven Balls is a Grade-II-listed public house at Kenton Lane, Harrow Weald, London. The timber-framed building is probably 17th century, but with later additions. The pub has recently undergone a renovation which was completed in June 2019 and has been re-branded as The Seven Harrow.
0.6 miE
National park
Harrow Weald Common, London
16 min walk • Harrow Weald Common is an 18-hectare area of woodland, heath and pasture in Harrow Weald in the London Borough of Harrow.
1.4 miSE
Neighbourhood
Harrow Weald, London
36 min walk • Harrow Weald is a suburban district in Greater London, England. Located about 2 miles north of Harrow, Harrow Weald is formed from a leafy 1930s suburban development along with ancient woodland of Harrow Weald Common.