Pryor's Wood, Stevenage

Name: Pryor's Wood
Address: Stevenage, United Kingdom

#10 among attractions in Stevenage

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Pryor's Wood is an 8.7 hectare nature reserve in Great Ashby, near Stevenage in Hertfordshire. It was formerly managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. In February 2016 HMWT announced that three sites, Barkway Chalk Pit, Hill End Pit and Pryor's Wood, which HMWT managed on behalf of their owner, North Hertfordshire District Council, were to return to Council management as the Trust was no longer able to meet the cost. ()

Coordinates: 51°55'19"N, 0°9'38"W

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Stevenage United Kingdom

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Pryor's Wood – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Knebworth House, Church of All Saints, Benington Castle, St. Mary's.

4.1 miSW
Gothic country house and concert venue
Knebworth House, Knebworth
105 min walk • Knebworth House is an English country house in the parish of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. Its gardens are also listed Grade II* on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. In its surrounding park is the medieval St. Mary's Church and the Lytton family mausoleum.
3.7 miNW
Church, Restaurant
Church of All Saints, Letchworth Garden City
94 min walk • The Church of All Saints is the Anglican parish church for the village of Willian in Hertfordshire. The benefice is united with St Paul's church in nearby Letchworth, although each church has its own parish. It is in the Diocese of St Albans. The church has been a Grade II* listed building since 1954.
2.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Benington Castle, Stevenage
66 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.
4 miSW
Church
St. Mary's, Stevenage
102 min walk • The Church of St Mary and St Thomas is one of two Anglican churches in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England. The church dates from the twelfth century and is a grade I listed building.
2.8 miNE
Windmill
Cromer Windmill
71 min walk • Cromer Windmill, restored in four stages between 1967 and 1998, is a Grade II* listed post mill at Cromer, Ardeley, Hertfordshire, England.
1.6 miW
Church, Gothic architecture
St Nicholas Church, Stevenage
40 min walk • St Nicholas' Church is an Anglican parish church in Stevenage, a town in Hertfordshire, England. It occupies a hilltop site above Old Stevenage. It is a Grade I listed building and is composed of a tower, entrance porch, nave, north and south aisles, choir, Lady chapel, Trinity chapel, and vestry.
2.5 miSW
Archaeological site
Six Hills, Stevenage
63 min walk • The Six Hills are a collection of Roman barrows situated alongside the old Great North Road on Six Hills Common in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. They are classed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument and are protected by law. They form the largest surviving Roman barrow group in England.
4.1 miNW
Church
Church of St Mary, Letchworth Garden City
105 min walk • The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church of Letchworth in Hertfordshire. A church appears to have been on the site since before the Norman Conquest. The current church was built in the late 12th century and is Grade II listed. It comes under the Diocese of St Albans.
2.2 miN
Church
Holy Trinity Church
56 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.
2.4 miSW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
62 min walk • The Gordon Craig Theatre is the only major theatre in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Opened in 1975, the 501-seat theatre on Lytton Way houses its own rehearsal room, scenic workshop, wardrobe, cafe, bar, art gallery and restaurant.
4.2 miNW
Reportedly haunted
The Cloisters, Letchworth Garden City
107 min walk • The Cloisters in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire in the UK was built in 1905 as an open-air school dedicated to Psychology and where students were taught skills from the Arts and Crafts movement.