Rooks Nest House, Stevenage

Name: Rooks Nest House
Address: Stevenage, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in Stevenage

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Rooks Nest House is a house on Weston Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. It was the childhood home of the author E. M. Forster who described it in the novel Howards End. It is Grade I listed for its historical interest and literary associations. ()

Coordinates: 51°55'30"N, 0°11'30"W

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Stevenage United Kingdom

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Rooks Nest House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Church of All Saints, Minsden Chapel, St Nicholas Church, Six Hills.

2.7 miNW
Church, Restaurant
Church of All Saints, Letchworth Garden City
70 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.
3.2 miSW
Church, Reportedly haunted
Minsden Chapel
81 min walk • Minsden Chapel is an isolated ruined chapel in the fields above the hamlet of Chapelfoot, near Preston, Hertfordshire. Today it is a roofless shell, partly surrounded by a small wood, and accessible only by footpath.
0.4 miSW
Church, Gothic architecture
St Nicholas Church, Stevenage
10 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.
1.9 miS
Archaeological site
Six Hills, Stevenage
50 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.
3.1 miNW
Church
Church of St Mary, Letchworth Garden City
79 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.
2.4 miNE
Church
Holy Trinity Church
62 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.
1.8 miS
Concerts and shows, Theater
Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
45 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.
3.3 miNW
Reportedly haunted
The Cloisters, Letchworth Garden City
84 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.
3.6 miN
Church
Church of St Paul, Letchworth Garden City
92 min walk • The Church of St Paul in Letchworth in Hertfordshire is the Anglican parish church for the Letchworth Gate area of the town at the top of Pixmore Way. Dating from 1923, with later extensions, it is a 'daughter church' of the nearby Church of All Saints in Willian and comes under the Diocese of St Albans.
3.6 miS
Memorial
Lytton Mausoleum, Stevenage
91 min walk • The Lytton Mausoleum is a family mausoleum in Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire, England.
3.4 miNW
Park
Purwell Meadows, Hitchin
86 min walk • Purwell Meadows is an 8.6 hectare nature reserve in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. It was declared a Local Nature Reserve in 1994. It is owned and managed by North Hertfordshire District Council.