Wrotham Park, Potters Bar

#3 among attractions in Potters Bar

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Wrotham Park is a neo-Palladian English country house in the parish of South Mimms, Hertfordshire. It lies south of the town of Potters Bar, 17 miles from Hyde Park Corner in central London. The house was designed by Isaac Ware in 1754 for Admiral John Byng, the fourth son of Admiral George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, and remains in the family at the heart of a 2,500-acre estate. It is one of the largest private houses near London inside the M25 motorway. Its distinctive exterior has been used over 60 times as a filming location. ()

Architectural style: Palladian architectureElevation: 413 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°40'38"N, 0°11'48"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Covert Way, St. Mary's Church, The White Horse, Mutton Lane Cemetery.

1.6 miSE
Park
Covert Way, Potters Bar
40 min walk • Covert Way is the only Local Nature Reserve in the London Borough of Enfield. It is also part of the Hadley Wood Golf Course and Covert Way Field Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade I, and it has an area of 7 hectares.
1.4 miNE
Church
St. Mary's Church, Potters Bar
37 min walk • St. Mary's Church is a Church of England church in The Walk, Potters Bar, England. It is in the Diocese of St. Albans. Services are in the Catholic tradition of the Church of England.
1.3 miNE
Nightlife
The White Horse, Potters Bar
35 min walk • The White Horse, now known as The Cask and Stillage, is a public house in High Street, Potters Bar, England, and a grade II listed building with Historic England.
1.2 miNE
Cemetery
Mutton Lane Cemetery, Potters Bar
30 min walk • Mutton Lane Cemetery, officially known as St Mary's Cemetery, is a cemetery in Mutton Lane, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, that is associated with nearby St Mary the Virgin and All Saints church.
0.8 miW
Neoclassical architecture
Dancers Hill House, Potters Bar
21 min walk • Dancers Hill House is a Grade II listed house in Dancers Hill, Hertfordshire, England. The current house dates from c.1750–60, with later additions, and was probably built for Charles Ross, a Westminster builder, who leased 10 acres from David Hechstetter Jr. for 80 years in 1750.
1.5 miSE
Neighbourhood
Hadley Wood, London
38 min walk • Hadley Wood is an affluent suburb in the north of Greater London, close to the border with Hertfordshire. It appears to be a stand-alone village surrounded by Green Belt land, however, under the Local Government Act 1972 it is part of the London Borough of Enfield, about 11 miles north of Charing Cross.
1.2 miNE
Church
Potters Bar Old Baptist Church, Potters Bar
30 min walk • The Potters Bar Old Baptist Church, as it is now known, is a former church in Hertfordshire, England. It was designed by W. Allen Dixon in 1868. Dixon specialised in church architecture and Baptist churches in particular. The church replaced an earlier Baptist Church of 1789.
1 miS
Neighbourhood
Monken Hadley, London
27 min walk • Monken Hadley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. An ancient country village north of Barnet, it is now a suburban development on the very edge of Greater London 11 miles north north-west of Charing Cross, while retaining much of its rural character.