page_title: Hertfordshire
section_title: Landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: Hertfordshire / Landmarks
caption_attribution_description: English: Trees and Bluebells, Dockey Wood, Ashridge A little sunlight adds a sparkle to the greens and blues. Dockey Wood is one of the best places in the Chilterns to see masses of bluebells.
context_page_description: Hertfordshire is one of the home counties in southern England. It is bordered by Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For government statistical purposes, it is placed in the East of England region.
  In 2013, the county had a population of 1,140,700 in an area of 634 square miles. Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Watford, and the only city in the county, St Albans have between 50,000 and 100,000 residents. Hertford, once the main market town for the medieval agricultural county, derives its name from a hart and a ford, used as the components of the county's coat of arms and flag. Elevations are high for the region in the north and west. These reach over 800 feet in the western projection around Tring which is in the Chilterns. The county's borders are approximately the watersheds of the Colne and Lea; both flowing to the south; each accompanied by a canal. Hertfordshire's undeveloped land is mainly agricultural and much is protected by green belt.
context_section_description: Below is a list of notable visitor attractions in Hertfordshire:
  Aldenham Country Park
  Ashridge – the estate surrounding the neo-Gothic house by James Wyatt (not open to the public) is National Trust land.
  Bridgewater Monument, built in 1832 in memory of Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater. 108 feet (33 m) tall and open to the public to ascend to the top
  Berkhamsted Castle
  Cedars Park, Broxbourne – historic park once the site of James I's favourite residence, Theobalds Palace. Maintained by Broxbourne Services and the Friends of Cedars Park.
  de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre, between London Colney and South Mimms
  Hatfield
  Hatfield House – Jacobean house, gardens and park
  Mill Green Watermill in Hatfield
  Henry Moore Foundation, Much Hadham – sculpture park on the work of Henry Moore
  Knebworth House, 250 acres (1.0 km²) of country park, venue of many rock and pop festivals
  Leavesden Film Studios, home of the Warner Bros. Making of Harry Potter studio tour
  Letchworth Garden City – the world's first Garden City. Site of the first planned Green Belt, the UK's first roundabout, and a number of experiments in early town planning and house and factory design
  Spirella Building
  Magic Roundabout (Hemel Hempstead) – a complex road junction
  Royston Cave  – in Royston town centre
  Rye House Gatehouse in Hoddesdon (part of the Rye House Plot to assassinate King Charles II)
  St Albans
  Beech Bottom Dyke – large-scale Iron Age defensive or boundary ditch
  Sopwell Nunnery
  St Albans Cathedral
  Verulamium – Roman town remains, including museum of Roman life and the remains of a Roman amphitheatre
  Scott's Grotto, Ware
  Shaw's Corner, Ayot St Lawrence – home of George Bernard Shaw
  Stevenage – the first UK New Town
  Six Hills Roman barrows site
  Therfield Heath – a local nature reserve in the north of the county
  University of Hertfordshire – a public research university based in Hatfield
  Welwyn Viaduct to the north of Welwyn Garden City
  Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum, Tring – a museum-annotated collection of dead mammals, birds, reptiles and insects
  Watford Museum, fine art and local artefacts
caption: Bluebells in Dockey Wood
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