Things to do in and around Northaw
Walks, woods, history, pubs and days out in and around Northaw, Hertfordshire.
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Days out
Forty Hall and Myddelton House Gardens
A Jacobean manor and a famous plantsman's garden, just south in Enfield.
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Days out
Hatfield House (day out)
A great Jacobean house and childhood home of Elizabeth I, a short drive away.
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Village life
Volunteer with the Friends of Northaw Great Wood
Swap the gym for coppicing: help care for an ancient wood.
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Village life
Cuffley Camp Outdoor Centre
A 96-acre woodland adventure centre for schools and holiday clubs.
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Heritage
Nyn Park and Northaw House
Lost and later mansions of the old Northaw estates, seen from public roads.
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Heritage
The village green and its listed buildings
A triangle of green on the ridge, framed by a Tudor inn, a Stuart inn and the church.
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Heritage
The Leefe Robinson memorial
Where the first German airship destroyed on British soil fell in flames, in September 1916.
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Heritage
St Thomas à Becket Church
A Grade II* Victorian church, rebuilt after a fire, with a medieval font in the churchyard.