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Chorleywood
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Chorleywood is a village and civil parish in the Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire, on the border with Buckinghamshire, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Charing Cross. The village is adj
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Chorleywood · 0.7 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Chorleywood museum, the nearest railway station is Chorleywood, located 0.7 km away. The postcode for the museum is WD3 5ET. Accessibility is limited for wheelchair users.
About
Chorleywood is a village and civil parish in the Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire, on the border with Buckinghamshire, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Charing Cross. The village is adjacent to the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is part of the London commuter belt included in the government-defined Greater London Urban Area. Chorleywood was historically part of the parish of Rickmansworth, becoming a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1845 and a separate civil parish in 1898. The population of the parish was 11,286 at the 2011 census. In 2004, a study by The Social Disadvantage Research Centre at the University of Oxford named Chorleywood as the "happiest place" to live in the UK. Of the 32,482 communities surveyed, Chorleywood came out top. More recently, Chorleywood has been ranked as the "least deprived" area in the country by the Department of Communities and Local Government.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Chilterns
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Chorleywood is a village and civil parish in the Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire, on the border with Buckinghamshire, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Charing Cross. The village is adjacent to the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is part of the London commuter belt included in the government-defined Greater London Urban Area. Chorleywood was historically part of the parish of Rickmansworth, becoming a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1845 and a separate civil parish in 1898. The population of the parish was 11,286 at the 2011 census. In 2004, a study by The Social Disadvantage Research Centre at the University of Oxford named Chorleywood as the "happiest place" to live in the UK. Of the 32,482 communities surveyed, Chorleywood came out top. More recently, Chorleywood has been ranked as the "least deprived" area in the country by the Department of Communities and Local Government.
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Background
History
]] Settlement at Chorleywood dates to the Paleolithic era when the plentiful flint supply led to swift development of tools by man. The Romans built a village on the ancient site complete with a mill and brewery. Though variants have been proposed, the name has been derived from the Anglo-Saxon leah, meaning a clearing or a wood, of the ceorla or peasants. A line runs through Chorleywood that once divided the Kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex and now divides the counties of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Edward the Confessor gave Chorleywood to the Monastery of St Albans. In the 1973 BBC Television documentary, Metro-land, Sir John Betjeman described Chorleywood as "essential Metro-land".…
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- Coordinates
- 51.6500, -0.5100
- County
- Hertfordshire
- District
- Three Rivers
- Parish
- Chorleywood
- Postcode
- WD3 5ET
- Parliamentary constituency
- South West Hertfordshire
- Nearest railway station
- Chorleywood — 0.7 km
Sources
- wikipedia: Chorleywood (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Chorleywood?
- Chorleywood is in Hertfordshire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode WD3 5ET), in the parish of Chorleywood.
- What is Chorleywood?
- Chorleywood is a village and civil parish in the Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire, on the border with Buckinghamshire, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Charing Cross. The village is adj
- How do I get to Chorleywood?
- The nearest railway station is Chorleywood, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode WD3 5ET.
- Is Chorleywood a protected site?
- Yes — Chorleywood is part of the Chilterns National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Chorleywood?
- The nearest railway station is Chorleywood, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode WD3 5ET.