Places to Visit

When planning your visit to Tewin Bury Farm Hotel, we hope you will have time to enjoy some of the great historic, famous and family orientated places within our county. Hertfordshire is one of the home counties and situated just north of London with Essex to the east, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire to the north and Buckinghamshire to the west.

With a population of around 1,000,000, Hertford, Stevenage, Welwyn and St Albans are the principal towns with the latter previously known as the Roman city of Verulamium, the second biggest town in Roman Britain after Londinium.

The major attractions in Hertfordshire are Hatfield House (Hatfield), St Albans Cathedral, Hertford Museum, Berkhamsted Castle, Shaws Corner ( a National Trust Property).

Family Oriented
Paradise Wildlife Park
W: http://www.pwpark.com
Paradise Wildlife Park is a superb wildlife park and highly popular with children it makes a great day out for the day with an extensive range of animals including tigers, lions, leopards, Jaguars, cheetah, monkeys, zebras, Red Panda, Meerkats, Lemurs and camels. * Meet & feed many of the animals by prior arrangement * 3 theme adventure playgrounds * The Special Place (special needs play area) * Children's rides * Paradise Lagoon Paddling Pool (open from Easter) * Tumble Jungle indoor soft play area * Tractor rides * Woodland railway* additional charge * Tiger Falls Gold Panning* additional charge * Angkor Reptile House * Indoor Toucan House * Wonders of the Rainforest containing rare species of Tamarin and Marmoset * On-safari Adventure Golf* additional charge * Daily Shows with the Animal Park Keepers * Adoption packages available * Shuttle Bus runs from Broxbourne Station throughout the day * Discounts for Group Bookings and concessions
Willows Farm Village
W: http://www.willowsfarmvillage.com
At the unique Willows Farm Village families discover their true animal instincts - roaming free in the countryside, flocking together to cuddle up to some of the cutest inhabitants and running wild with the adventure activities! * Farmyard Favourites; * Animal Nursery; * Guinea Pig Village; * Bird-o-batics, Falcon displays; * Gold Stream; * Tristan the Runaway Tractor; * Tree House Adventure; * A-maize-ing Maze (mid July to September); * Under 5's Tractor Trek; * Sheep show; * Giant slide; * Meet the Reindeer. There are many more exciting features and daily events including Sheepstakes, Daft Duck Trials and Children's Shows at weekends and school holidays.
 
Historic
St Albans Cathedral
W: http://www.stalbanscathedral.org.uk
The cathedral is built on what is believed to be the site of the martyrdom of St Alban. The hill upon which it stands overlooks the valley of the river Ver, beyond which lie the buried ruins of the Roman city of Verulamium. The shrine of St Alban is documented from early times, and it is recorded that St Germanus of Auxerre visited the site in 429. Early in the 8th century, Bede wrote of the 'beautiful Church worthy of all Alban's martyrdom where miracles of healing took place.' The monastic structure of this church was re-ordered by King Offa of Mercia in 793 and a new order and discipline introduced by St Oswald in the 960s. The availability of huge amounts of building material from the ruins of nearby Roman Verulamium was put to good use in the Norman era, from which time many of the features of the building date.