Bancroft Splash Park
Hitchin counts Bancroft Splash Park, a water park, among its places to visit. The surrounding 5 km hold 6 more places to visit. Worth the trip, Knebworth House is 9.8 km off.
Water park in Hitchin
Inside Hitchin
Bancroft Splash Park is inside Hitchin’s built-up area, with 6 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Warm months and wet ones
Afternoons in Hitchin reach 17–23°C from May to September.
Bancroft Splash Park
Water park.
In Hitchin, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Water park
- Town
- in Hitchin
Map of Bancroft Splash Park and nearby
Use the numbers to match each place near Bancroft Splash Park with the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Hitchin’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns close to Bancroft Splash Park
The largest of the 8 towns is Hitchin, with 35,220 people. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Hitchin
Ickleford
Gosmore
Letchworth
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Bancroft Splash Park is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitchin | It’s in town | 35,220 | 8 |
| Ickleford | 1.5 km north of it | 1,936 | 9 |
| Gosmore | 2.2 km south of it | 619 | 3 |
| Letchworth | 2.7 km northeast of it | 33,993 | 11 |
| Little Wymondley | 3.1 km southeast of it | 1,003 | 8 |
| Holwell | 3.8 km northwest of it | 422 | 9 |
| Pirton | 3.9 km northwest of it | 1,452 | 7 |
| Preston | 4.3 km south of it | 425 | 3 |
Places to add to Bancroft Splash Park
Within 15 km are 31 places, among them 5 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle.
Historic houseKnebworth House9.8 km away2
MuseumNorth Hertfordshire Museum500 m away3
MuseumBritish schools museum700 m away4
Historic house · English HeritageWrest Park11 km away5
MuseumRAF Henlow7.3 km away6
CastleSomeries Castle12 km away7
Museum · National TrustShaw's Corner13 km away8
MuseumBaldock Museum7.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Bancroft Splash Park
Where is Bancroft Splash Park?
Bancroft Splash Park is in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Bancroft Splash Park?
Water park.
When is the best time to visit Bancroft Splash Park?
May to September are the warmest months in Hitchin, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Bancroft Splash Park?
Within 15 km: Knebworth House (9.8 km), North Hertfordshire Museum (500 m), British schools museum (700 m) and Wrest Park (11 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Knebworth House: Heron2 (Heron on en.wikipedia.org), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- North Hertfordshire Museum: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- British schools museum: Jack1956, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wrest Park: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- RAF Henlow: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Someries Castle: Forscher scs, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shaw's Corner: PaulSkin from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Baldock Museum: Richard Kelly, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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