Historic house · near Welwyn Garden City · Hertfordshire

Brocket Hall

Brocket Hall is a country house. Find it 800 m west of Welwyn Garden City. It holds the status of a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Brocket Hall, Self (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

800 m

west of Welwyn Garden City

How well known

Top 16%

#1,300 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Historic house near Welwyn Garden City

Just outside Welwyn Garden City

Brocket Hall is 800 m west of Welwyn Garden City. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Welwyn Garden City has 47 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather, month by month

In Welwyn Garden City the warm season is May to September, with highs of 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°62 mm

Feb8° / 2°48 mm

Mar11° / 3°38 mm

Apr14° / 5°45 mm

May17° / 7°49 mm

Jun20° / 10°52 mm

Jul23° / 13°48 mm

Aug22° / 12°61 mm

Sep19° / 10°50 mm

Oct15° / 8°69 mm

Nov11° / 4°69 mm

Dec8° / 2°64 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Welwyn Garden City, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Welwyn Garden City. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Welwyn Garden City’s full climate →

About

Brocket Hall

6 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Look also at Hatfield House, 5.2 km away, first of 43 more within 15 km.

Welwyn Garden City’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: 800 m west of Welwyn Garden City
Official site: brocket-hall.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where it sits

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Brocket Hall is the orange one.

Towns near it

Staying near Brocket Hall

Largest of the 8 is Welwyn Garden City, home to 51,504. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · 800 m east of it

Welwyn Garden City

51,504 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 2.6 km northeast of it

Welwyn

3,906 people · 9 places to visit

3 · 2.7 km south of it

Hatfield

41,561 people · 9 places to visit

4 · 2.8 km west of it

Wheathampstead

4,523 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Brocket Hall is	People	Places to visit
Welwyn Garden City	800 m east of it	51,504	11
Welwyn	2.6 km northeast of it	3,906	9
Hatfield	2.7 km south of it	41,561	9
Wheathampstead	2.8 km west of it	4,523	4
Oaklands	3.5 km northeast of it	3,960	10
Sandridge	4.3 km southwest of it	1,457	9
Codicote	4.6 km north of it	2,677	9
Blackmore End	4.9 km northwest of it	840	4

Make a day of it

Other places close by

Among the 43 within 15 km are 2 historic houses, 2 museums and 2 castles.

Historic houseHatfield House5.2 km away 2

CathedralSt Albans Cathedral9.1 km away 3

Historic houseKnebworth House8 km away 4

Museum · National TrustShaw's Corner4.1 km away 5

CastleHertford Castle Gate House11 km away 6

CastleSomeries Castle12 km away 7

MuseumWelwyn Roman Baths3.7 km away 8

ZooCat Survival Trust4.2 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Asked about Brocket Hall

Where is Brocket Hall?

Brocket Hall is 800 m west of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.

What is Brocket Hall?

Country house in Hertfordshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Brocket Hall?

May to September are the warmest months in Welwyn Garden City, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Brocket Hall a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Brocket Hall?

Within 15 km: Hatfield House (5.2 km), St Albans Cathedral (9.1 km), Knebworth House (8 km) and Shaw's Corner (4.1 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 (9)

Brocket Hall: Self, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hatfield House: Allan Engelhardt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Albans Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Knebworth House: Heron2 (Heron on en.wikipedia.org), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Shaw's Corner: PaulSkin from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hertford Castle Gate House: Caitlin from Hertfordshire, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Someries Castle: Forscher scs, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Welwyn Roman Baths: Philip White, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cat Survival Trust: Graham Dean from Rayleigh, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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