Historic house · near St Albans · Hertfordshire

Gorhambury House

Gorhambury House is a country house. Look for it 2.1 km west of St Albans. On the official register, it is a Grade II* listed building.

Photo: Gorhambury House, Srlee at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

2.1 km

west of St Albans

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Historic house near St Albans

Just outside St Albans

Gorhambury House is 2.1 km west of St Albans. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; St Albans has 301 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

The seasons here

From June to September, St Albans sees highs of 19–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°67 mm

Feb8° / 2°50 mm

Mar11° / 3°41 mm

Apr14° / 5°48 mm

May17° / 7°51 mm

Jun20° / 10°54 mm

Jul22° / 12°52 mm

Aug22° / 12°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°53 mm

Oct15° / 7°76 mm

Nov10° / 4°76 mm

Dec8° / 2°69 mm

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

About

Gorhambury House

3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Add St Albans Cathedral, 3.2 km away, to a visit; it leads 54 places within 15 km.

St Albans’ listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: 2.1 km west of St Albans
Official site: gorhamburyestate.co.uk

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

The map

Gorhambury House and what surrounds it

The map puts Gorhambury House in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Towns that count Gorhambury House

Hemel Hempstead tops the 8 for size, at 95,995 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · 2.1 km east of it

St Albans

75,544 people · 19 places to visit

2 · 2.4 km west of it

Hemel Hempstead

95,995 people · 14 places to visit

3 · 3.1 km southeast of it

Chiswell Green

6,681 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 3.7 km south of it

Bedmond

678 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Gorhambury House is	People	Places to visit
St Albans	2.1 km east of it	75,544	19
Hemel Hempstead	2.4 km west of it	95,995	14
Chiswell Green	3.1 km southeast of it	6,681	16
Bedmond	3.7 km south of it	678	10
Redbourn	3.8 km north of it	5,188	4
Harpenden	4 km north of it	30,964	14
Park Street and Frogmore	4.3 km southeast of it	2,256	16
Abbots Langley and Kings Langley	4.6 km southwest of it	18,203	11

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Choose from 54 places within 15 km, such as 2 historic houses, 2 castles and 2 museums.

CathedralSt Albans Cathedral3.2 km away 2

Historic houseHatfield House12 km away 3

Historic house · English HeritageOld Gorhambury House400 m away 4

ZooWhipsnade Zoo15 km away 5

Castle · English HeritageBerkhamsted Castle12 km away 6

CastleSomeries Castle12 km away 7

MuseumVerulamium Museum2.3 km away 8

MuseumThe Hypocaust2.4 km away

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

Questions people have about Gorhambury House

Where is Gorhambury House?

Gorhambury House is 2.1 km west of St Albans, Hertfordshire.

What is Gorhambury House?

Country house in St Michael, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Gorhambury House?

June to September are the warmest months in St Albans, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Gorhambury House a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Gorhambury House?

Within 15 km: St Albans Cathedral (3.2 km), Hatfield House (12 km), Old Gorhambury House (400 m) and Whipsnade Zoo (15 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)

Gorhambury House: Srlee at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Albans Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hatfield House: Allan Engelhardt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Gorhambury House: Gary Houston, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Whipsnade Zoo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Berkhamsted Castle: Winstainforth at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Someries Castle: Forscher scs, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Verulamium Museum: Dave Skinner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Hypocaust: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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