Castle · near Letchmore Heath · Hertfordshire

Hilfield Castle

Hilfield Castle is an English country estate. Find it 100 m south of Letchmore Heath. It counts as a Grade II* listed building.

Photo: Hilfield Castle, John Goodall (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

100 m

south of Letchmore Heath

How well known

Top 27%

#2,271 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Castle near Letchmore Heath

Just outside Letchmore Heath

Hilfield Castle is 100 m south of Letchmore Heath. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Letchmore Heath has 14 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

Which month to go

Afternoons in Letchmore Heath peak at 17–23°C, May to September.

Jan7° / 2°65 mm

Feb8° / 2°48 mm

Mar11° / 3°39 mm

Apr14° / 5°46 mm

May17° / 8°50 mm

Jun20° / 11°52 mm

Jul23° / 13°49 mm

Aug22° / 13°57 mm

Sep19° / 10°52 mm

Oct15° / 7°73 mm

Nov11° / 4°74 mm

Dec8° / 2°64 mm

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

About

Hilfield Castle

4 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Nearby, St Albans Cathedral (11 km) heads a list of 58 within 15 km.

Letchmore Heath’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: 100 m south of Letchmore Heath

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

The map

Locating Hilfield Castle

The places near Hilfield Castle are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Bases near Hilfield Castle

Home to 388,572 people, Barnet is the largest of these 8. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · 100 m north of it

Letchmore Heath

500 people · 12 places to visit

2 · 700 m southwest of it

Bushey

28,427 people · 18 places to visit

3 · 1.7 km southeast of it

Elstree

1,737 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 2.1 km north of it

Radlett

8,182 people · 14 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Hilfield Castle is	People	Places to visit
Letchmore Heath	100 m north of it	500	12
Bushey	700 m southwest of it	28,427	18
Elstree	1.7 km southeast of it	1,737	8
Radlett	2.1 km north of it	8,182	14
Harrow	2.3 km south of it	260,534	23
Borehamwood	2.4 km east of it	39,760	18
Watford	2.7 km west of it	131,336	23
Barnet	2.9 km southeast of it	388,572	102

Make a day of it

Places to add to Hilfield Castle

Nearby, 58 places within 15 km include 4 historic houses, 3 museums and a cathedral.

CathedralSt Albans Cathedral11 km away 2

Historic house · English HeritageKenwood House15 km away · 160K visitors a year (2015)3

Historic houseBhaktivedanta Manor1.3 km away 4

Historic houseHatfield House15 km away 5

MuseumRAF Museum9.1 km away 6

MuseumMuseum of Watford4.7 km away 7

MuseumBushey Museum2.3 km away 8

Historic houseWrotham Park9.9 km away

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

Questions before you go

Where is Hilfield Castle?

Hilfield Castle is 100 m south of Letchmore Heath, Hertfordshire.

What is Hilfield Castle?

English country estate.

When is the best time to visit Hilfield Castle?

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

Is Hilfield Castle a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Hilfield Castle?

Within 15 km: St Albans Cathedral (11 km), Kenwood House (15 km), Bhaktivedanta Manor (1.3 km) and Hatfield House (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)

Hilfield Castle: John Goodall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Albans Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kenwood House: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bhaktivedanta Manor: Ilya Mauter, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Hatfield House: Allan Engelhardt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
RAF Museum: Panhard, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Watford: Matt Brown from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bushey Museum: Richard Kelly, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wrotham Park: British Library HMNTS 10349.ppp.21., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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