Castle · near Hoddesdon · Hertfordshire

Rye House Gatehouse

Rye House Gatehouse is a grade I listed English country house. Find it 100 m northeast of Hoddesdon. There are 40 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Hatfield House (15 km).

Photo: Rye House Gatehouse, Robert Edwards (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

100 m

northeast of Hoddesdon

How well known

Top 44%

#3,733 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Castle near Hoddesdon

Just outside Hoddesdon

Rye House Gatehouse is 100 m northeast of Hoddesdon. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Hoddesdon has 126 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 by the month

Afternoons in Hoddesdon peak at 18–23°C, May to September.

Jan8° / 2°58 mm

Feb8° / 2°49 mm

Mar11° / 3°41 mm

Apr14° / 5°45 mm

May18° / 7°48 mm

Jun21° / 10°52 mm

Jul23° / 13°52 mm

Aug23° / 12°63 mm

Sep20° / 10°52 mm

Oct15° / 8°74 mm

Nov11° / 4°70 mm

Dec8° / 2°64 mm

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

About

Rye House Gatehouse

Its story is told in 2 languages on Wikipedia.

Hoddesdon’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: 100 m northeast of Hoddesdon

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

The map

Locating Rye House Gatehouse

On this map, Rye House Gatehouse is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

The towns around Rye House Gatehouse

Among the 8, Harlow is the biggest, home to 93,570 people. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · 100 m southwest of it

Hoddesdon

40,615 people · 13 places to visit

2 · 1.2 km north of it

Stanstead Abbotts

3,754 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 1.9 km east of it

Roydon

1,587 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 2 km south of it

Lower Nazeing

3,631 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Rye House Gatehouse is	People	Places to visit
Hoddesdon	100 m southwest of it	40,615	13
Stanstead Abbotts	1.2 km north of it	3,754	6
Roydon	1.9 km east of it	1,587	4
Lower Nazeing	2 km south of it	3,631	8
Hertford Heath	2.2 km west of it	2,830	11
Great Amwell	2.3 km northwest of it	1,017	9
Roydon Hamlet	3 km southeast of it	436	4
Harlow	3.3 km east of it	93,570	10

Make a day of it

While you are near Rye House Gatehouse

A visit can add 2 historic houses, a castle and a zoo, from 40 places within 15 km.

Historic houseHatfield House15 km away 2

CastleHertford Castle Gate House6.6 km away 3

ZooHertfordshire Zoo5.3 km away 4

Art galleryHenry Moore Foundation9.1 km away 5

GardenHarlow Town Park6.5 km away 6

Heritage railwayEpping Ongar Railway14 km away 7Abbey or prioryAbbey or prioryWaltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills8.3 km away 8

Historic houseFanhams Hall5.9 km away

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

Before visiting Rye House Gatehouse

Where is Rye House Gatehouse?

Rye House Gatehouse is 100 m northeast of Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.

What is Rye House Gatehouse?

Grade I listed English country house in East Hertfordshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Rye House Gatehouse?

May to September are the warmest months in Hoddesdon, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Rye House Gatehouse a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Rye House Gatehouse?

Within 15 km: Hatfield House (15 km), Hertford Castle Gate House (6.6 km), Hertfordshire Zoo (5.3 km) and Henry Moore Foundation (9.1 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 (8)

Rye House Gatehouse: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hatfield House: Allan Engelhardt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hertford Castle Gate House: Caitlin from Hertfordshire, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hertfordshire Zoo: William Warby from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Henry Moore Foundation: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Harlow Town Park: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Epping Ongar Railway: PeterSkuce, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fanhams Hall: Darren Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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