Castle · near Benington · Hertfordshire

Walkern Hall

This is Walkern Hall, a castle 600 m north of Benington. Close by, Knebworth House is 8.1 km away, one of 26 within 15 km.

Where

600 m

north of Benington

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Castle near Benington

Just outside Benington

Walkern Hall is 600 m north of Benington. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Which month to go

Afternoons in Benington reach 17–23°C from May to September.

Jan7° / 1°62 mm

Feb8° / 1°45 mm

Mar11° / 3°39 mm

Apr14° / 4°44 mm

May17° / 7°49 mm

Jun20° / 10°49 mm

Jul23° / 12°49 mm

Aug23° / 12°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°50 mm

Oct15° / 7°68 mm

Nov11° / 4°67 mm

Dec8° / 2°61 mm

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

About

Walkern Hall

Castle.

Type: Castle
Town: 600 m north of Benington

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

The map

Walkern Hall at a glance

Orange is Walkern Hall; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Bases near Walkern Hall

Stevenage, with 94,462 people, is the largest of the 6. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · 600 m south of it

Benington

626 people · 3 places to visit

2 · 1.3 km northwest of it

Walkern

1,367 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 2.9 km west of it

Stevenage

94,462 people · 12 places to visit

4 · 3 km southwest of it

Aston

530 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Walkern Hall is	People	Places to visit
Benington	600 m south of it	626	3
Walkern	1.3 km northwest of it	1,367	4
Stevenage	2.9 km west of it	94,462	12
Aston	3 km southwest of it	530	8
Cottered	4.3 km northeast of it	398	2
Dane End	4.5 km southeast of it	602	1

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Our list has 26 more within 15 km, among them 3 historic houses, 3 museums and a castle.

Historic houseKnebworth House8.1 km away 2

CastleHertford Castle Gate House13 km away 3

Historic houseBrocket Hall15 km away 4

Museum · National TrustShaw's Corner13 km away 5

ZooCat Survival Trust11 km away 6Historic houseHistoric houseHomewood8 km away 7

MuseumWelwyn Roman Baths11 km away 8

MuseumBaldock Museum11 km away

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

Walkern Hall: common questions

Where is Walkern Hall?

Walkern Hall is 600 m north of Benington, Hertfordshire.

What is Walkern Hall?

Castle.

When is the best time to visit Walkern Hall?

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

What else is there to see near Walkern Hall?

Within 15 km: Knebworth House (8.1 km), Hertford Castle Gate House (13 km), Brocket Hall (15 km) and Shaw's Corner (13 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 (7)

Knebworth House: Heron2 (Heron on en.wikipedia.org), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hertford Castle Gate House: Caitlin from Hertfordshire, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brocket Hall: Self, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Shaw's Corner: PaulSkin from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cat Survival Trust: Graham Dean from Rayleigh, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Welwyn Roman Baths: Philip White, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Baldock Museum: Richard Kelly, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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