King's Walden
| Kings Walden | |
| Hertfordshire | |
|---|---|
| File:Kings Walden, Hertfordshire - St. Mary's Church.jpg St Mary's, Kings Walden | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL151220 |
| Location: | 51°53’6"N, 0°19’40"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,600 (2001) |
| Post town: | Hitchin |
| Postcode: | SG4 |
| Dialling code: | 01438 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Hertfordshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Hitchin and Harpenden |
King's Walden is a small village in Hertfordshire. It is also a parish whose centre is that village but which contains a number of hamlets round about.
The largest village of the parish is now Breachwood Green. The hamlets of King's Walden are Ley Green, Darleyhall, Lye Hill, Wandon End, Wandon Green and Winch Hill. At the south of the parish is Lawrence End Park.
Villages and hamlets
King's Walden village
King's Walden itself lies in the centre of the parish, near the church, and its population is just 35.
Breachwood Green
- Main article: Breachwood Green
Breachwood Green lies 1 mile south-west of King's Walden, and has a population is 614.
Ley Green
Ley green is half a mile from breechwood green and is in the middle of no where it has a little village shop with a tea area in it has a little pub called the plough and is a perfect village to live in.
Darleyhall
Darleyhall lies ½ mile west of Breachwood Green, and its population is 30.
Lye Hill
Lye Hill lies ½ mile south of Breachwood Green, and its population is 33.
Wandon End
Wandon End lies 1 mile west of Breachwood Green.
Wandon Green
Wandon Green lies 1 mile south of Breachwood Green and includes Diamond End.
Winch Hill
Winch Hill lies 1 mile southwest of Breachwood Green. It is a made up of several houses and a derelict farm adjacent to Eastern perimeter of London Luton Airport, much of the land here is owned by the Crown Estates.
Pictures
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St Mary's Church, Kings Walden
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Breachwood Green JMI School
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Oxford Road, Breachwood Green, looking East
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Oxford Road looking West towards Red Lion Public House
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Converted windmill at Breachwood Green
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Walden King's Walden) |