Borehamwood is a town in Hertfordshire that is next to and shares a railway station with its upmarket neighbour Elstree.
Understand
Elstree was a coaching town on the roman road: Watling Street [the A5 renumbered A5183]. Location of Elstree Studios
Get in
Located between the M1 and the A1.
- 🌍 Elstree & Borehamwood railway station. On the London St. Pancras - Bedford Thameslink
Get around
See
Do
- 🌍 Watling Chase Timberland Trail. 10.5 mile footpath in the Watling Chase Community Forest in Hertfordshire. It starts at Elstree & Borehamwood railway station, finishing in Smallford near St Albans.
- Watch football at Boreham Wood FC, who play soccer in the National League, the game's fifth tier in England. Their home ground Meadow Park (capacity 4500) is a block north of the main road through town.
Buy
Eat
The high street has plenty of nice restaurants.
Drink
- 🌍 The Alfred Arms, 22 Shenley Rd, WD6 1DR (From the station car park follow Shenley Road towards the town centre.), ☏ +44 20 3210-1041. noon-11:30PM.
- 🌍 The Hart & Spool, 148-150 Shenley Rd, WD6 1EQ, ☏ +44 20 8953-1883. 8AM-11PM. Wetherspoons
- 🌍 Mops & Brooms, Rowley Ln, WD6 5PD, ☏ +44 20 8953-1291. McMullens Pub with rural views.
- 🌍 The Oak, Rossington Ave, WD6 4LA, ☏ +44 20 8207-3773.
- 🌍 The Waggon & Horses, Watling St, Elstree, WD6 3AA, ☏ +44 20 8953-1406. noon-10PM.
Sleep
The Manor Hotel Elstree
- 🌍 Holiday Inn London-Elstree M25, Jct.23, Barnett Bypass, ☏ +44 871 942 9071.
- 🌍 The Manor Elstree (formerly Edgwarebury Hotel), Edgwarebury Lane, Elstree, WD6 3RE (south of Barnet Lane), ☏ +44 20 8327-4700. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. A tudor manor house. An excellent place to view the lights of London on a summer night. £55-£247.
- 🌍 Premier Inn London Elstree, Warwick Rd, WD6 1US (From A1 join Elstree Way. After the BP Garage and turn left into Warwick Road.), ☏ +44 3333 211 261.
- 🌍 Travelodge Borehamwood, Studio Way, WD6 5JY, ☏ +44 8715 591 807. £24+.
Connect
Go next
- To the north London Colney, 5 mi (8.0 km) on the B5378 through Radlett
- To the north east Potters Bar, 7 mi (11 km) follow the A1(M) Barnet-By-Pass
- London/North
- To the west Watford, 7 mi (11 km)
| Routes through Borehamwood |
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→ Edgware → London |
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