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Cassiobury Park Heritage Trails Cassiobury Park The story of the park… Cassiobury became a public park in 1909. Before that it was part of the lands of Heritage Trails Cassiobury House, home of the Earls of Essex for over 300 years. The original lands of Cassiobury House were recorded, in John Britain’s 1837 book about Cassiobury, as stretching to 693 acres including the parkland and the woodland walks, lawns and gardens immediately around the house. Arthur Capel Today’s park comprises 190 acres of that old 1st Earl of Essex parkland including Whippendell Wood. watford museum To find out more about the history of Cassiobury use the map overleaf to choose the right length of trail for you. Most of it can be done on the paved paths of the park but the sections in Whippendell woods can be muddy. On the longer walk there are a couple of short sections on single track roads. We hope you enjoy exploring! If following the trail leaves you wanting to find The Capel Crest out even more about the history of Cassiobury, © watford museum why not visit Watford Museum where you can see original portraits of the Earls of Essex, the Essex Coronets and other artefacts and pictures. Information is also available online at www.Watford.gov.uk/cassiobury and www.cassiobury.watfordmuseum.org.uk Front page image - ‘View of Cassiobury from the South West’ by JMW Turner © Watford Museum Opening spring 2017 Cassiobury Park Heritage Trails Short trail (takes less than an hour) Long trail (takes about three hours) .

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A Walk from Cassiobury Park
CHILTERN SOCIETY WALKS M25 Chandler’s GROVE MILL Cross Alternative LANE Start Point A walk from Lees Wood P E 4 3 Cassiobury Park F 2 Harrocks P Whippendell Wood Wood With D Andrew Clark Redhall ROUSEBARN Watford This beautiful walk takes you from the outskirts of Watford into LANE Jackotts 1 the depths of the countryside to see a host of wild flowers. P Hill START: Cassiobury Park car park, Gade Avenue, Watford. Nearest Redheath Grand postcode WD18 7LH. Grid ref TQ 092 968. An alternative start 6 Union C Dell Canal point is Grove Mill Lane car park. Nearest postcode WD17 3TU. West Herts B 5 Wood Golf Club Start/Finish Grid ref TQ 080 982. The Cassiobury Park option can get very A Cassiobury busy, especially at weekends and during school holidays Park DISTANCE: 5 miles with 290ft of ascent Bus stops TERRAIN: A gentle walk with one easy climb. Woodland paths North can be muddy at times 0 0.5 1km 9 Watford 7 Underground MAPS: OS Explorer 172, Chiltern Society 28 0 ½ mile Station G 8 REFRESHMENTS: The Cha Cha Cha Café is located 500m up the Croxley hill from the car park. None on the walk Green PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Bus 352 between Hemel Hempstead and Watford (Mon to Sat); Bus W30 Watford Circular (Mon to Fri). Map: Glyn Kuhn Watford Metropolitan Station is close by, with direct trains to Baker Street. Route From the car park, take the surfaced path which leads down to the river. Turn right along the riverbank past the playground and miniature railway.
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Reports Should Be Printed in Ariel Pt 11, 1
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