Watford

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Location of Watford in Hertfordshire

English: Watford is a town in Hertfordshire, southern England, in the United Kingdom

Views of Watford

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  The Intu Centre
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  High Street
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  High Street
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  Market Street and High Street
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  View over the town centre
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  View over the Watford ring road

History

Main category: History of Watford

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  1610 Map of Hertfordshire
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  Cassiobury Park (Johannes Kip and Leonard Knyff, 1707)
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  Cassiobury House (James Wyatt, demolished in 1927)
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  Tombs in St Mary's Church (Nicholas Stone, 1628)
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  St Mary's graveyard
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  Metro-Land (1924)
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  The old railway station (1837)
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  Watford Junction railway station in 1948
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  Benskins Brewery (now Watford Museum)
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  Hille furniture (1964)

Architecture & landmarks

Main category: Buildings in Watford

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  Cassiobury House stables
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  Little Cassiobury
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  Grand staircase, Cassiobury House (now in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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  Beechen Grove Baptist Church (J W Chapman, 1877)
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  St Mary's Parish Church
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  Holy Rood RC Church (J F Bentley, 1889-1900)
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  Christ Church
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  Odhams Press building
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  Watford Town Hall (Charles Cowles-Voysey, 1937-39)
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  A Victorian town house, Clarendon Road
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  Palace Theatre
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  Watford Free School (1705)
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  Watford Grammar School
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  London Orphan Asylum
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  One Bell pub, High Street
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  The Pyramid, High Street
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  Intu Centre (formerly the Harlequin Centre)
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  War Memorial
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  West Herts College
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  1930s "Metro-Land" Mock Tudor houses
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  Hille House (Ernő Goldfinger, 1959)
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  Watford Museum & Art Gallery
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  Harry Potter Warner Bros. Studio Tour, Leavesden

People

Main category: People of Watford

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  Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex (1631-1683)
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  Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex (1654-1710)
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  William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex (1697-1743)
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  George Capel-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex(1757–1839)
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  Jane Alexander, actress
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  Robert Clutterbuck, antiquarian
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  Will Fraser, rugby union player
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  Geri Halliwell, singer
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  Geoffrey de Havilland, aviator
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  Vinnie Jones, actor
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  Anthony Joshua, boxer
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  Bradley Walsh, actor
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  Elton John, singer and Watford FC chairman

Transport

Main category: Transport in Watford

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  Railways in Watford
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  London Underground Metropolitan line
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  Watford Junction railway station
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  Watford Junction railway station
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  Watford High Street Overground station
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  Watford North railway station
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  Watford tube station
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  London Overground Watford DC Line
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  Arriva London bus at Watford Junction
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  Croxley rail link (abandoned plan)
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  LNWR Watford and Rickmansworth Railway (closed 1952-96)

Parks, gardens and waterways

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  Cassiobury Park
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  Cassiobury Park
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  Bricket Wood Common
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  Albans Wood
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  Whippendell Wood
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  Colne Valley
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  Grand Junction (Grand Union) Canal

Sports

Main category: Sports in Watford

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  Watford FC
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  Vicarage Road Stadium