Discover 11 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Borehamwood (United Kingdom). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Meadow Park, Elstree Studios, and Aldenham Reservoir. Also, be sure to include Aldenham Country Park in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Borehamwood (England).
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Meadow Park
Stadium in Borehamwood, England. Meadow Park, currently known as the LV Bet Stadium Meadow Park for sponsorship purposes, is a football ground in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England. It is the home ground of Boreham Wood F.C. and also hosts the home matches of Arsenal Women F.C. and Arsenal youth teams.
Meadow Park is also the name of the public park which includes the football ground, as well as children's play areas, tennis courts, multi-sports courts, interactive play, a teen shelter, football pitches, open grassland and a wildflower meadow.[1]
Address: Meadow Park Broughinge Road, WD6 5AL Borehamwood
Elstree Studios
Production company. Elstree Studios is a generic term which can refer to several current and defunct British film studios and television studios based in or around the town of Borehamwood and village of Elstree in Hertfordshire. Studios have been located there since film production began in the area during 1914.
While some facilities have been built and demolished since then, two sites remain in use in Borehamwood: Elstree Studios on Shenley Road and the BBC Elstree Centre on Eldon Avenue.
Films shot at Elstree include Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up, Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail, The Dam Busters, Star Wars, Moby Dick, Summer Holiday, Dr Zhivago, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Where Eagles Dare, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The Shining and the Indiana Jones films.
Television shows shot at Elstree include The Avengers, The Prisoner, UFO, The Muppet Show, EastEnders, Holby City, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and Big Brother.[2]
Address: 96 Shenley Road, Borehamwood
Aldenham Reservoir
Body of water. Aldenham Reservoir is situated in the parish of Elstree and Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, England, about one mile to the west of the village of Elstree.
It is the source of the stream, Tykes Water, that runs north through Radlett.[3]
Aldenham Country Park
Childrens farm in Elstree, England. Aldenham Country Park is a 175-acre parkland and woodland, including Aldenham Reservoir. It is now part of the Watling Chase Community Forest, near Elstree, Hertfordshire, England.
Aldenham Reservoir was excavated by French prisoners of war in 1795 to help maintain local river levels after the Grand Union Canal was built. It is held as a reserve public water supply.
The park supports walking, fishing and sailing activities, has playgrounds, Special Needs Centre and a Disney-backed Winnie-the-Pooh theme area. Since 1984, it has been a centre for breeding rare livestock (one of seventeen Rare Breeds Survival Trust centres in the UK), including Aldenham Longhorn cattle, Bagot goats, Berkshire and Tamworth pigs, and Norfolk Horn and English Leicester sheep.[4]
St Margaret of Antioch
St Margaret of Antioch is the Church of England parish church for Edgware. It is located at the junction of Watling Street and Station Road.[5]
BBC Elstree Centre
The BBC Elstree Centre, sometimes referred to as the BBC Elstree Studios, is a television production facility, currently owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The complex is located between Eldon Avenue and Clarendon Road in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England.
This site was the first of several such complexes colloquially referred to as "Elstree Studios" located in the area. Originally created as a film studio in 1914, the site was converted for use as a television studio in 1960, becoming the main television production site for Lew Grade's ATV franchise for the ITV network. After ATV became Central Television in the early 1980s and moved to a new Midlands-based complex, this site was sold to the BBC in 1984. It is currently a main production base for BBC Television, with the television studios being run by the BBC's commercial subsidiary BBC Studioworks, previously known as BBC Studios and Post Production.
The BBC Elstree Centre site includes the external set for the long-running soap opera EastEnders and, until December 2021, the medical drama Holby City. With the sale and partial demolition of BBC Television Centre in west London, BBC Television's original head office and primary TV production site, Studio D at Elstree has since been utilised for many of the BBC's large studio productions; such as Children in Need, and the BBC's 2015 General Election coverage.
During the 2010s, BBC Studioworks began operating three additional sound stages, newly equipped for television, at the nearby Elstree Studios on Shenley Road.[6]
Address: Borehamwood, BBC Elstree Centre,, Eldon Avenue,, Borehamwood,, WD6 1NL
Harrow Skate Park
Skateboard park in Harrow, England. Harrow Skate Park or Harrow Solid Surf is one of only two remaining 1970's shotcrete skateparks still operating in the United Kingdom. It is located next to Byron Park and Harrow Leisure Centre in Wealdstone in the London Borough of Harrow, England.
Primarily because of its age and design, it is one of the most noted skateparks in the UK and is favourably compared to other classic seventies skatepark designs such as Marina del Rey (Los Angeles) and "Pipeline" (Upland, California) in the US.[7]
Scratchwood
Scratchwood is an extensive, mainly wooded, country park in Mill Hill in the London Borough of Barnet. The 57-hectare site is a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation and together with the neighbouring Moat Mount Open Space. It is a Local Nature Reserve.[8]
Woodcock Hill Village Green
Woodcock Hill Village Green or Woodcock Hill Open Space is an area of grass and woodland in Borehamwood in Hertfordshire in England. It was designated a Village Green in 2008 to prevent development of the site.[9]
Elstree Studios
Elstree Studios on Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire is a British film and television production centre operated by Elstree Film Studios Limited. One of several facilities historically referred to as Elstree Studios, the Shenley Road studios originally opened in 1925.
The studio complex has passed through many owners during its lifetime, and is now owned by Hertsmere Borough Council. Known as the studios used for filming The Shining, Star Wars and Indiana Jones (its largest stage is known as the George Lucas Soundstage), the studios are used both for film and television productions.
With the BBC Elstree Centre nearby, a number of the stages are leased to BBC Studioworks, and are used for recording television productions such as Strictly Come Dancing.[10]
Address: Borehamwood, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 1JG
Maxwell Park Community Centre
Park, Relax in park
Address: Maxwell Road, Borehamwood