Hatfield House
A red-brick Jacobean mansion with formal gardens and parkland, beside the surviving palace where Elizabeth I grew up.
From King's Cross St Pancras: 40 min by train · 1 h 8 min by car
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Time there: 2.5–4 h
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Quick facts
Robert Cecil, chief minister to James I, built the present house in 1611 beside the older royal palace.
Elizabeth I spent her childhood at the old palace next door, whose Tudor brick range still stands.
The gardens, dating from the early 1600s, cover about 42 acres, and the estate has around five miles of marked walking trails.
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