Rickmansworth

town in Hertfordshire, England, UK

Rickmansworth is a small town in Hertfordshire, its hinterland includes Chorleywood and the largely suburban Maple Cross.

Understand

Rickmansworth itself, is the administrative centre of the Three Rivers District, so named after the confluence of 3 rivers within Rickmansworth's borders (rivers Colne, Chess and Gade, together with the Grand Union Canal).

Chorleywood is dual centered, with a predominantly rural common, and expensive properties aside the main (Amersham) road, most of the town being on the Western side of the railway in the valley.

Get in

By car

Rickmansworth is on the A412, and A404 (Signposted from M25 J18)

By rail

  • 🌍 Rickmansworth Station, Station Approach, WD3 1QY. Served by National Rail services between London Marylebone and Aylesbury (Chiltern Railways), and by the slower but more frequent London Underground Metropolitan line service between Baker Street and Amersham. (updated Jun 2017)
  • 🌍 Chorleywood Station, Station Approach, WD3 5ND. Served by National Rail services between London Marylebone and Aylesbury (Chiltern Railways), and by the slower but more frequent London Underground Metropolitan line service between Baker Street and Amersham. (updated Jan 2018)

By bicycle

By Narrowboat

The Grand Union Canal passes to the South of the town.

Get around

The Centre of Rickmansworth is relatively compact, and can easily be walked, some outlying attractions or venues , will need an extended walk or bus journey.

See

Do

Buy

The main shopping area is concentrated on the High Street.

There is an M&S food hall at the Western end of the High Street.

Eat

Drink

In Chorleywood:

Black Horse Chorleywood Common (geograph.org.uk)

Sleep

Connect

  • 🌍 Post Office, 64 High St, Rickmansworth WD3 1AA. M-Sa 9AM-5:30PM. (updated Jun 2017)

Go next

Routes through Rickmansworth
St Albans ←  N  S  → Uxbridge
Amersham / Chesham ←  W  E  → West London → Bloomsbury-Camden


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