Bricket Wood is a village in the English county of Hertfordshire. It is 4.2 miles south of St Albans and the same distance north-northeast of Watford. The village belongs to the civil parish of St Stephen. The London Midland Train Service between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey serves the railway station of the village. This village’s pride is the Wicket Brood Border Morris dance team, one of the best Morris dancing team in the area. This was a traditional farming area until the advent of the railway, and a train station was built in the village in 1861. It is a community surrounded by green fields which began to be developed in the 1930s.
Food, Shopping, and Accommodation in Bricket Wood
The Gate is a traditional village pub in Bricket Wood with its authentic home-cooked food, excellent cask ale and freshly baked bread. At St Alban's, Watford, Kings Langley, Abbots Langley and Leavesden there are great restaurants and pubs to serve the needs of both the locals and visitors of Bricket Wood. There are no hotels within the village. Visitors of the town stay in hotels in St Albans or Watford.
Things to See and Do in Bricket Wood
Although there are no local attractions in the village, it is an ideal base for visiting some of the places of interest in the neighbouring towns such as the Aldenham Country Park, and the Bhaktivedanta Manor in Aldenham. At St Alban's, there is the Royal National Rose Society Gardens, the Old Gorhambury House and the Albans Woods, the Hilfield Park Reservoir in Elstree and more.