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Hemel Hempstead Days Out Attractions And Sightseeing
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Hemel Hempstead is a market town in the county of Hertfordshire, with a population of 81,143 inhabitants as of 2001. Hemel Hempstead is usually referred to as just 'Hemel'.
The town was mentioned in the 1089 Domesday Book, though evidence of habitation can be traced back much longer than this. The Church of St Mary was built in the town in 1140, and the church has one of the tallest spires in Europe.
In Tudor times, Hemel Hempstead was granted a market charter by King Henry VIII. The King and Anne Boleyn are reputed to have stayed in the town at around the same time. Hemel steadily expanded, becoming a borough during the Victorian era. After World War II, Hemel continued to expand outwards, and it hit a population of 80,000 inhabitants around the 1980s, with new developments enveloping the old town. In the 2001 census, Hemel Hempstead became the most highly populated town in Hertfordshire, overtaking the town of Watford, which has traditionally been larger.
In December 2005, Hemel Hempstead was rocked by the largest peacetime explosion in Europe since World War II, when the Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal (known as Buncefield) blew up in a series of violent explosions. The explosions were heard across Hertfordshire, and as far afield as Holland and Belgium. 300 people were made temporarily homeless, but only 2 people were seriously hurt. No-one was killed, mainly due to the fact that the explosion occured at dawn on a Sunday morning.
A number of companies have large offices in Hemel Hempstead, including Kodak, BP, Epsom, Fujifilm, Next, Xerox and Unisys.
Hemel Hempstead is also home to the famous 'Magic Roundabout', a large roundabout made up of 5 mini-roundabouts, which is renowned for confusing drivers.
Hemel Hempstead lies on the West Coast Main Line, but only sees local services between London Euston and Tring/Northampton/Milton Keynes.
Nearby towns to Hemel Hempstead include High Wycombe, Amersham, Watford, Borehamwood, St Albans, Welwyn Garden City, Hertford and Harpenden.
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Caesars World
Tel: 020 74762119 - 159-161 Barking Road, London, E16 4HQ
Il Ponte Pelletteria Spa
Tel: 020 76365607 - 27 Margaret Street, London, W1W 8RY
The Leisure Exchange PLC
Tel: 020 76234929 - 28-30 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7DB
Lighthouse Claims
Tel: 0870 6093267 - 309 Chase Road, London, N14 6JS
Lighthouse Creative
120 Wilton Road, London, SW1V 1JZ
Lighthouse Vintry
Tel: 020 73322700 - Antholin Ho Queen St, London, EC4N 4TL
Roman Theatre Verulamium
Tel: 01727 835035 - Gorhambury, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 6AE
Willows Farm Village
Tel: 01727 822444 - Hatton House, London Colney, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL2 1EY
Runnymede Borough Council Parks & Recreation Grounds
Tel: 01932 352381 - Parkside, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3AP
The Mustard Shop
Tel: 01603 627889 - 15 Royal Arcade, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1NQ
New Pastimes
Tel: 01263 822564 - 12 High Street, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8JR
Oasis Amusements
Tel: 01493 733054 - Beach Road, Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR29 4HS
Pets Corner
Tel: 01502 563533 - Nicholas Everitt Pk Bridge Rd, Oulton Broad, Suffolk, NR33 9JR
Essex County Council Country Parks Marsh Farm Country Park
Tel: 01245 321552 - South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 5LD
Lighthouse Surrey
Tel: 01483 211800 - Tannery Ho Tannery La, Send, Woking, Surrey, GU23 7EF
European Balloon Display
Tel: 01494 866128 - Buckshot Barn Rignall Rd, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP16 9PE
Fort Fun Leisure Park
Tel: 01323 642833 - Fort Fun Royal Pde, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 7LQ
Herstmonceux Castle
Tel: 01323 834444 - Eastbourne, BN27 1RP
Regency Leisure Arcade
Tel: 01273 729734 - 63-64 West Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 2RA
Las Vegas Amusements
Tel: 01795 511853 - The Promenade, Leysdown-on-Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 4QB
Shorne Wood Country Park
Tel: 01474 823800 - Brewers Road, Shorne, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 3LB
National Trust
Tel: 01732 750367 - Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 6BA
Stapehill Abbey
Tel: 01202 861686 - 276 Wimborne Rd Wst, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 2EB
Tower Park Leisure Complex
Tel: 01202 723671 - Mannings Heath, Poole, Dorset, BH12 4NY
Arnold Palmer Putting Course
Tel: 01395 273312 - Queens Drive, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 2AY
Mrs B's Amusements
Tel: 01237 474178 - Golf Links Road, Westward Ho, Bideford, Devon, EX39 1LH
Goodrington Sea Shore Ctr
Tel: 01803 528841 - Tanners Rd, Paignton, TQ4 6LS
Tracey Harrison
Tel: 01626 862500 - 8 Piermont Place, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 9PH
G Snell
Tel: 01271 830265 - Tor Down Fm, Swimbridge, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 0QY
South Devon Railway Trust
Tel: 01364 642338 - The Station, Dart Bridge Road, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0DZ
South Devon Railway Trust,The
Tel: 01364 643113 - Station Ho Dartbridge Rd, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0DZ
Arcadia Developments
Tel: 01872 573563 - Perran Sands Holiday Cntr, Perranporth, Cornwall, TR6 0AQ
Blue Reef Aquarium, The
Tel: 01637 872578 - Towan Promenade, Newquay, Cornwall, TR7 1DU
Flambards Village Theme Park
Tel: 0845 6018684 - Helston, Cornwall, TR13 0QA
National Trust Properties,Shops & Restaurants
Tel: 01209 216657 - Redruth, TR14 9LN
Poldark Mine
Tel: 01326 573173 - Trenear, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 0ER
St. Aubyn
Tel: 01736 710507 - Manor Off, Marazion, Cornwall, TR17 0EL
Applecourt
Tel: 01590 642130 - Hordle Lane, Hordle, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 0HU
Longford Castle Longford Estate
Tel: 01722 710221 - Estate Yd, Bodenham, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 4ED
Berkeley Castle,Estate & Hunt
Tel: 01453 810303 - Berkeley, Gloucestershire, GL13 9QL
Berkeley Castle,Estate & Hunt
Tel: 01453 810987 - Berkeley, Gloucestershire, GL13 9BJ
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway
Tel: 01242 621405 - Racecourse Stn, Prestbury, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 4SH
Perrygrove Railway
Tel: 01594 834991 - Perrygrove Fm, Coleford, Gloucestershire, GL16 8QB
Showboat Amusement Centre
Tel: 01242 576501 - 65-67 High Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 1DU
Silver Rooms,The
Tel: 01453 762943 - 2 Nelson Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 2HJ
Chepstow Castle
Tel: 01291 624065 - Chepstow, Gwent, NP16 5EY
Top Spot
Tel: 01443 685199 - 64 Hannah Street, Porth, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF39 9RA
Western Leisure
Tel: 01495 762391 - 26 George Street, Cwmcarn, Cross Keys, Newport, Gwent, NP11 7ES
Carmarthenshire County Council
Tel: 01554 777744 - Llanelli, Dyfed, SA15 2LF
Gnoll Visitors Centre
Tel: 01639 635808 - Gnoll Pk Gnoll Pk Rd, Neath, Vale Of Glamorgan, SA11 3BU
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Visitor Attractions
Tel: 01646 651657 - Carew, Tenby, Dyfed, SA70 8SL
Stradey Castle
Tel: 01554 773059 - 53 New Road, Llanelli, Dyfed, SA15 3DP
Galton Valley Vistor Centre
Tel: 0121 5588195 - Brasshouse Lane, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 1BA
Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust
Tel: 01789 204507 - Harvard Ho High St, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6QW
South Staffordshire Council Leisure Centres
Tel: 01902 882605 - Fir St, Gospel End, Dudley, West Midlands, DY3 4HB
Wolverhampton City Council (Life Long Learning Leisure, Cultural Services Division, Hire Of District Halls)
Tel: 01902 552099 - Wolverhampton, WN1 1RG
Careys Amusements
Tel: 01536 511115 - Newlands Centre Newland St, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN16 8JL
Shipley Amusement Centres
Tel: 01623 636000 - 3 Stockwell Gate, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 1JY
Ponderosa Theraputic Centre
Tel: 01924 235276 - Park Fm Smithies La, Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, WF16 0PN
Lincolnshire Wolds Railway
Tel: 01507 363881 - Ludborough Stn Station Rd, Ludborough, Grimsby, South Humberside, DN36 5SQ
Count Cash
Tel: 01642 460214 - 73-75 Normanby Road, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS6 6SA
Millers Amusements
Tel: 01947 603881 - Pier Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 3PU
Ormesby Hall
Tel: 01642 324188 - Church Lane, Ormesby, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS7 9AS
Thorp Perrow Arboretum
Tel: 01677 425323 - Hall, Thorp Perrow, Bedale, North Yorkshire, DL8 2PR
European Pool & Spa
Tel: 01625 859990 - Brookside Nurseries London Rd Nth, Poynton, Stockport, Cheshire, SK12 1BY
Manchester City Council Engineers & Surveyors Parks
Tel: 0161 9982117 - Manchester Central, M23 1XX
Alton Towers (Theme Park)
Tel: 01538 703344 - Alton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 4DB
Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker
Tel: 01270 629219 - Hack Gn Bldg Radar La French End La, Baddington, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 8AP
Chester Zoo
Tel: 01244 380280 - Upton, Upton, Chester, Cheshire, CH2 1LH
Rhuddlan Castle
Tel: 01745 590777 - Rhuddlan, Rhyl, Clwyd, LL18 5AD
Halton Borough Council Parks & Countryside
Tel: 01928 719373 - Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 6PT
Mason Amusements
Tel: 0151 9442223 - 73 The Hexagon Strand Shopping Cntr, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 4SZ
Reel Time
Tel: 01744 735807 - 24 Bridge Street, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1NW
Blackpool Model Village & Garden
Tel: 01253 763827 - East Park Drive, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 9RB
Bishop's & Earls Palace
Tel: 01856 871918 - Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, KW15 1PD
Fort George Historic Buildings & Monuments
Tel: 01667 462777 - Nr Ardersier, Fort George, Inverness, Scottish Highland, IV2 7TD
St. Magnus Centre
Tel: 01856 878326 - Palace Road, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, KW15 1PA
Slains Castle
Tel: 01224 631877 - Belmont Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, AB10 1JE
Glamis Castle
Tel: 01307 840393 - Glamis, Forfar, Angus, DD8 1QJ
Rankeilour Park
Tel: 01337 810391 - Cupar, Fife, KY15 4NQ
South Inch Leisure
Tel: 01738 633863 - South Inch Park, Perth, Perthshire, PH2 8BU
Falkirk Council (Parks)
Tel: 01506 845311 - Edinburgh, EH1 1HE
Harestanes Countryside Visitors Centre
Tel: 01835 830306 - Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, TD8 6UF
Lothian Amusements
Tel: 0131 6691859 - 1 Pipe Lane, Edinburgh, EH15 1BR
Neidpath Castle
Tel: 01721 720333 - Neidpath Castle Cott, Peebles, Peeblesshire, EH45 8NW
Mugdock Country Park
Tel: 0141 9566100 - Craigallan Rd, Mugdock, Milngavie, Glasgow, G62 8EL
Historic Scotland
Tel: 01581 300541 - Glenluce, Newton Stewart, Dumfries And Galloway, DG8 0AF
Historic Scotland
Tel: 01631 565701 - Lochavullin Indust Est Lochavullin Rd, Oban, Argyll And Bute, PA34 4PL
Islay Natural History Trust
Tel: 01496 850288 - Field Centre Main St, Port Charlotte, Isle Of Islay, PA48 7TX
Lighthouse Glass Company,The
Tel: 01294 311122 - Ailsa Road, Irvine Industrial Estate, Irvine, Ayrshire, KA12 8LL
M & D Leisure
Tel: 01698 269878 - Hamilton Road, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, ML1 3RT
Booths Amusements
Tel: 01626 352569 - 7 Queen Street, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 2AQ
Animal Farm Adventure Park
Tel: 01278 751628 - Red Rd, Berrow, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, TA8 2RW
Up & Away Ballooning
Tel: 01494 863020 - Rimington Nairdwood La, Prestwood, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, HP16 0QF
Odds Farm Park
Tel: 01628 520188 - Odds Fm Wooburn Com, Wooburn Green, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP10 0LA
Stump Cross Caverns
Tel: 01756 752780 - Greenhow, Greenhow Hill, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 5JL
Dragonfly Maze,The
Tel: 01451 822251 - Rissington Rd, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 2BN
Altitude Balloon Company Ltd.
Tel: 01844 212998 - 28 Grenville Way, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3YN
Butterfly House & Wildlife Centre
Tel: 01909 569416 - Hungerhill Fm Woodsetts Road, Anston, S25 4EQ
High Adventure
Rayrigg Rd, Bowness On Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3DN
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