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Dist:0.5km north<br/>The business is related to transport but I have no further clue.
©Jack Hill
Dist:0.6km west<br/>
©Dave Skinner
Dist:0.6km north<br/>One horse was being exercised just to the left of the picture
©Jack Hill
Dist:0.7km west<br/>The war memorial in Shenley with the village pond, the Queen Adelaide Pub , and the Cage (just visible through the green shrub to the right).
©Dave Skinner
Dist:0.7km west<br/>Viewed looking northwards over the village Pond, the Cage is one of the last remaining round gaolhouses in the country. Given its location outside the Queen Adelaide public house there is an ironic tablet in the wall of the gaolhouse advising passers-by to "Be Sober".
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.8km west<br/>This pub is in the old village on the opposite side of the B5378 from the "newer" village {ex hospital site}
©Jack Hill
Dist:0.8km south<br/>Viewed looking northwards towards Shenley.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.8km south<br/>Also known as Silver Hill, viewed looking northwards towards Shenley.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:1.1km southwest<br/>The valley of the Catherine Bourne viewed looking westwards from Woodhall lane, Shenley.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:1.1km northeast<br/>This lane runs past Pinks Farm and the cottage at the end is Pinks Cottage.
©Rob Farrow
Dist:1.1km east<br/>Situated on the south side of Mimms Lane near Shenley this house and a converted barn appear to have been created out of existing buildings at Ravenscroft Farm.
©David Squire
Dist:1.3km southeast<br/>View from east along bridleway.
©David Hawgood
Dist:1.3km southeast<br/>Part of this large farm is a riding stables. The machine was exercising four horses walking round a circular runway.
©David Hawgood
Dist:1.4km northwest<br/>The tall planting is in fact rampant weeds which are ignored by the grass cutting gang. {Not our patch mate}
©Jack Hill
Dist:1.5km west<br/>This landmark Italianate structure was originally built in 1932 as the water tower for the former Shenley Hospital, which closed in the 1990s. As part of the redevelopment of the hospital site for residential purposes the tower has been converted into six duplex apartments, which were completed in 2005. The houses clustered around the base of the tower form part of the gated Blenheim Mews development. The builders' skips are an indication of the recent completion of the construction work. The top of the tower is reputedly about 49 metres, or about 160 feet, above ground level, and is said to offer views across Hertfordshire, London, Essex, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. This view was taken from Laxton Gardens. (From a cartographical and Geograph point of view the tower more or less straddles the 201000 Northing grid line. From the Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale mapping, the façade of the tower on the left side of the photograph is in this grid square [[TL1800]], while the façade on the right side is in [[TL1801]].)
©Nigel Cox

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