| Page Views: 6,295 Last Visit to Hemel Hempstead: April, 2006 | GRANT'S HEMEL PAGE. by GrantBoone - last update: Jun 30, 2007 |
Hemel Hempstead is a large town only 30 miles north of London.This is the place that I still think of as my home town as I lived here nearly all my life. I moved to London in 1996. Why visit Hemel? Well you have the choice of bustling town life or beautiful countryside 10 minutes away. near the motorway and railway for easy access to London, but not too close!!
It really is a nice place to visit. |
|  | THE OLD HIGH STREET. As early as 1539 there had been a market on this site and in that year King Henry VIII created a charter for Hemel Hempstead which allowed more building work.More workshops, inns and a new market were built making Market street as it was then known ,to be the focus of the whole town. The road is now known as the Old High Street. |
| The same view 124 years later !!! |
| | THE HIGH STREET IN 2006. The old high street still has shops and inns (now called pubs!) and as you can see hasn't changed much from the 1882 photo above. This is no longer the main shopping street but still has plenty of visitors. |
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| In A Nutshell: | "If you are staying in London,Come and visit Hemel for a while" |
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traceyspacey Mon Aug 4, 2008 10:29 UTC
The first time I went around the Magic roundabout, I went the wrong way around. Only it seemed the right way to me! | marinarena Fri Apr 4, 2008 02:29 UTC
Hi Grant...I missed Hemel on my UK trip last year...looks like it is easy to get to from London...I'll keep it in mind for the next trip...whenever that may be! Cheers-Marie :-) | mvtouring Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:53 UTC
Researching next holiday. Thanks for the lovely tips ;-) | alywang Mon Oct 29, 2007 03:05 UTC
Hi,Grant! the pictures about Hemel Hempstead look very special:) |
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