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Changeover day:
Sat
Access:
Car advised Nearest amenities: 1 km
Notes:
May take pets - please enquire Suitable for children No smoking at this property Self-catering
Home description
Tanglewood is a luxury holiday home that backs onto the historic Box Moor. Boxmoor Trust looks after the historic Box Moor to the rear of the property, with extensive walks and wildlife. The town of Hemel Hempstead has many leisure facilities including Ten Pin Bowling, Dry Ski Slope, Sports Complex and Gyms, Multi Screen Cinema Complex, Public Tennis Courts and Indoor and outdoor swimming facilities. The town also has a good number of restaurants and good shopping facilities. Nearby are attractions such as the Ashridge estates, Whipsnade Zoo, Woburn Safari Park and the historic towns of St Albans and Berkhamsted.
Tanglewood is a 10 minute walk to the mainline station with fast direct trains (20mins) into London Euston. It is a few minutes away from the A41 into London, with good local links with the London orbital M25 and M1 to the north. Luton Airport is 20 minutes away by car, and Heathrow 25 minutes.
Rear Garden 2
Front View
Front Mezzanine
Lounge
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The South East England / Hertfordshire region
Hertfordshire was originally the area assigned to a fortress constructed at Hertford under the rule of Edward the Elder in 913. The name Hertfordshire appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 1011.
Most English counties have nicknames for people from that county, such as a Tyke from Yorkshire and a Yellowbelly from Lincolnshire; the traditional nickname for people from Hertfordshire is 'Hertfordshire Hedgehog' or 'Hertfordshire Hayabout'; although hedgehogs are abundant in the county, the nickname is probably a corruption of 'haycock', a haystack, referring to the county's cornfields, which formed the county's principal Medieval export to the food markets of London.
The Domesday Book recorded the county as having nine hundreds. Tring and Danais became one, Dacorum. The other seven were Braughing, Broadwater, Cashio, Edwinstree, Hertford, Hitchin and Odsey.
Hertfordshire is the starting point of the New River: a man made waterway, opened in 1613 to supply London with fresh drinking water.
Hertfordshire's only traditional city, St Albans, is built by the site of Verulamium, the third largest city in Roman Britain. The modern town was named after Saint Alban, the first Christian martyr. Hertfordshire is also the location of the UK's first two Garden Cities, Welwyn Garden City, and Letchworth which were both founded by Ebenezer Howard.
Hatfield House, in Hatfield, was a former home to Queen Elizabeth I during her youth. It is said that here, while sat under a large oak tree (which although not alive today, can be viewed at the visitor centre within Hatfield Park), she was told she was to become Queen.
In 1965, under the London Government Act 1963, Barnet Urban District and East Barnet Urban District were abolished and their area transferred from Hertfordshire to Greater London to form part of the London Borough of Barnet.[1][2] At the same time the Potters Bar Urban District was directly transferred from Middlesex to Hertfordshire.[3]
From the 1920s until the late 1980s, the town of Borehamwood was home to one of the major British film studio complexes, including the MGM-British Studios. Many well known films were made here, including 2001: A Space Odyssey and the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies. Television productions are still made at the nearby Elstree Studios, which were taken over by the BBC. All the Harry Potter films were made at Leavesden Studios near Watford.
In the book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Hertfordshire is the location of Longbourn where the Bennet family lives and of Netherfield Hall where Mr. Bingley stays.
In 2012, the Hertfordshire town of Broxbourne will host the canoe and kayak slalom events of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
Hemel Hempstead / Boxmoor area
Tanglewood is in the heart of Boxmoor, and a short walk to the River Bulbourne and the Grand Union Canal where the beautiful 16th century pub, The Three Horseshoes offers great eating and drinking, overlooking the rare swing bridge. The Swan Pub & Restaurant is the nearest place to eat or drink and is a few hundred yards from the house. Other notable places to eat and drink are the Fisheries Pub, Boxmoor Lodge and the restaurant at the Bobsleigh Hotel, all of which are within easy walking distance.
The Boxmoor Golf club lets non-members play at certain times of the week and is a few hundred yards from Tanglewood, whilst the Little Hay 18 hole Course is 2 Kms away and is fully open to the public, and has an excellent floodlit range.
Hemel Hempstead offers many leisure facilities including Ten Pin Bowling, Dry Ski Slope, Sports Complex and Gyms, Multi Screen Cinema Complex, Public Tennis Courts and Indoor and outdoor swimming facilities. The town also has a good number of restaurants and good shopping facilities, and the Old Town is definitely worth a visit.
The history of Hemel Hempstead.
Remains of Roman villa farming settlements have been found at Boxmoor and Gadebridge which span the entire period of Roman Britain. The first recorded mention of the town is the grant of land at Hamaele by Offa, King of Essex, to the Bishop of London in AD705.
Hemel Hempstead on its present site is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a vill, Hamelhamstede, with about 100 inhabitants. The church of St Mary was built in 1140, one of the finest Norman churches in the county. The church features a very tall 200 foot spire added in the 12th century, and one of Europe's tallest.
After the Norman conquest the land thereabouts was given to Robert , Count of Mortain, the elder half brother of William the Conqueror as part of the lands associated with Berkhampstead castle. The estates passed through many hands over the next few centuries including Thomas á Becket in 1162. In 1290 King John's grandson, the Earl of Cornwall, gave the manor to the religious order of the Bonhommes when he endowed the monastery at Ashridge. The town remained part of the monastery's estates until the Reformation and break-up of Ashridge in 1539.
In that same year the town was granted a charter by King Henry VIII to become a Bailiwick with the right to hold a Thursday market and a fair on Corpus Christi Day. The King and Anne Boleyn are reputed to have stayed in the town at this time.
Unusually fine medieval wall paintings from the period between 1470 and 1500 were discovered in some cottages in Piccotts End, very close to Hemel Hempstead in 1953. This same building had been converted into the first cottage hospital providing free medical services by Sir Astley Cooper in 1827 .
Hemel's position on the shortest route between London and the industrial Midlands put it on the Sparrows Hearne turnpike road in 1762, the Grand Junction Canal in 1795 and the London and Birmingham Railway in 1837. However it remained principally an agricultural market town throughout the nineteenth century. In the last decades of that century development of houses and villas for London commuters began. The Midland railway built a branch connecting to its main line at Harpenden in 1877 (see The Nicky Line). Hemel steadily expanded, but only became a borough on 13th July, 1898. During World War II, a stick of bombs demolished houses at Nash Mills. The nearby Dickinson factories were used to produce munitions.
How to get there
10 minutes from M1/M25 by road. 5 minutes walk from Hemel Hempstead mainline train station. 20 minutes by car from Luton Airport (Easyjet/Ryanair), 25 minutes from London Heathrow (All major world airlines). Please contact the owner for further information.
Nearest Travel Links
Airport:
London Luton: 20 km
Railway:
Hemel Hempstead: 2 km
Activities near Hemel Hempstead
Sports: Tennis in town Waterpark Horse Riding Golf less than 15 mins walk Fishing
Great for: Walking holidays Rural / countryside retreats Good nightlife City breaks Cycling holidays
Single beds (2), Double beds (3), Dining seating for 8, Lounge seating for 8, Sleeps maximum of 8
Other:
Please check with with the owner regarding linen and towels.
Outdoors:
Balcony / Terrace, Private garden, BBQ
Access:
Parking space
Further details indoors: Tanglewood benefits from a stunning fitted kitchen with separate Utility room with washing and drying facilities. The spacious dimensions continue into the double aspect lounge with Hardwood French windows onto the lower Garden Patio. There is also a Study/Dayroom with French Doors out onto the huge front Mezzanine/Balacony with striking views.
The Large entrance hall has an attractive turn staircase leading to gallery landing. The Master bedroom boasts ensuite Power Shower and bath. The Main bathroom has a walk-in Power Shower and separate corner bath.
Further details outdoors: Tanglewood occupies a picturesque location, with elevated tiers suited to outdoor entertaining. There is ample driveway parking for up to 6 cars. At the front of the property is the Mazzanine ( 5mx5m) with delightful views, leading to side access to the rear. The rear garden is secluded, and comprises of three different entertaining areas, complete with garden furniture, patio heater and BBQ. Each tier of the garden elavates towards the back of the garden, the third of which comprises of a split level deck, with woods to the rear, and spectacular views - the ideal place to relax at the end of the day, and if you are lucky a Deer might even pop her head over the garden fence.
Conditions
Pets are welcome by arrangment. Please contact the owner for further information.
Rental rates
Rental prices originally quoted in: British £
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950£ 950
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850£ 850
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1050£ 1,050
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NB: Prices may be subject to change at the owner's discretion. Prices may be subject to change at the owners discretion.
** Please contact us for the rates for more than one week, or late special rates **
A deposit of 50% of the rental cost is payable on booking, and in the event of cancelation is not refunable unless the property can be re-let (minus a 20% administration charge). We strongly recomend that you take out holiday insurance.
The balance, to include a £150 breakages deposit, is due no lo later than 6 weeks before arrival in normal circumstances. If you wish to book the propery within this time, the full amount is payable upon booking, and is not refunable unless the property can be re-let (minus a 20% administration charge) Please contact the owner for full clarification.
Please contact the owner for more information regarding flexible weekend or mid-week stays, and longer term stays.
Guestbook
"Tanglewood house provided the perfect venue to unwind and recharge. The location was excellent, the house amazing and service second to none book once and you will keep going back." Mr S Williams, Sept 2007
"Great links into London, and loads to do in the wonderful Hertfordshire Countryside...we'll definitely be back" Mr and Mrs McDonald, June 2006
"Our children didn't want to go home, and in truth neither did we - fantastic" August 2006
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