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Handside Hertfordshire Map

Traditional county: Hertfordshire · District / Borough: Welwyn Hatfield · Region: Eastern

Explore Handside, Hertfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Handside map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

Interactive Map of Handside, Hertfordshire

How to Use This Handside, Hertfordshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Handside, Hertfordshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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PlaceHandside
Traditional CountyHertfordshire
District / BoroughWelwyn Hatfield
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.797044
Longitude-0.215222
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Handside

Handside maintains a verdant, deliberate composure, reflecting the carefully planned ambitions of its early twentieth-century inception. It lies 0.6 miles south-west of Welwyn Garden City (from Welwyn Garden City: bearing 219°T, OS grid TL 231 124). Broad, tree-lined avenues define the character of Handside, where the architecture respects the quietude of its spacious, leaf-strewn residential plots. The light here filters through mature canopies, casting long, shifting shadows across the red-brick facades that define the local aesthetic. Residents often walk toward the nearby Lemsford Springs, where the water remains a constant, glassy mirror to the changing seasons of the Hertfordshire landscape. Further afield, the expanse of Stanborough Park offers a vast green lung, providing a tranquil counterpoint to the orderly, domestic geometry of the neighbourhood. The design of the streets encourages a slow, rhythmic pace of life, far removed from the clamour of more industrialised districts. Every corner of Handside seems to hold a quiet dignity, preserved by the deliberate harmony between the built environment and the persistent, encroaching presence of the natural world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Lemsford Springs (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.5 mi, 250° WSW
  • Ebenezer Howard Monument (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 043° NE
  • Hawthorne Theatre & Cinema (Theatre) — 0.7 mi, 029° NNE
  • Cinema at Campus West Welwyn Garden City (Cinema) — 0.7 mi, 025° NNE
  • Stanborough Park (Park) — 0.8 mi, 189° S
  • Sherrardspark Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.9 mi, 003° N · 74 ha
  • The Broadwater (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.1 mi, 282° WNW
  • Brocket Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.1 mi, 289° WNW · 215 ha
  • Stanborough Reedmarsh (Viewpoint) — 1.2 mi, 183° S
  • Beechen Dell (Valley) — 1.4 mi, 278° W
  • Digswell Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.7 mi, 028° NNE
  • Mill Green Museum & Working Mill (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 164° SSE
  • Home Park (Forest / Woodland) — 2.2 mi, 161° SSE
  • Dicket Mead Roman Villa (Scheduled Monument) — 2.2 mi, 009° N · 1 ha
  • Coronation Gardens (Park) — 2.3 mi, 188° S
  • Tewinbury Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.3 mi, 068° ENE · 7 ha
  • River Mimram (River) — 2.3 mi, 000° N
  • Lockleys Roman Villa (Scheduled Monument) — 2.3 mi, 012° NNE
  • Van Gogh (Public Artwork) — 2.3 mi, 360° N
  • Hatfield Bunker (Museum) — 2.3 mi, 204° SSW
  • Hatfield Hyde Brook (River) — 2.4 mi, 128° SE
  • Hatfield Park (Forest / Woodland) — 2.6 mi, 162° SSE
  • John Bunyan's Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 2.6 mi, 274° W
  • Wheathampstead Earthwork Incorporating Devils Dyke And The Slad (Scheduled Monument) — 2.8 mi, 281° W · 49 ha
  • Weston Auditorium (Theatre) — 2.8 mi, 210° SSW
  • Brocket Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.0 mi, 089° E
  • Wheathampstead Railway Station (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 291° WNW
  • Shaw's Corner (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 320° NW
  • Waterwheel (Historic Ruins) — 3.6 mi, 087° E
  • Panshanger (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 3.8 mi, 089° E · 337 ha

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About This Handside Map Page

Explore Handside, Hertfordshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.797044, -0.215222. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.