…and your essential guide to the city. Check out what’s on with up-to-the-minute event listings and information. Get the low-down on the best places to eat, drink, shop and go out. And take advantage of great ticket deals and special offers to really make the most of your Watford break.
Where is it? Watford, in Hertfordshire, is just 20 miles (35km) north of London, at junction 5 of the M1
Style Suburbia and the living is easy - for kids, shoppers and golfers
Smell Fresh air in Cassiobury Park and surrounding villages
Seek Out The Grove, a multi-million pound, five-star hotel winner of the AA Hotel of the Year 2005. It has a Championship pay/play golf course, superb spa facilities, indoor and outdoor pools and gorgeous gardens
When to go In summer to stroll in Cassiobury Park and enjoy outdoor pub lunches; in winter and spring for football and rugby fixtures at Vicarage Road, home of the Watford Football Club and Saracens Rugby Squad
Celebrates Rainbow Festival (Jul), Lantern Festival and Fireworks (Nov)
Did you Know? Watford's first shop opened in 1270 - now it has one of the best shopping centres in England's South-East. Tolpits Lane was once home to many silk mills, the last of which closed in 1881
Top Tip Catch a show at Watford Palace Theatre, renowned for the high quality of its productions
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