Hilfield Castle

Hilfield Castle
Hilfield Castle c 1890
Hilfield Castle is located in Hertfordshire
Hilfield Castle
Location within Hertfordshire
General information
Architectural styleGothic
LocationHilfield Lane, near Aldenham and Bushey, Hertfordshire, England
Coordinates51°39′13″N 0°20′05″W / 51.6536°N 0.3348°W / 51.6536; -0.3348
Construction started1798
Completed1799
Design and construction
Architect(s)Jeffry Wyatt

Hilfield Castle, also Hilfield Lodge,[1] is a country estate and house about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Watford and 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Aldenham, in Hertfordshire, on the outskirts of London in the United Kingdom. The estate contains two large reservoirs, one of which were built by French prisoners of war in the 1790s,.[2] The grounds now form Aldenham Country Park. Elstree Aerodrome is located just to the east and the M1 motorway passes to the west.

Aldenham reservoir, the southern of the two reservoirs.
  1. ^ Prince, Hugh C. (1 April 2008). Parks in Hertfordshire Since 1500. Univ of Hertfordshire Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-9542189-9-7. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  2. ^ British Journal of Photography. Henry Greenwood & Co., Ltd. 1 July 2002. p. 66. Retrieved 19 June 2012.