IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Pine Close, WARE, SG12 9JS

Looking from Ware Level Crossing, the track is singled through the station.

A Hertfordshire County Council ePIP (electronic Passenger Information Point) behind the shelter for bus stop A in London Road. As well as giving travel information ePIPs also provide free internet access.

Just to the south, on the west (left hand) side of the road, is Scott's Grotto, a series of interconnected chambers lined with shells, flints and pieces of coloured glass, extending some 67ft into the chalk hillside. John Scott came from a Quaker family; he was born in London in 1731 and the family moved to Amwell in Hertfordshire in 1740 to find cleaner air. Scott was a poet, and a friend of Dr Johnson. He inherited the Amwell estate in 1768. The grotto is rumoured to have cost Scott some £10,000 and is thought to have taken 30 years to complete. On top of the hill above the tunnels there is a summer house which would have commanded a wonderful view over the town of Ware http://www.scotts-grotto.org/ . The Grotto is open from 2 pm to 4.30 pm on each Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday between the beginning of April and the end of September. Additionally the Grotto is open between 2 pm and 5 pm on two days during the annual Civic Trust Heritage Open Weekend http://www.scotts-grotto.org/index.php/visit-us/ . The grotto is Grade I listed http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1238171 . Photos of the Grotto that I took in June 2016 are at http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=64833569 .

The blue plaque placed by Ware Town Council on Amwell House, London Road. A number of other buildings in the town have these plaques as well, including Place House off East Street, the railway station, the old Town Hall and the public library.

Arriva East Herts & Essex Mercedes Citaro number 3901 on the once a day, Monday to Friday only 726 Green Line service to Watford. The white building behind is a new extension to the local college. The red brick building in the background is Amwell House, built in around 1750. Amwell End and the railway level crossing are directly opposite Amwell House out of shot to the left. 726 is a most unusual route, since it runs once a day in one direction only on Mondays to Fridays only.

The New River is behind the railings

Alongside the River Lea

The Metropolitan Water Board was formed in 1903 to unify London's water suppliers. It took over the New River Company and thereby became responsible for the New River. The Board itself was absorbed into the Thames Water Authority in 1973. The New River is now the responsibility of the Environment Agency. This sign has done well to survive.

Grade I listed - https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1238171?section=official-list-entry.