02-07-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

A day trip to Scott’s Grotto and the town of Ware

A former Roman town in Hertfordshire that later became an important coaching stop and source of the New River, Ware is a town of contrasts and one with a significant reason to visit.
Scott’s Grotto
Up on the hills on the opposite side of the railway from the main town is the main reason to visit Ware — the UK’s most extensive shell-lined grotto.Built by, or at least on the orders of, the Quaker poet John Scott, around the late 1760s-early 1770s, the grotto delves deep into the
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