Coordinates: 51°39′35″N 0°25′0″W / 51.65972°N 0.416667°W / 51.65972; -0.416667 Cassiobury Park is the principal public open space in Watford, Hertfordshire, in England. It comprises over 190 acres (0.77 km2) and extends from the A412 Rickmansworth Road in the east to the Grand Union Canal in the west.
The area occupied by the park and the housing developments to its north and south was formerly the estate of the Earls of Essex. The house itself was demolished in 1927.
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“Linnæus, setting out for Lapland, surveys his “comb” and “spare shirt,” “leathern breeches” and “gauze cap to keep off gnats,” with as much complacency as Bonaparte a park of artillery for the Russian campaign. The quiet bravery of the man is admirable.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)