West Herts Crematorium at Garston

A question about : West Herts Crematorium at Garston

Sadly have to attend here in a weeks time but its very early service time.
Anyone recommend somewhere near to stay the night before, where dinner and brekky will be available near by?
Thanks.

Best answers:

• Well you have a large choice with St Albans and Watford close by.
  Nearest is of course the Noke at Chiswell Green.
  But the traffic, getting out of the hotel, at the roundabout is busy ( or rather stationary) early starts before 8.
  Have you a budget?
• There is a Premier inn in Bricket Wood and one in Garston. My parents quite like the one in Abbots Langley. Just down the M1, one junction, is the Watford Hilton and the Mercure. There's also a McDonalds in Garston if you're looking for a budget breakfast
  Near Garston, there is a Frankie and Bennies & Chiquitos at the cinema complex. In Bricket Wood there is a pretty decent indian restaurant called The Viceroy.
  If you want to go a bit further into Watford or St Albans there's a lot more choice in food. The only other hotel I'd probably recommend would be the Village Hotel in Elstree (2 junctions down M1), although they call it the London Watford branch.
  If you are on an up-scale budget, there's also The Grove (It's where the England team stay when playing at Wembley). The Glasshouse Buffet restaurant is very good.
• I wouldn't go to Watford General if I was on fire.. (Since I can get 5* treatment at Barnet!)
  The Red lion is ok..
• The service is at 10.20 which for me now retired is veeerrrry early!
  Has any traffic bottlenecks died down by then?
• Hello - I live locally and the Noke is about a 5 minute drive from the crematorium and generally the local traffic would have died down by 10.20.
• Travel at ten should be fine. And I could walk from the hotel to the crematorium in not much more than 5 minutes.
  You did say an early service, passed at 7 and back at 9 and then it was midweek just crawling along.
  Emma ?? ask your grandchildren ......think Harry Potter.
  Hospital , parking dire, but the service last wed was wonderful.
  Noke, daughters both had part time jobs there a few years ago , no horror stories.
• It is a 2 mile walk, and about 45 minutes to do... If you stayed at the Premier inn Garston it's only a 19 min walk (0.9 miles), you've got TGI fridays next door and Garston parade.
  To be honest, after 9ish I wouldn't worry about about traffic.
  BTW - might be worth looking at this hotel: https://www.deverevenues.co.uk/en/venues/hunton-park/
  It's not somewhere I've thought about before, but it looks quite impressive for the money (Ј59-79 per night) and it's only 3.5 miles away
• Thank you all for the fascinating replies!
  There certainly has been a lot of info given.
  I had a fancy for the premier Inn at Kings Langley but although they come up as a rating of 8.4 ie very good indeed, if you look at Trip Advisor, the more recent postings/ratings are poor ranging from poor staff to rooms being cold so that option is off the list!
  Looking now at the place at Apsley which is only about 4 miles away but to be honest am now nervous as I sleep very badly and want to be sure of warmth/quiet/courtesy etc etc.
  It will be stressful enough an occasion without feeling cream crackered through poor nights sleep!
  Thank you again for all your help.