Batchworth village is ancient and was originally the Anglo-Saxon Baecceswyrth.
The Grand Union Canal was built through Batchworth and Batchworth Canal Centre is alongside the Grand Union lock. The canal caused the small hamlet to urbanise and become part of Rickmansworth’s urban area. Batchworth Parish Council was created in 2017 consisting of two Three Rivers District Council wards – Rickmansworth Town and Moor Park & Eastbury.
Batchworth Lake was created by the extraction of gravel for the original Wembley Stadium and Batchworth Heath is four hectares of designated common land around the junction of Batchworth Heath Hill, Batchworth Lane and White Hill.
