Datchworth is a village and civil parish between the towns of Hertford, Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City in the county of Hertfordshire, England.

Sited on the Roman road from St Albans to Puckeridge, the village has examples of Saxon clearings in several locations.

[1] The name Datchworth is thought to originate from a Saxon lord called Daecca[2] (pronounced Datcher), who settled here around the year 700 AD.

During the Second World War the last enemy-action incident of any kind on British soil occurred at 09:00 on 29 March 1945 when a V-1 flying bomb struck a nearby field in Woolmer Green [4] Another landed at Iwade in Kent, an hour later, after being hit by anti-aircraft fire.

Located in a former smithy, the museum operates a limited opening schedule, being accessible from 2.00 p:m until 4.30 p:m on the third Sunday of every month.