The Bricket Wood coven, or Hertfordshire coven was a coven of Gardnerian Witches founded in the 1940s by Gerald Gardner. It was notable for being the first coven in the Gardnerian line, though having its origins in the pre- Gardnerian New Forest coven. The coven formed after Gardner bought the Fiveacres Country Club, a Naturist club in the town of Bricket Wood, Hertfordshire, southern England, and met within the club's grounds. It played a significant part in the history of the neopaganreligion ...