Hertfordshire is located immediately to the north of Greater London, and is
part of the East of England Government Office Region. Much of the county is
part of the London commuter belt. To the east of Hertfordshire is Essex, to
the west is Buckinghamshire and to the north are Bedfordshire and
Cambridgeshire. The highest point in the county is 803 feet (245 m) above
sea level, a quarter mile (400 m) from the village of Hastoe near Tring.
Bishop's Stortford is a market town in east Hertfordshire, just touching the
county boundary with Essex. It is situated just west of the M11, is the
closest town to London Stansted Airport, and is part of the London commuter
belt. In the 2006 edition of the Channel 4 'Best and Worst Places to Live in
the UK', East Hertfordshire was the seventh best district to live in. The
town has a population of about 35,000 (2001 census)
Harpenden is a town in the City and District of St Albans of Hertfordshire
in the East of England. It lies on the A1081, between Luton and St Albans.
The town's total population is just under 30,000.
Hatfield, originally Bishop's Hatfield, is in the Welwyn Hatfield district
of Hertfordshire, in the south of England. It forms part of the Welwyn
Hatfield constituency which also includes Welwyn Garden City, and has been
twinned with the Dutch port town of Zierikzee since 1953. It is known as the
town where the first production-line jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet
was built, and as the site of a tragic rail crash in 2000.
Hemel Hempstead is a town in
Hertfordshire with a population of 81,143 at the 2001 Census (but now
estimated at around 89,000 by Hertfordshire county council) .Hemel Hempstead
is located 27 miles north west of Central London. Hemel is also linked to
the M1 motorway to the east. The M25 is a few miles to the south. To the
North and West lie mixed farm and woodland with scattered villages, part of
the Chiltern Hills. To the South lies Watford and the beginnings of the
Greater London conurbation. To the east lies St Albans an historic cathedral
and market town and now like Hemel Hempstead, part of the London commuter
belt.
Hertford is the county town of Hertfordshire, and is in the East
Hertfordshire district of that county. It has a population today of
about 24,180. The rivers Rib, Beane and Mimram join the River Lea at
Hertford to flow south toward the Thames as the Lee Navigation after
Hertford Castle Weir. The town retains very much a country-town feel,
despite lying only 19.2 miles (30.9 km) north of Central London. This is
aided by a lack of large chain stores in the town, which is too small to
support them, and by its proximity to larger towns such as Harlow, Bishop's
Stortford and Stevenage where modern development has been focused.
Hitchin is a town in Hertfordshire, and has an estimated population of
30,360. Hitchin was a staging post for coaches coming from London. By the
middle of the 19th century the railway had arrived, and with it a new way of
life for Hitchin. The Corn Exchange was built in the Market Place and within
a short time Hitchin established itself as a major centre for grain trading.
Hoddesdon is a commuter town in the English county of Hertfordshire,
situated in the Lea Valley. The town grew up as a coaching stop on the route
between Cambridge and London. Hoddesdon High Street (much of it
pedestrianised) has many shops, fast food outlets, pubs, estate agents,
banks and a library. At the north of the High Street behind the Clock Tower
is the "Tower Centre" shopping centre, which is known for its high turnover
of stores. It is currently undergoing a major refurbishment, which is hoped
will attract large national retailers.
Rickmansworth is a town in
the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England, 4¼ miles (7km) west of
Watford. The town has a population of around 15,000 people and lies on the
Grand Union Canal and the River Colne, at the northern end of the Colne
Valley Park.
It began to grow in the 1920s and 1930s as part of the Metro-land area, due
to its station on the Metropolitan line of the London Underground. As such,
it is largely a commuter town. It is contained within the M25 with good
transport links to Luton and Heathrow Airports.
Royston is a town in the
South East Region of the UK within the county of Hertfordshire. It is
situated slightly west of the Greenwich Meridian, which passes through the
point where the bypass meets the original A505 alignment. The town centre is
just 1 minute 27 seconds west of the meridian. Although lying within
Hertfordshire, one of the UK's Home Counties adjacent to the Greater London
Stevenage is a town and district in Hertfordshire, England. It is to the
east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), and is between Letchworth Garden
City to the north, and Welwyn Garden City to the south. Stevenage was a new
town - created just after the Second World War under the New Towns Act of
1946. Stevenage is served by the A1(M) motorway, taking traffic both north
and south. It is also served by the smaller A602 road taking traffic
southeast, meeting the A10 road at Ware. It is also served by Stevenage
railway station, sitting on the East Coast Mainline. As such regular trains
to London are available.
St Albans is the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans in
southern Hertfordshire, around 22 miles (35 km) north of central
London. St Albans is one of several places that, by repute, has the most
pubs per square mile in the country (Edinburgh, Norwich, Nottingham, Otley
and Rochdale are other claimants). It also claims to have the oldest pub in
England (in which Sir Walter Raleigh is said to have stayed), named Ye Olde
Fighting Cocks (Nottingham again providing a counter-claimant in Ye Olde
Trip to Jerusalem). A street market is held in Market Place and St Peter's
Street on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
|
