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Hemel Hempstead
town in Hertfordshire in the East of England
Berkhamsted
Berkhamsted ( ) is a market town in Hertfordshire, England. Located in the Bulbourne Valley, it is north-west of London and had a population of 21,245 at the 2021 census. The town is a civil parish within the borough of Dacorum, which is based in the neighbouring large new town of Hemel Hempstead. Berkhamsted, along with the adjoining village of Northchurch, is surrounded by countryside and the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Tring
Tring is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Dacorum, in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated in a gap passing through the Chiltern Hills, classed as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, from Central London. Tring is linked to London by the Roman road of Akeman Street, the modern A41 road, the Grand Union Canal and the West Coast Main Line to . Settlements in Tring date back to prehistoric times and it was mentioned in the Domesday Book; the town received its market charter in 1315. Tring is now largely a commuter town within the London commuter belt. As of 2021, Tring had a p
Kings Langley
village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England
Dacorum
Dacorum is a local government district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England. The council is based in Hemel Hempstead. The borough also includes the towns of Berkhamsted and Tring and surrounding villages. The borough had a population of 155,081 in 2021. Dacorum was created in 1974 and is named after the medieval "hundred" (a type of county division) of Dacorum, which had covered a similar area. The borough of Dacorum is the westernmost of Hertfordshire's ten districts. It borders St Albans, Three Rivers, Buckinghamshire and Central Bedfordshire.
Aldbury
Aldbury () is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. It lies near to the borders of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, in the Bulbourne valley of the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The nearest towns are Tring and Berkhamsted. Uphill from the narrow valley are the Bridgewater monument and the Ashridge Estate, which is owned and managed by the National Trust.
Buncefield fire
conflagration, resulting from explosions at the Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal on 11 December 2005
Flaunden
Flaunden is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, close to the border with Buckinghamshire, on the edge of the Chiltern Hills. Old Flaunden was on the banks of the River Chess, but owing to constant flooding, the settlement moved up the hill to its present location in the 18th and early 19th century.
Bovingdon
Bovingdon is a village in Hertfordshire, England, south-west of Hemel Hempstead, and a civil parish within the local authority area of Dacorum. Situated close to the Buckinghamshire border, it forms the largest part of the ward of Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield, which had a population of 4,600 at the 2001 census, increasing to 9,000 at the 2011 Census.
Wigginton
village and civil parish in Dacorum district, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Flamstead
Flamstead is a village and civil parish in north-west Hertfordshire, England, close to the junction of the A5 and the M1 motorway at junction 9. The name is thought by some historians to be a corruption of the original Verulamstead.
Great Gaddesden
village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, UK
Little Gaddesden
village and civil parish in the English county of Hertfordshire
Chipperfield
Chipperfield is a village and civil parish in the Dacorum district of Hertfordshire, England, approximately five miles southwest of Hemel Hempstead and five miles north of Watford. It stands on a chalk plateau at the edge of the Chiltern Hills, between 130 and 160 metres above sea level.
Markyate
Markyate () is a village and civil parish in north-west Hertfordshire, close to the border with Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Nash Mills
village in Hertfordshire, England, UK
Northchurch
Northchurch is a village and civil parish in the Bulbourne valley in the county of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. It lies between the towns of Berkhamsted and Tring.
Nettleden with Potten End
civil parish in Dacorum, Hertfordshire, England
River Gade
river in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Potten End
village in west Hertfordshire, England
Nettleden
Nettleden is a small village in the civil parish of Nettleden with Potten End, in the Dacorum borough of Hertfordshire, England. It is in the Chiltern Hills, about north-west of Hemel Hempstead, near Little Gaddesden, Great Gaddesden and Frithsden.
Bourne End
village in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Puttenham
village in north west Hertfordshire, England
Apsley railway station
railway station in Apsley, England
Ashridge
thumb|View from Bridgewater Monument to the house Ashridge is a country estate and stately home in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated in the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about north of Berkhamsted and north west of London. The estate comprises of woodlands (known as Ashridge Forest), commons and chalk downland which supports a rich variety of wildlife.