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Watford
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Watford
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town, local government district, non-metropolitan district, borough
- Settlement.total_type
- Borough
- Settlement.motto
- Audentior (Be Bold)
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Watford.JPG
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Coat of arms
- Settlement.blank_emblem_size
- 85px
- Settlement.image_map
- Watford UK locator map.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 200px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Watford within Hertfordshire
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Sovereign state
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- United Kingdom
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- England
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- East of England
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Hertfordshire
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- market town
- Official name
- Watford
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 90301
- Area
- 21.43
- Elevation
- 71
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Shares border with
- Chesham
- Official website
- www.watford.gov.uk
- Image
- Watford Town Hall (19716814084).jpg
Show 10 more facts
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Watford
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Watford
- twinned administrative body
- Pesaro
- Commons category
- Watford
- postal code
- WD
- topic's main category
- Category:Watford
- native label
- Watford
- different from
- Watford
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Gerhard Rohlfs
Sources (6)
via Wikidata · CC0
~39 min read
Encyclopedic overview
42 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Industrial Revolution
- 20th century
- Geography
- Religion
- Governance
- Town twinning
- Administrative history
- Economy
- Parks
- Cassiobury Park
- Cheslyn House and Gardens
- Woodside Park
- Heritage
- Theatres
- Watford Palace Theatre
- Pump House
- Watford Colosseum
- Museums
- Transport
- Road
- Buses
- Railway
- Abandoned railway schemes
- Future plans
- Air
- Waterways
- Cycling
- ''North of Watford'' expression
- Education
- Media
- Television
- Radio
- Newspapers
- Sport
- Notable people
- Freedom of the Borough
- Individuals
- Military Units
- References
- External links
Watford () is a town and non-metropolitan district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of Central London, on the banks of the River Colne.
Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, and breweries. While industry has declined in Watford, its location near London and transport links have attracted several companies to site their headquarters in the town. Cassiobury Park is a public park that was once the manor estate of the Earls of Essex.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Watford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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