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The District of North Hertfordshire
Located less than 40 miles from central London, North Hertfordshire is a predominantly rural district and contains interesting market towns and several picturesque villages. The district is an attractive area in which to live and work.
Transport Links
North Hertfordshire has good transport links. The A1(M) runs through the district and provides a fast route to London, the Midlands and the North. The M1, M11 and M25 are also all within easy travelling distance. The area is well served by the rail network with stations at Baldock, Hitchin, Letchworth and Royston. London Luton airport is less than 10 miles to the west of Hitchin and Stansted and Heathrow airports are less than an hour by car.
Population
North Hertfordshire has a population of 116,908.
| Total Population | 116,908 | Male | 56,967 |
| Under 14 years | 22,599 (19%) | Female | 59,941 |
| Over 60 years | 24,236 (21%) |
Source: 2001 Census © Crown Copyright (KS02)
For more information see the demographic page
See also The Hertfordshire Observatory at www.hertslink.org/hertsobservatory
Major Towns
(* Total population figures for each town made up of total ward population. Source: 2001 Census © Crown Copyright (KS02))
There are three historic towns (Baldock, Hitchin and Royston) and Letchworth, the worlds first Garden City. North Hertfordshire's attractive environment consists of not only the four established towns, but over 30 rural parishes with their many villages and hamlets.
For more information about the towns click on the links below
Baldock
Hitchin
Letchworth
Royston
The rural section of the North Hertfordshire District covers 127 square miles around the towns of Baldock, Hitchin, Letchworth and Royston and has boundaries with Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Essex. It is an important agricultural area with a few industries and in recent years it has grown considerably as a residential area with places such as Knebworth becoming almost small towns.
Most of the services and facilities available in the four towns are also offered in the villages, and the ease of communication with London, by the electrified rail services to Kings Cross and by the A1 trunk road, has done much to foster the area's popularity as a place in which to live.
Many of the villages, despite modern changes and growth, retain many picturesque and historic features as the following pages show.
Ashwell Barkway Barley
Bygrave Caldecote Clothall
Codicote Graveley Hexton
Hinxworth Holwell Ickleford
Kelshall Kimpton Kings Walden
Knebworth Langley Lilley
Newnham Nuthampstead Offley
Pirton Preston Radwell
Reed Rushden St. Ippollitts
St. Paul's Walden Sandon Therfield
Wallington Weston Wymondley
Accommodation
Visit www.bhl.org.uk for hotel or guest house accommodation. You can check availability online and make a reservation. At participating Tourist Information Centres you can use 'Roomcheck' computer system to book overnight accommodation.
Shopping
North Hertfordshire offers a wide range of shopping facilities combining high street names with traditional markets, interesting antique and craft centres and small speciality shops.
The larger shopping centres of Stevenage, Luton, Welwyn Garden City and Watford are all within easy travelling distance of North Hertfordshire. In addition Milton Keynes, Cambridge, Lakeside and Bluewater are less than 1 hour by car.