Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is one of England’s Home Counties sharing borders with Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex.

Hertfordshire lies to the north of London - indeed its southernmost extremities blur into the expanding sprawl of Greater London. Its motorway network (the A1, M1 and M25 all run through the county) and rail services, make Hertfordshire a popular place for the capital’s commuters to live. Yet there is much more to Hertfordshire than dormitory towns and mile after mile of motorway and train tracks; the county is steeped in history, offers beautiful scenery and a host of landmarks and attractions.

Hertfordshire has a large number of historic towns and villages, but in the late 20th Century, with the need to re-house many of London’s inhabitants after the Second World War, New Towns began to spring up - the very first of these was Stevenage and several others including Welwyn Garden City and Letchworth soon followed.