Hatfield, Hertfordshire

Hatfield is a fairly large town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. It is in the borough of Welwyn Hatfield. It had a population of 39,201 at the 2011 Census.

History

Hatfield is of Saxon origin. Hatfield House, home of the Marquess of Salisbury, is the most important country house. Aircraft were built from the 1930s when de Havilland opened a factory until the 1990s when British Aerospace closed it. Aircraft design and manufacture employed more people there than any other industry. Hatfield was one of the post-war New Towns built around London. It has modernist architecture from the period. The University of Hertfordshire is based there.

Transportation

Hatfield is 20 miles (30 kilometres) north of London beside the A1(M) motorway and has direct trains to London King's Cross station, Finsbury Park and Moorgate. Commuters who work in London have moved into the area.

Hatfield, Hertfordshire Media

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  St Etheldreda's Church in Old Hatfield.

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  The Comet; the carving of the pillar is by Eric Kennington; the aircraft is not the original

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  Hatfield New Town centre, looking west along its axis.

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  Birchwood Leisure Centre: Combined leisure centre and headquarters of town council.

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  Old council offices, 16 St Albans Road East

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  The south wing of The Galleria with the connecting bridge on the right of the photograph, viewed from its north wing.

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  EE Head Office in Hatfield Business Park.

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  The memorial garden built alongside the East Coast Main Line.

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  Hatfield railway station viewed from the public footbridge.

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  Statue of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury in front of the park gates of Hatfield House.