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Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a county in England. It is one of the so-called Home Counties, those counties that border or surround Greater London. The county is also surrounded by Essex, Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. The county town is Hertford; the oldest city is St Albans.

Ceremonial county
Hertfordshire within England
Coordinates: 51°49′N 0°13′W / 51.817°N 0.217°W / 51.817; -0.217Coordinates: 51°49′N 0°13′W / 51.817°N 0.217°W / 51.817; -0.217
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionEast
EstablishedLikely 10th century
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
Members of ParliamentList of MPs
PoliceHertfordshire Constabulary
Ceremonial county
Lord LieutenantRobert Voss
High SheriffAnne Patricia Brewster[1] (2024-25)
Area1,643 km2 (634 sq mi)
 • Ranked36th of 48
Population (2005 est.)1,048,200
 • Ranked15th of 48
Density638/km2 (1,650/sq mi)
Ethnicity
  • 71.8% White British
  • 10% Other White
  • 8.6% Asian
  • 3.7% Black
  • 3.8% Mixed
  • 2.1% Other
  • (2021)[2]
Non-metropolitan county
County councilHertfordshire County Council
ExecutiveConservative
Admin HQHertford
Area1,643 km2 (634 sq mi)
 • Ranked of 26
Population1,048,200
 • Ranked6th of 26
Density638/km2 (1,650/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2GB-HRT
ONS code26
GSS codeE10000015
ITLUKH23
Websitehertfordshire.gov.uk
Districts
Hertfordshire numbered districts.svg
Districts of Hertfordshire
Districts
  1. North Hertfordshire
  2. Stevenage
  3. East Hertfordshire
  4. Dacorum
  5. City of St Albans
  6. Welwyn Hatfield
  7. Broxbourne
  8. Three Rivers
  9. Watford
  10. Hertsmere
Landscape
St Albans

Leading towns (2001 census)

Settlement Population
Hemel Hempstead 82,074
Stevenage 80,973
Watford 79,726
St Albans 64,038
Welwyn Garden City 43,252
Cheshunt 38,726
Bishop's Stortford 34,929
Letchworth 32,746
Borehamwood 31,616
Hitchin 30,769
Harpenden 27,959
Hatfield 27,883
Hertford 24,180
Potters Bar 21,639

Education

Hertfordshire has 26 independent schools and 73 state secondary schools. The state secondary schools are entirely comprehensive, although seven schools in the south and southwest of the county are partially selective.

The University of Hertfordshire, formerly the Hatfield Polytechnic, is a modern university. It is mostly in Hatfield, and has more than 23,000 students.

Independent schools

Some of the most notable secondary schools are:

Fame & fortune

Hertfordshire has been home to many famous people, including George Michael and Geri Halliwell. Victoria Beckham, born in Essex, was raised near Broxbourne in Hertfordshire. The Beckhams bought a £2.5 million house in Sawbridgeworth when they married in 1999. They sold it last year to insurance entrepreneur Neil Uttley for £11.4 million.[3]

The richest person in Hertfordshire is Mike Ashley, a retailing tycoon. His fortune is estimated as £3,650 million.[3] He owns Newcastle United F.C. and has an 8.9% share in owning Glasgow Rangers F.C.

Hertfordshire Media

  • The flag of the historic county of Hertfordshire

  • Peter de Wint, Cornfields near Tring Station, Hertfordshire, 1847, Princeton University Art Museum

  • Relief map of Hertfordshire, UK.*Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160%*Geographic limits: * West: 0.80W * East: 0.35E * North: 52.09N * South: 51.59N

  • View of one of the buildings at Hatfield Business Park, currently the headquarters of EE

  • Vicarage Road stadium in Watford

References

  1. ↑ No. 64345. 10 March 2023. p. 5286. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64345/page/5286 
  2. ↑ "Summary of Kent facts and figures". Hertfordshire County Council. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rich List, Hertfordshire Life, March 2015. p71




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