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Hertfordshire
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Primary Destinations
Hemel Hempstead • Hertford • St Albans • Stevenage • Watford
Other Important Destinations
Baldock • Barnet • Bishops Stortford • Cheshunt • Hatfield • Hitchin • Letchworth • Rickmansworth • Tring • Welwyn Garden City
Current Highway Authorities
Barnet LBC • Hertfordshire County Council
Borders
Bedfordshire • Buckinghamshire • Cambridgeshire • Essex • Middlesex
National Highways Roads
M1 • M25 • A1(M) • A1 • A5 • A405 • A414
Transport for London Roads
A1
This article is about the county.
For the Highway Authority, see Hertfordshire Council
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Hertfordshire is a traditional county immediately to the north of London.

Geography & Economy

Letchworth Garden City

Hertfordshire heads north from the edge of London; indeed part of the Greater London conurbation lies within the county, which extends some distance inside the M25. Much of Hertfordshire is built-up, with the county becoming more rural in the north. Although the county is largely low-lying it does merge into the Chilterns in the west. The county is within the London commuter belt, with good transport links to the capital, although Hertfordshire has its own industry and agriculture is still important. There are a number of New Towns and Garden Cities. St Albans is known for its Roman remains.

Roads

Tunnel on the A505 Baldock bypass

Owing to its proximity to London, most traffic heading north from the capital has to pass through Hertfordshire; the A5 and A1 pass through the county, as does the original route of the A6 (although that road no longer exists south of Luton). As such, with a handful of exceptions (most notably the A414 and A505), the county's road network radiates out of London. However, some of the more minor Class II roads are remarkably narrow. The first roundabout in the country, Sollershot Circus, was built in Letchworth Garden City. Hertfordshire is in the debatable situation of having two downgraded motorways: the A10 (now A414) and A41(M) (now A41).

Most of the non-trunk roads in Hertfordshire are maintained by Hertfordshire County Council, although the area around Chipping Barnet is maintained by Barnet London Borough Council. National Highways maintain the main M25, M1 and A1/A1(M). The A5 is still trunk (although plans are underway to bypass this) and there are a couple of other trunk roads near St Albans. Part of the A1 is maintained by Transport for London, the only road in Hertfordshire under their control.

At one time the A5 and A6 cannoned off each other in the centre of St Albans but both roads have now been downgraded here.

Route From To Length
M1 Staples Corner, Middlesex Hook Moor, Yorkshire 200 miles View
M10 Hemel Hempstead Park Street 2.7 miles View
M11 Woodford, Essex Girton, Cambridgeshire 51 miles View
M16 Bushey, Hertfordshire Purfleet, Essex 3 miles View
M25 Fleet Downs, near Dartford Thurrock 117 miles View
M100 South Mimms Pelaw 256 miles View
Ringway 3 Bushey, Hertfordshire Bushey, Hertfordshire 103 miles View
Ringway 4 Chevening Navestock 126 miles View  
A1(M) South Mimms Washington 122 miles View
A11(M) Stratford Bishops Stortford 32 miles View
A41(M) Bucklandwharf Tring 2 miles View
A1 London Edinburgh 396 miles View
A5 London Holyhead 252 miles View
A6 Luton Carlisle 299 miles View
A10 Monument, London Hardwick Roundabout, King's Lynn 99.7 miles View
A11 London Norwich 61.8 miles View
A14 Royston Alconbury 26.5 miles View
A41 London Birkenhead 204 miles View
A108 Wood Green Cheshunt 10.7 miles View
A110 Woodford Wells Barnet 10.8 miles View
A111 Palmers Green Potters Bar 6.8 miles View
A119 Ware Watton at Stone 7.4 miles View
A120 Puckeridge Harwich 63.7 miles View
A121 Waltham Cross Woodford Wells 10.0 miles View
A404 Marylebone, London Maidenhead 43.5 miles View
A405 Leavesden Green Park Street 4.8 miles View
A409 Harrow Bushey Heath 4.7 miles View
A411 Barnet Hunton Bridge 13.8 miles View
A412 Slough Garston, Watford 18.9 miles View
A414 Apsley, Hemel Hempstead Maldon 66.9 miles View
A416 Amersham Berkhamsted 8.1 miles View
A500 Marble Arch Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley 8.0 miles View
A505 Leighton Buzzard Great Abington 49.2 miles View
A507 Brogborough Buntingford 31.4 miles View
A555 Highgate Hatfield 17.5 miles View
A600 Hitchin Bedford 18.2 miles View
A602 Hitchin Ware 15.6 miles View
A1000 East Finchley, London Welwyn Garden City 21.0 miles View
A1001 Millward's Park Oldings Corner 4.1 miles View
A1010 Bruce Grove, Tottenham Waltham Cross 7.0 miles View
A1032 Hoddesdon St Margarets 2.0 miles View
A1057 Hatfield St Albans 4.2 miles View
A1059 London Road Hadham Road 0.9 miles View
A1060 Bishop's Stortford Sandon, Chelmsford 21.5 miles View
A1070 Horizon Technology Park Stevenage Town Centre 0.3 miles View
A1070 Martins Way Gunnels Wood Road 2.8 miles View
A1072 Broadhall Way Verity Way 4.0 miles View
A1081 High Barnet Luton Airport 20.5 miles View
A1155 Gunnels Wood Road Martins Way 2.5 miles View
A1170 Ware By Pass Turnford 8.5 miles View
A1184 Harlow Bishop's Stortford By Pass 6.9 miles View
A1241 Great Cambridge Road Goff's Lane 1.5 miles View
A1250 Stortford Park Birchanger Green 3.0 miles View
A4008 Watford East Hatch End, Harrow 5.5 miles View
A4125 Northwood, London Watford 3.9 miles View
A4140 Brent Bushey Heath 6.3 miles View
A4145 Batchworth Watford 4.6 miles View
A4146 Hemel Hempstead Milton Keynes 16.7 miles View
A4147 Hemel Hempstead St Albans 8.3 miles View
A4160 Aston Clinton Dunstable 11.3 miles View
A4163 The Grove Leavesden Green 0.7 miles View
A4178 Oxhey Watford 1.2 miles View
A4251 Kings Langley Wigginton 12.1 miles View
A5088 West Hampstead Hunton Bridge 14.6 miles View
A5092 Mill Hill Hatfield 11.7 miles View
A5109 Edgware Whetstone 5.3 miles View
A5135 Rowley Green Elstree Studios 1.2 miles View
A5160 Dunstable Bourne Bridge 39 miles View
A5183 Elstree Dunstable 21.8 miles View
A6000 Old Park Road High Street 0.3 miles View
A6115 Welwyn town centre The Clock Hotel 0.4 miles View
A6129 Hatfield (N) Welwyn Garden City 1.5 miles View
A6132 Bedford Road Cambridge Road 0.9 miles View
A6141 Letchworth Baldock 3.3 miles View  
B156 Potters Bar Turnford 7.4 miles View
B157 Brookmans Park Cuffley 3.3 miles View
B158 Brookmans Park Tonwell 10.9 miles View
B176 Waltham Cross Turnford 2.7 miles View
B179 Hoddesdon Stanstead St Margaret's 2.0 miles View
B180 Stanstead Abbotts Widford 3.7 miles View
B181 Great Amwell North Weald Bassett 13.6 miles View
B190 Stanborough Lemsford 3.5 miles View
B193 Barnet East Barnet 1.0 mile View
B194 Waltham Abbey Broxbourne 6.0 miles View
B195 Cole Green Lemsford 4.4 miles View
B197 Hatfield House Baldock 19.0 miles View
B198 Goff's Lane, Cheshunt Turner's Hill, Cheshunt 1.8 miles View
B440 Hemel Hempstead Leighton Buzzard 12.4 miles View
B460 Hatch End Oxhey 3.1 miles View
B462 Radlett Oxhey 4.1 miles View
B468 Northwood Oxhey 3.9 miles View
B486 Tring town centre Tring Wharf 0.89 miles View
B486 Boxmoor Leighton Buzzard 15.6 miles View
B487 Hemel Hempstead Harpenden Common 5.9 miles View
B488 Tring Linslade 9.9 miles View
B489 Buckland Dunstable 10.6 miles View
B552 Hendon Barnet Gate 4.7 miles View
B553 Edgware Whetstone 5.4 miles View
B554 Highwood Hill Barnet Gate 0.9 miles View
B555 Radlett Hatfield 6.6 miles View
B556 Potters Bar Radlett 7.5 miles View
B651 St Albans Rush Green 12.3 miles View
B652 Harpenden Kimpton 4.7 miles View
B653 Luton Stanborough 10.7 miles View
B655 Barton-le-Clay Hitchin 7.5 miles View
B656 Welwyn Pixmore Way, Baldock 15.5 miles View
B656 Letchworth Lannock Hill 1.9 miles View
B657 Baldock Road Letchworth Station 0.9 miles View
B691 Chequer Street Hatfield Road 0.7 miles View
B1000 Welwyn Garden City Hertford 4.3 miles View
B1001 Ware bypass Ware town centre 0.7 miles View
B1002 Ware Bishop's Stortford 11.6 miles View
B1003 High Street London Road 0.8 miles View
B1004 Bishop's Stortford Ware 13.1 miles View
B1005 Bishop's Stortford Hatfield Heath 3.9 miles View
B1037 Pin Green, Stevenage Cottered 5.5 miles View
B1038 Buntingford Newport 11.7 miles View
B1039 Royston Wendens Ambo 11.2 miles View
B1197 Hoddesdon Hertford 3.1 miles View
B1368 Puckeridge Hauxton 19.6 miles View
B1383 Bishop's Stortford Stump Cross 17.5 miles View
B1453 Whetstone Osidge 1.3 miles View
B1455 Holwell Caravan Site Essendon 0.5 miles View
B1502 Hertford Great Amwell 2.4 miles View
B1529 London Road Hadham Road 1.0 mile View
B4021 Rectory Road Church Street 0.3 miles View
B4504 Batchworth Watford 3.8 miles View
B4505 Chesham Boxmoor 6.5 miles View
B4506 Northchurch Whipsnade 7.3 miles View
B4539 North Western Avenue St Albans Road 1.6 miles View
B4540 Whipsnade (W) Luton 7.8 miles View
B4542 Eastbury The Rookery 3.5 miles View
B4630 Noke roundabout, Chiswell Green St Stephen's, St Albans 1.6 miles View
B4635 Bucklandwharf Tring(SE) 2.0 miles View
B5378 Elstree London Colney 7.2 miles View
B6424 London Road Victoria Street 0.21 miles View
B6426 The Comet Roundabout, Hatfield Great North Road, Hatfield 1.6 miles View
B6426 St Albans Water End, North Mymms 3.8 miles View     
T1 London Scrabster View
T11 London Holyhead View
T12 London Inverness View
T31 London Kings Lynn View
T35 London Birmingham View
T102 Hunton Bridge Hatfield 11.5 miles View

Key

Motorway
Primary Route
Non Primary Route
Former Motorway
Defunct Route
E Road
Future Motorway
Future Primary
Future Non Primary
Historical Route
Tourist Route
Roman Road
Unbuilt Motorway
Unbuilt Primary
Unbuilt Non Primary
National Cycle Network
Cycle Route
Eurovelo Cycle Route

Turnpikes

Main Article: Hertfordshire Turnpikes

Junctions

Main Article: Junctions in Hertfordshire


Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Crossings in Hertfordshire



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Hertfordshire
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Roads
A1 • A1(M) • A5 • A6 • A10 • A11 • A11(M) • A14 (Royston - Alconbury) • A41 • A41(M) • A108 (North London) • A110 • A111 • A119 • A120 • A121 • A404 • A405 • A409 • A411 • A412 • A414 • A416 • A500 (Marble Arch - Finchley) • A505 • A507 • A555 (Barnet Bypass) • A600 • A601 (Luton - Bourn Bridge) • A602 • A1000 • A1001 • A1010 • A1032 (Hertfordshire) • A1057 • A1059 (Bishops Stortford) • A1060 • A1070 • A1070 (Fairlands Way, Stevenage) • A1072 • A1081 • A1155 • A1170 • A1184 • A1241 • A1250 • A4008 • A4125 • A4140 • A4145 • A4146 • A4147 • A4160 (Aston Clinton - Dunstable) • A4163 • A4178 • A4251 • A5088 (Watford Bypass) • A5092 (Barnet Bypass) • A5109 • A5135 • A5160 • A5183 • A6000 • A6115 (Welwyn) • A6129 • A6132 • A6141 • Akeman Street • B156 • B157 • B158 • B176 • B179 (Hertfordshire) • B180 • B181 • B190 • B193 • B194 • B195 • B197 • B198 (Cheshunt) • B440 • B460 • B462 • B468 • B486 • B486 (Boxmoor - Leighton Buzzard) • B487 • B488 • B489 • B552 • B553 • B554 • B555 • B556 • B651 • B652 • B653 • B655 • B656 • B656 (Willian) • B657 • B691 • B1000 • B1001 • B1002 (Hertfordshire) • B1003 (Bishops Stortford) • B1004 • B1005 • B1037 • B1038 • B1039 • B1197 • B1368 • B1383 • B1453 • B1455 • B1502 • B1529 • B4021 (Rickmansworth) • B4504 (Rickmansworth - Watford) • B4505 • B4506 • B4539 • B4540 • B4542 • B4630 • B4635 • B5378 • B6424 • B6426 • B6426 (St Albans - Water End) • Cublington Airport Motorway • E13 • E15 • E30 • E31 (via Carlisle) • E31 (via Newcastle) • E33 (London - Glasgow) • Ermine Street • Great North Road • Hatfield - Reading Turnpike • Holyhead Road • Icknield Way • M1 • M10 • M11 • M16 • M25 • M100 • POLO • Ringway 3 • Ringway 4 • Stane Street (East Anglia) • T1 (Britain) • T11 (Britain) • T12 (Britain) • T31 (Britain) • T35 (Britain) • T102 (Britain) • Watling Street
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