Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire | |||
Location Map ( geo) | |||
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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 | |||
Hertfordshire is a traditional county immediately to the north of London.
Geography & Economy
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
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 | |
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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
Turnpikes
Junctions
Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings
Videos
Juggernauts in Stansted (1970-9)
Unused / unissued material - Colour material. Stanstead Abbotts/St. Margarets High Street