19th April 2009 - by Harold Murphy
Infol About Hertfordshire, UK
Immediately in the north of Greater London is one of England's
finest counties called Hertfordshire and it is a portion of the
Eastern England Government Office Region. In most of the county
lives the London commuter belt. It joins its borders with those
in the east of Hertfordshire is Essex, in the west is
Buckinghamshire; in the north are Bedfordshire and
Cambridgeshire.
The apex point of the county is at 803 feet or 245 m above sea
level, and is situated at a quarter mile or to be more precise
its 400 m from the village of Hastoe that is near Tring.
Inspire of built up areas, most of the county is assigned to
agriculture. Some digging of sand and gravel happens in the St.
Albans region. Once upon a time clay was supplied to local
brick making and still is in Bovingdon.
Since 1613, fresh water is available to London from Ware,
through the New River, which was constructed under the
supervision of Hugh Myddleton. Much of the counties own water
supply comes from the chalk formation. Counties own rivers,
gave enthusiasm to upcoming industries such as paper industry
at Nash Mills.
Hertfordshire has HQs of many big and renowned UK companies.
The only loss suffered is of aircraft producer at Hatfield as
companies take benefit on land prices and shift to areas where
land can be bought cheaper and recruitment of workers is
easier. Generally, the land freed in this manner is used for
housing projects or service industries.
When visiting Hertfordshire, visit Aldenham Country Park, Beech
Bottom Dyke a large scale iron age protective or boundary
ditch, Berkhamsted Castle, de Havilland Aircraft Heritage
Centre, Magic Roundabout located at Hemel Hempstead, Mill Green
Watermill at Hatfield and many more such places are waiting to
entertain you.
As Hertfordshire is located on the routes that run between
London in the North, the North West and the Midlands so
consequently it is well connected by rail and road routes and
in the past was connected by canals.
The county has always been traversed by some of the principal
roads in England, originally the A1, A5, A41, M11, A1 M and the
M25. Commuter routes extend to serve the penetrating routes and
the London Underground reaches to Watford.
Stansted and Luton are the two international airports that are
located just outside the county. At Elstree, there is a busy,
but small airport for light aircraft.
The Grand Union Canal that flows in west Hertfordshire, passing
through Watford, Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted. Hertfordshire
has twenty six independent and seventy three state secondary
schools. The state secondary schools are entirely controlled,
although seven schools in the south and southwest of the county
are little bit selective. All the state schools have sixth
forms, but no sixth form college is there.
The third grade colleges, each with many campuses, are North
Hertfordshire College, Oaklands College, Hertford Regional
College and West Herts College. The University of Hertfordshire
is a new and modern university, located mostly in Hatfield.
Clearly Hertfordshire is well worth a visit for all UK
Tourists.
Source: http://articlesabroad.com
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