Watford
Watford is a town and district in Hertfordshire, England,
situated 19 miles (30 km) northwest of London and within
the bounds of the M25 motorway. The borough lies just
to the north of Greater London. The parish of Watford
Rural covers an area to the south of the borough of
Watford (which is largely urbanised), in the Three Rivers
District. The nearby areas of Bushey, Rickmansworth,
Chorleywood, Kings Langley, Abbots Langley and South
Oxhey, located in Three Rivers and Hertsmere districts,
also form part of the Watford postcode area. The most
recent official estimates put the population of Watford
at 79,600 at mid-2006. The borough had 79,726 inhabitants
at the time of the 2001 Census. The Watford urban area,
which includes much of neighbouring Three Rivers, had
a total population of 120,960 in the 2001 census, making
it the 47th largest urban area in England. Watford was
created as an urban district under the Local Government
Act 1894, and became a municipal borough by grant of
a charter in 1922.
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