Coordinates: 51°44′58″N 0°01′18″W / 51.7495°N 0.0216°W
| Broxbourne | |
  Broxbourne
Broxbourne shown within Hertfordshire |
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| Population | 13,298 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Broxbourne |
| Shire county | Hertfordshire |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BROXBOURNE |
| Postcode district | EN10 |
| Dialling code | 01992 |
| Police | Hertfordshire |
| Fire | Hertfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | Broxbourne |
| List of places: UK • England • Hertfordshire | |
Broxbourne is a commuter town in the Broxbourne borough of Hertfordshire in the East of England with a population of 13,298 in 2001[1].
It is located 17.1 miles (27.5 km) north north-east of Charing Cross in London and about a mile (1.6 km) north of Wormley and south of Hoddesdon. The town is near to the River Lee which forms the boundary with Essex and is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north of the M25 motorway.
The Prime Meridian passes to the east of Broxbourne.
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Local government
Broxbourne was a civil parish in the Ware Rural District from 1894 to 1935. In the latter year the more heavily populated eastern end of the parish was added to the Hoddesdon Urban District, while the rural western portion remained in Ware Rural District, forming part of the civil parish of Brickendon Liberty.
The former area of Hoddesdon Urban District merged with that of Cheshunt Urban District to form the Borough of Broxbourne in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972.
Broxbourne now forms one of thirteen wards of the borough, returning three councillors.[2]
Business
The Borough of Broxbourne is home to the world's largest printing plant, which produces publications for News International including The Sun, The Times and the News of the World. Employing 200 people on a 23-acre (93,000 m2) site to produce 86,000 newspapers per hour on each of its twelve printing presses (a total capacity of over 1,000,000 newspapers per hour)[3], the plant cost £650 million and replaced the News International press in Wapping.[4]
2012 Summer Olympics
As part of the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Spitalbrook was chosen to host whitewater canoe and kayak slalom events in a venue.
On 8 October 2007 the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) announced that due to contamination risks at the planned Spitalbrook site, an alternative site six miles (10 km) south was being investigated.[5] Subsequently on 16 April 2008 it was announced that the venue would be built at nearby Waltham Cross and situated on what was (at the time of the relevant press release) the overflow car park for the showground at the River Lee Country Park.[6]. The venue will be known as the Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre.
See also
References
- ^ "Office for National Statistics, 2001 Census, Key Statistics for HCC settlements. Usual resident population (numbers)". http://www.hertsdirect.org/infobase/docs/pdfstore/tabKS01sett.pdf.
- ^ Councillors (Borough of Broxbourne Online), accessed September 24, 2007
- ^ "News International unveils 'biggest printing plant in the world', Press Gazette, 14 March 2008". http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=40595§ioncode=6.
- ^ BBC NEWS | UK | World's biggest print plant opens
- ^ Olympic Delivery Authority update
- ^ New Canoeing venue in Broxbourne confirmed for the London 2012 Olympic Games London2012.com Press Release, 16 April 2008
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