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Hertfordshire has 50 towns of 2,500 or more and 61 villages and smaller places. Towns are graded against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more.

50graded towns

26grade A− or better

61villages and smaller places

Watfordlargest · 131,336

How Hertfordshire compares: its report card →

#1 in HertfordshireMoor ParkA⁺

#2 in HertfordshireHarpendenA⁺

Shop and Chinese takeaway, High Street, Watton at Stone

#3 in HertfordshireWatton at StoneA⁺

#4 in HertfordshireChorleywoodA⁺

Hertfordshire at a glance

What Hertfordshire is like

The typical Hertfordshire town grades highest on jobs & income and walkability against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on cost of living. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.

The typical town, subject by subjectThe median Hertfordshire town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town

How Hertfordshire’s towns grade overall50 graded towns

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26 of 50 (52%) grade A− or better, against 25% of UK towns.

Every town ranked by scoreThe full Hertfordshire list, with what drives each grade Compare two townsSide by side, subject by subject

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50 towns · ordered by Hertfordshire rank

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Moor Park

Town · 5,850 people · #23 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeA⁺HealthLowestDCost of living

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Harpenden

Large town · 30,964 people · #29 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeA⁺HealthLowestC⁻Cost of living

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Watton at Stone

Town · 2,614 people · #49 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺HealthASchoolsLowestCHazard risk

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Chorleywood

Town · 12,632 people · #59 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeA⁺SchoolsLowestDCost of living

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Hertford Heath

Town · 2,830 people · #82 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeAHazard riskLowestC⁺Cost of living

Oaklands

Town · 3,960 people · #106 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeA⁺HealthLowestDCost of living

Brookmans Park

Town · 4,033 people · #166 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺HealthA⁺Jobs & incomeLowestDCost of living

Bishop's Stortford

Large town · 40,916 people · #194 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityAJobs & incomeLowestCHazard risk

Chiswell Green

Town · 6,681 people · #222 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeASchoolsLowestC⁻Cost of living

Tring

Town · 11,961 people · #226 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeASchoolsLowestDCost of living

Berkhamsted

Large town · 21,236 people · #230 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeA⁺HealthLowestDCost of living

Redbourn

Town · 5,188 people · #240 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺SchoolsAHealthLowestCCost of living

Cuffley

Town · 4,350 people · #254 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺HealthA⁺Jobs & incomeLowestDCost of living

Bovingdon

Town · 5,313 people · #270 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeAHealthLowestDCost of living

St Albans

Large town · 75,544 people · #278 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺SchoolsA⁺WalkabilityLowestCCost of living

Rickmansworth

Large town · 26,290 people · #291 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeASchoolsLowestDHazard risk

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Hitchin

Large town · 35,220 people · #326 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityAJobs & incomeLowestCHazard risk

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Bricket Wood

Town · 4,624 people · #347 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeAHazard riskLowestC⁻Cost of living

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Wheathampstead

Town · 4,523 people · #352 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺HealthAJobs & incomeLowestC⁻Cost of living

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Royston

Town · 17,443 people · #415 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeAHealthLowestC⁻Schools

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Stanstead Abbotts

Town · 3,754 people · #429 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeAWalkabilityLowestD⁻Hazard risk

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Hertford

Large town · 28,807 people · #443 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeAWalkabilityLowestDHazard risk

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Codicote

Town · 2,677 people · #450 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASchoolsB⁺SafetyLowestCCost of living

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Radlett

Town · 8,182 people · #474 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeA⁺HealthLowestDCost of living

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Sawbridgeworth

Town · 10,471 people · #489 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeB⁺SchoolsLowestCHazard risk

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Welwyn

Town · 3,906 people · #521 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeA⁻SchoolsLowestDCost of living

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Abbots Langley and Kings Langley

Town · 18,203 people · #556 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Jobs & incomeA⁻HealthLowestC⁺Cost of living

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Ware

Town · 19,631 people · #606 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityA⁻Jobs & incomeLowestDHazard risk

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Knebworth

Town · 4,191 people · #629 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeAHazard riskLowestC⁻Schools

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Bushey

Large town · 28,427 people · #663 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityA⁻Jobs & incomeLowestC⁻Cost of living

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Baldock

Town · 10,613 people · #693 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskA⁻Jobs & incomeLowestCSafety

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Goff's Oak

Town · 3,503 people · #711 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthAJobs & incomeLowestDCost of living

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London Colney

Town · 7,932 people · #712 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASchoolsBHealthLowestDHazard risk

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Potters Bar

Large town · 23,394 people · #717 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺SchoolsAWalkabilityLowestC⁻Cost of living

Buntingford

Town · 7,877 people · #748 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthB⁺Jobs & incomeLowestC⁺Safety

Puckeridge and Standon

Town · 3,861 people · #874 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Jobs & incomeA⁻HealthLowestD⁻Schools

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Welwyn Garden City

Large town · 51,504 people · #1,019 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityB⁺Jobs & incomeLowestCSafety

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Watford

City · 131,336 people · #1,033 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityASchoolsLowestC⁻Safety

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Shenley

Town · 3,556 people · #1,098 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskAJobs & incomeLowestDCost of living

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Hoddesdon

Large town · 40,615 people · #1,115 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityB⁺Jobs & incomeLowestDCost of living

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Welham Green

Town · 2,962 people · #1,213 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskB⁺WalkabilityLowestC⁻Cost of living

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Letchworth

Large town · 33,993 people · #1,230 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityBHazard riskLowestC⁻Schools

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Markyate

Town · 3,174 people · #1,337 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻HealthB⁺Jobs & incomeLowestC⁻Walkability

Hatfield

Large town · 41,561 people · #1,394 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityBHazard riskLowestDSafety

Maple Cross

Town · 2,580 people · #1,429 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskBSchoolsLowestC⁻Safety

Cheshunt

Large town · 43,694 people · #1,461 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityB⁻Jobs & incomeLowestDCost of living

Borehamwood

Large town · 39,760 people · #1,527 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityB⁺Hazard riskLowestC⁻Safety

Stevenage

Large town · 94,462 people · #1,577 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityBHazard riskLowestC⁻Safety

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Hemel Hempstead

Large town · 95,995 people · #1,605 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺WalkabilityBHazard riskLowestC⁻Safety

Waltham Cross

Town · 11,936 people · #2,010 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityCJobs & incomeLowestDSafety

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Hertfordshire lists

Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.

All Hertfordshire rankings →

Best places to live50 towns · #1 Moor Park Best small towns24 towns · #1 Moor Park Most affordable towns50 towns · #1 Baldock Safest towns50 towns · #1 Oaklands Towns with the best schools50 towns · #1 Chorleywood and Harpenden Healthiest towns50 towns · #1 Brookmans Park Best towns for jobs & income50 towns · #1 Moor Park Most walkable towns50 towns · #1 Waltham Cross Towns with the lowest flood risk50 towns · #1 Baldock and 12 more Best towns for the outdoors50 towns · #1 Tring Most historic towns50 towns · #1 Hertford Towns with the most civic life50 towns · #1 Wheathampstead Towns with the highest household incomes50 towns · #1 HarpendenDescribed, no letters Towns with the lowest council tax50 towns · #1 Cheshunt and 2 moreDescribed, no letters Towns with the mildest winters50 towns · #1 Waltham CrossDescribed, no letters Towns with the warmest summers50 towns · #1 WareDescribed, no letters Towns with the coolest summers50 towns · #1 BerkhamstedDescribed, no letters Towns with the fewest frosts50 towns · #1 Waltham CrossDescribed, no letters Driest towns50 towns · #1 RoystonDescribed, no letters Wettest towns50 towns · #1 BerkhamstedDescribed, no letters

Villages and small towns

61 smaller places in Hertfordshire

Places of 1,000 to 2,500 people have subject grades on their pages, but no overall grade or rank. The search at the top finds these too.

Park Street and Frogmore2,256 Ashwell1,982 Ickleford1,936 Elstree1,737 Chipperfield1,678 Kimpton1,546 Sandridge1,457 Pirton1,452 Woolmer Green1,409 Walkern1,367 Hadham Cross1,275 Potten End1,270 Datchworth1,179 Colney Heath1,059 Flamstead1,055 Whitwell1,020 Great Amwell1,017 Little Wymondley1,003

43 places under 1,000 people

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Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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