North Hertfordshire

North Hertfordshire District
Non-metropolitan district
North Hertfordshire shown within Hertfordshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Hertfordshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Letchworth
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	North Hertfordshire District Council
• Leadership	Leader and Cabinet (Labour-Liberal Democrat (council NOC))
• MPs	Bim Afolami Oliver Heald Stephen McPartland
Area
• Total	144.9 sq mi (375.4 km2)
• Rank	91st (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	134,159
• Rank	177th (of 296)
• Density	930/sq mi (360/km2)
• Ethnicity	91.4% White 4.0% S.Asian 1.9% Black 1.8% Mixed Race 0.9% Chinese or other
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	26UF (ONS) E07000099 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TL2355435083
Website	www.north-herts.gov.uk

North Hertfordshire is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Letchworth.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the amalgamation of the urban districts of Baldock, Hitchin, Letchworth, and Royston and the Hitchin Rural District.

From eastward clockwise, it borders the districts of East Hertfordshire, Stevenage, Welwyn Hatfield, St Albans in Hertfordshire, Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Central Bedfordshire again, and South Cambridgeshire.

Towns

• Baldock
• Hitchin
• Letchworth
• Royston
• Most of the Great Ashby development north east of Stevenage falls within North Hertfordshire.

Parishes and unparished areas

North Hertfordshire contains following civil parishes and unparished areas. Changes since 1974 resulting in creation or abolition of parishes are noted, but not boundary changes between parishes:

Area	Status	From	To	Parish authority	Notes
Ashwell	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Baldock	Unparished Area	1 Apr 1974	date	none	Former Baldock Urban District: no successor parish created and so became an unparished area.
Barley	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Barkway	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Bygrave	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Caldecote	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Grouped Parish Council	Shares grouped parish council with Newnham, called Caldecote and Newnham Parish Council.
Clothall	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Meeting
Codicote	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Graveley	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council	Ceded land to form parish of Great Ashby in 2011.
Great Ashby	Civil Parish	1 Apr 2011	date	Community Council	Created from part of Graveley in 2011.
Hexton	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Meeting
Hinxworth	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Hitchin	Unparished Area	1 Apr 1974	date	none	Former Hitchin Urban District: no successor parish created and so became an unparished area.
Holwell	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Ickleford	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Kelshall	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Meeting
Kimpton	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Kings Walden	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Knebworth	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Langley	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Meeting
Letchworth	Unparished Area	1 Apr 1974	31 Mar 2005	none	Former Letchworth Urban District: no successor parish created and so became an unparished area.
Letchworth Garden City	Civil Parish	1 Apr 2005	31 Mar 2013	Town Council
Letchworth Garden City	Unparished Area	1 Apr 2013	date	none	Parish and Town Council abolished 2013 to become an unparished area again.
Lilley	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Newnham	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Grouped Parish Council	Shares grouped parish council with Caldecote, called Caldecote and Newnham Parish Council.
Nuthampstead	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Meeting
Offley	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Pirton	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Preston	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Radwell	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Meeting
Reed	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Royston	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Town Council
Rushden	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Grouped Parish Council	Shares grouped parish council with Wallington, called Rushden and Wallington Parish Council.
Sandon	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
St Ippolyts	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
St Paul's Walden	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Therfield	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Wallington	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Grouped Parish Council	Shares grouped parish council with Rushden, called Rushden and Wallington Parish Council.
Weston	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council
Wymondley	Civil Parish	1 Apr 1974	date	Parish Council