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.

Villages

• Ashwell
• Barley
• Barkway
• Bygrave
• Caldecote
• Clothall
• Codicote
• Graveley
• Great Offley
• Great Wymondley
• Holwell
• Kings Walden
• Kimpton
• Knebworth
• Hexton
• Hinxworth
• Langley
• Lilley
• Little Wymondley
• Ickleford
• Kelshall
• Newnham
• Norton
• Nuthampstead
• Old Letchworth
• Offley
• Pirton
• Preston
• Radwell
• Reed
• Rushden
• St Ippollitts
• St Paul's Walden
• Therfield
• Wallington
• Walsworth
• Weston
• Willian
• Whitwell