Rickmansworth

Rickmansworth
View from St Mary's Church tower
Rickmansworth is located in Hertfordshire
Rickmansworth
Rickmansworth
Location within Hertfordshire
Population25,413 (2020 approx)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ061944
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRICKMANSWORTH
Postcode districtWD3
Dialling code01923
PoliceHertfordshire
FireHertfordshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
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UK
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Hertfordshire
51°38′18″N 0°27′57″W / 51.6383°N 0.4659°W / 51.6383; -0.4659

Rickmansworth (/ˈrɪkmənzwərθ/) is a town in south-west Hertfordshire, England, located approximately 17 miles (27 km) north-west of central London, 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Watford and inside the perimeter of the M25 motorway. The town is mainly to the north of the Grand Union Canal (formerly the Grand Junction Canal) and the River Colne.

Rickmansworth is the administrative seat of the Three Rivers District Council; the confluence of the River Chess and the River Gade with the Colne in Rickmansworth inspired the district's name. The enlarged Colne flows south to form a major tributary of the River Thames.

The town is served by the Metropolitan line of the London Underground and by Chiltern Railways of the National Rail network, between London Marylebone and Aylesbury.

  1. ^ "Town population 2011". City Populations. Retrieved 1 November 2016.