Potters Bar

Potters Bar
The Old Manor, Potters Bar
Baker Street
Potters Bar is located in Hertfordshire
Potters Bar
Potters Bar
Location within Hertfordshire
Population22,536 2021 Census
OS grid referenceTL255015
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPOTTERS BAR
Postcode districtEN6
Dialling code01707
PoliceHertfordshire
FireHertfordshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Hertfordshire
51°41′53″N 0°10′59″W / 51.698°N 0.183°W / 51.698; -0.183

Potters Bar is a town in Hertfordshire, England,[1] 13 miles (21 km) north of central London. In 2011, it had a population of 21,882.[2][n 1] In the 2021 census, the four wards that make up Potters Bar - Bentley Heath & The Royds, Furzefield, Oakmere and Parkfield - had a combined population of 22,536. This includes several smaller outlying hamlets contained in the Bentley Heath & The Royds ward, such as Bentley Heath and Ganwick Corner. In 2022 the population was around 23,325.[3]

Within the historic county of Middlesex until 1965, the town dates to the early 13th century but remained a small, mainly agricultural, settlement until the arrival of the Great Northern Railway in 1850.[4] It is now part of the London commuter belt.[5]

  1. ^ in the historic County of Middlesex - Hertsmere Borough Council Archived 29 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine – Community Strategy First Review (PDF)
  2. ^ Neighbourhood Statistics Archived 6 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine Office for National Statistics 2011 Census. Retrieved 1 June 2013
  3. ^ "Potters Bar (Hertfordshire, East of England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  4. ^ PBHistory Archived 15 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine – The history
  5. ^ North Hertfordshire Archived 30 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine – A Housing Strategy for the London Commuter Belt Sub-region 2005 – 2008 (PDF)


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