Potters Bar | |
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![]() The Old Manor, Potters Bar | |
![]() Baker Street | |
Location within Hertfordshire | |
Population | 22,536 2021 Census |
OS grid reference | TL255015 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | POTTERS BAR |
Postcode district | EN6 |
Dialling code | 01707 |
Police | Hertfordshire |
Fire | Hertfordshire |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
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]
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