Key Connectivity
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38 mins
Bishops Stortford to London Liverpool Street
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48 mins
by rail to Cambridge
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20mins
20 mins M25 (Hertford via A10)
Smaller, similarly characterful settlements Buntingford and Sawbridgeworth, along with many unique villages and hamlets, such as High Wych and Much Hadham – where community and tradition are celebrated. East Herts is also a place for future growth. The Harlow and Gilston Garden Town will see 10,000 new homes in the Gilston area with new schools, parks, and transport links alongside 5 hectares of land for commercial uses.
Connected by bus, train and plane, East Hertfordshire sits between Stansted Airport (15 minutes from Bishop’s Stortford), Luton Airport (40 minutes away), London City Airport (one hour) and Heathrow Airport (one hour), whilst also being networked by the likes of National Rail, Abellio Greater Anglia, Stansted Express and Thameslink, offering services into London. Also available to residents in East Hertfordshire is Hertfordshire County Council’s Herts Lynx – an affordable, on demand transit service.
The county’s namesake, Hertford, was voted the fifth best place to the live in the East of England in 2023 (Metro), and will soon be welcoming a newly rebuilt, state-of-the-art theatre to its town centre. This jewel in the district’s crown will open later this year. It will take pride of place among the district council’s other recently completed community legacy projects, Grange Paddocks, and Hartham Leisure Centre, and will continue to build on East Herts’ rich cultural history.
Development Sites in East Hertfordshire
View all Opportunity sites in East HertfordshireCounty Hall
Location: Hertford - East Herts
Status: Complete
Total Site Area: 13.3 hectares
Total Floor Area: 200,000 sq. ft.
Hertfordshire County Council has vacated its longstanding County Hall location, and between 3,000 sq. ft. and 200,000 sq. ft. of grade B/C office accommodation is now available for occupancy. The original Grade II listed building was constr... Read more
Riverlabs
Location: Ware - East Herts
Status: Under Construction
Total Site Area: 11.3 hectares
Total Floor Area: 440,000 sq. ft.
Riverlabs is a new and exciting life sciences campus, ideally situated at the centre of the ‘Golden Triangle’ in Ware. A total of 440,000 sq. ft. (GIA) will be available in three phases. Riverlabs is set within a unique, open campus enviro... Read more
Harlow and Gilston Garden Town
Location: East Herts
Status: Various
Key info: Hertfordshire County Council and East Herts District Council working in partnership with Harlow Council, Epping Forest District Council and Essex County Council to create high-quality places that embrace and enable sustainable and healthy living alongside a thriving economy.
One of the biggest development and regeneration projects in the country ideally located in the London, Cambridge, Oxford ‘Golden Triangle’, Harlow & Gilston Garden Town (HGGT) will be facilitating 10,000 homes across seven villages in t... Read more