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Hoddesdon
Hoddesdon Town Centre
Country	England
Latitude	51.759
Longitude	-0.015
Official Name	Hoddesdon
Shire District	Broxbourne
Shire County	Hertfordshire
Region	East of England
Constituency	Broxbourne
Post Town	Hoddesdon
Postcode District	EN11
Postcode Area	EN
Dial Code	01992
OS Grid Reference	TL365085
Population	20,250[1]

Welcome to Hoddesdon Online

This is the web guide to Hoddesdon - a picturesque market town located in rural Hertfordshire with excellent road and rail links to London and within easy reach of two international airports. This historic former coaching town boasts over 50 listed buildings including four seventeenth century inns, an attractive local museum, a recently-restored Victorian clock tower alongside half-timbered houses and elegant Georgian mansions.

Hoddesdon Leisure and Entertainment

The town has an excellent range of coffee shops, pubs, restaurants and fast food outlets. In addition to a recently-refurbished Library and the John Warner Sports Centre, there is Barclay Park with its pond and children’s playground, plus a large Civic Hall offering a diverse programme of popular entertainment, and a popular nightclub. Hoddesdon is at the epicentre of an assortment of leisure activities - the famous Rye House Speedway and RSPB Nature Reserve are just to the north; the Lea Valley Park with its sailing facilities, watersports and riverside walks is on the Eastern edge; the enormously popular Paradise Wildlife Park is a couple of miles to the South; while delightful woodland trails through the ancient Broxbourne Woods can be found on the Western outskirts of the town. To find out what's on in and around Hoddesdon Click Here.

Hoddesdon Shopping

Hoddesdon offers a great shopping experience with an excellent combination of high quality independent retailers, major banks and building societies, national chain stores and four supermarkets, plus a twice weekly outdoor market. There is a good selection of hairdressers, card shops, chemists, fashion stores, florists, jewellers and opticians. In addition to the main post office, the town also features individual shops specialising in fishing tackle, hand made furniture, books and weddings.

Getting to Hoddesdon

To find out how to get to Hoddesdon click here for directions

Hoddesdon Governance

Hoddesdon has two tiers of local government: county and district (borough). The area is unparished.

Borough council

Hoddesdon comprises three wards of the Borough of Broxbourne: Hoddesdon North, Hoddesdon Town and Rye Park. Each ward returns three borough councillors to the thirty-eight member council. Councillors are elected by thirds, with one councillor being elected each year except when there are county council elections. As of 2011 all nine of Hoddesdon's councillors are members of the Conservative Party, who hold a large majority on the council.

The borough council is responsible for services such as refuse, housing and planning.

County council

Hoddesdon returns two county councillors to the 77 member Hertfordshire County Council. One councillor is elected for each of the two electoral divisions of Hoddesdon North and Hoddesdon South (which also includes Broxbourne). The entire county council is elected every four years. The last elections were held in 2009. Both of Hoddesdon's county councillors are members of the majority Conservative group.

Civic history

Part of Hoddesdon was created an urban district by the Local Government Act 1894, the remainder becoming the parish of Hoddesdon Rural in the Ware Rural District. In 1937 a County Review Order enlarged the urban district by taking in the entire Hoddesdon Rural parish and parts of the parishes of Broxbourne, Great Amwell, Stanstead Abbotts and Wormley. The western boundary of the urban district was fixed by the track of the Roman Ermine Street. Hoddesdon Urban District was abolished in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, when it merged with Cheshunt Urban District to become the Borough of Broxbourne.

Hoddesdon Education

There are two state secondary schools in Hoddesdon - The John Warner School (a community, foundation comprehensive for 11-18 year olds) and Sheredes School (a community, comprehensive, for 11- 18). John Warner has specialist status in Science and Sheredes has a well regarded creative arts department.

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