Watford : Ask Biography

Administration

Full name

Watford

Official name

Borough of Watford

Settlement type

Town and Borough

Motto

Audentior

Country

United Kingdom

Constituent country

England

Region

East of England

County

Hertfordshire

Borough

Watford

Government

UK Parliament constituency

Watford

Type

Borough with Mayor & Cabinet

Mayor

Dorothy Thornhill

Richard Harrington (Conservative)

Geography

Total Area

8.3 sq mi (21.5 km2)

Elevation

232.9 ft (71 m)

Demography

Total Population

80000

Urban (pop.)

121000

Ethnicity

83.0% White
9.2% South Asian
3.5% Black
2.5% Mixed Race
1.6% Chinese or other

Other information

Time zone

GMT (UTC)

- Summer (DST)

Summer Time (British) (UTC+1)

Postcode area

Area code

01923

ONS code

26UK

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Watford c-enaudio=en-uk-Watford.oggˈwɒtfərd is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, situated 20 mi (32.2 km) northwest of central London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. The borough is separated from Greater London to the south by the urbanised parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District.

Watford was created as an urban district under the Local Government Act 1894, and became a municipal borough by grant of a charter in 1922.

The borough had 79,726 inhabitants at the time of the 2001 Census.

The most recent official estimates put the population of Watford at 79,600 at mid-2006.

The nearby areas of Croxley Green, Bushey, Rickmansworth, Chorleywood, Kings Langley, Abbots Langley, Carpenders Park and South Oxhey, located in Three Rivers and Hertsmere districts, also form part of the Watford postcode area.

The Watford urban area, which includes much of the neighbouring districts, had a total population of 120,960 in the 2001 census, making it the 47th largest urban area in England.