Watford (pronounced /ˈwɒtfɚd/ ( listen)) is a town and district in Hertfordshire, England, situated 20 miles (32 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 urban parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District. The nearby areas of Bushey, Rickmansworth, Chorleywood, Kings Langley, Abbots Langley and South Oxhey, located in Three Rivers and Herts...
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Watford (pronounced /ˈwɒtfɚd/ ( listen)) is a town and district in Hertfordshire, England, situated 20 miles (32 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 urban parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District. The nearby areas of Bushey, Rickmansworth, Chorleywood, Kings Langley, Abbots Langley and South Oxhey, located in Three Rivers and Hertsmere districts, also form part of the Watford postcode area. The most recent official estimates put the population of Watford at 79,600 at mid-2006. The borough had 79,726 inhabitants at the time of the 2001 Census. The Watford urban area, which includes much of neighbouring Three Rivers, had a total population of 120,960 in the 2001 census, making it the 47th largest urban area in England. 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.
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