A BIKE RDE IN HERTFORD PART 4

Hertford (/ˈhɑːrt.fərd/, HART-fərd) is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. It lies 20 miles (32 km) north of Charing Cross in central London. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 29,418 and the built up area had a population of 28,800. The town grew around a ford on the River Lea, near its confluences with the rivers Mimram, Beane, and Rib. The Lea is navigable from the Thames up to Hertford. Fortified settlements were established on each side of the ford at Hertford in 913 AD. The county of Hertfordshire was established at a similar time, being named after and administered from Hertford. Hertford Castle was built shortly after the Norman Conquest and remained a royal residence until the early seventeenth century.