Hemel hempstead

After the Second World War Hemel Hempstead was chosen as a New Town to answer the UK’s need for extra housing, and what was once a small settlement on the ... Read more

The high street in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. In the background on the left is the Town Hall, formerly the Corn Exchange.

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Hemel is more than just a soulless commuter town plonked between Watford and Luton, discovers Helen Coffey

Photo of Hemel Hempstead, c.1960 from Francis Frith

It played host to some of the biggest names of rock'n'roll '“ and for many, the memories of the acts they saw at the Hemel Hempstead Pavilion live on.

Gadebridge park is on the northern edges of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, and is Dacorum's principal park, forming a green wedge of urban countryside running into the heart of the town. The park is divided into two main areas, separated by the Leighton Buzzard Road, with a total area of about 32 hectares. Of this, 20 hectares are to the west of the Leighton Buzzard Road, which includes a listed excavated and re-interred Roman archaeological site, a play area and the Field of Hope…

St. Mary's church, Apsley, Hemel Hempstead

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Heath Park Halt lay just south of the present 'magic roundabout' in Hemel Hempstead; around 1910.