Maple Cross
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| Population | 2'000 (apx) |
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| District | Three Rivers |
| Shire county | Hertfordshire |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | RICKMANSWORTH |
| Postcode district | WD3 9 |
| Dial code | 01923 |
| Police | Hertfordshire |
| Fire | Hertfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | South West Hertfordshire |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Hertfordshire | |
Maple Cross is a village in Hertfordshire, England with a large proportion of the housing being either council owned or formally council owned. The area is served by junction 17 of the M25 motorway, which makes up one of the boundaries of the village. It lies about 8km west of Watford.
Many multi-national business have offices here, including Cadbury, Renault, and the UK headquarters of construction company Skanska.
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[edit] Schools
Maple Cross has one school, Maple Cross JMI, located on the estates main thoroughfare, Denham Way. Secondary education is generally provided for in Rickmansworth or Watford.
[edit] Transport
[edit] Road
Maple Cross is bound by the M25 motorway. The areas main thoroughfare, Denham Way also forms part of the A412.
[edit] Bus
The area is served by the Greenline 724 route which runs from Heathrow Airport to Harlow, Essex via Watford and the local #6 which begins in Maple Cross and runs to Hemel Hempstead via Watford.
[edit] Sewage Treatment Plant
Maple Cross is also the location of the Thames Water Maple Lodge Sewage Treatment Works. The plant, with its sister site at Blackbirds Farm in Aldenham serve the whole of west Hertfordshire; an area with a population of 557'000 people.
The sewage plants claim to fame is its use as a storage facility for perfluorooctane sulfonate used to extinguish the fire at the Buncefield Oil Terminal. Sludge from the plant was also burnt to generate "green" electricity for the Millennium Dome.
The plant was used in 1952 to test diffused aeration technology,
