Chiswell Green
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| Chiswell Green | |
  Chiswell Green shown within Hertfordshire |
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| Population | 2,802 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | St Albans |
| Shire county | Hertfordshire |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ST ALBANS |
| Postcode district | AL2 |
| Dialling code | 01727 |
| Police | Hertfordshire |
| Fire | Hertfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | St Albans |
| List of places: UK • England • Hertfordshire | |
Chiswell Green is a village in St Albans, Hertfordshire with a population of approximately 2,800, in the City and District of St Albans.
It is situated 2 miles south of St Albans on the North Orbital Road, close to Junction 21A of the M25.
To the south east of Chiswell Green is Park Street, and to the south, Bricket Wood.
There is one pub in the village, The Three Hammers. There are two schools sharing one site in West Avenue: Killigrew Junior School and Killigrew Infant and Nursery School.
Although described above as a village, there is not much "village" left. Originally positioned on Old Watford Road around The Three Hammers public house, Chiswell Green was much extended between the wars and shortly afterwards. It now is a medium-sized piece of suburbia.
[edit] Locality
Nearby places outside the district include Hatfield to the east, Welwyn Garden City to the northeast, Luton and Dunstable to the northwest, Hemel Hempstead to the west, Watford to the southwest and Borehamwood to the south.
[edit] Royal National Rose Society Gardens
The Royal National Rose Society Gardens (formerly the Gardens of the Rose) are the headquarters of The Royal National Rose Society located at Chiswell Green. The gardens contain thousands of rose varieties and are normally open to the public. They were closed for four years while the landscape gardener Michael Balston remodelled them. They reopened in June 2007.
