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East Hertfordshire District

Gilston

Gilston is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of , England. It is located a little over one mile north of the town of in the neighbouring county of .
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  • Type: Village with 777 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, UK
  • Also known as: “Gilston, Hertfordshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Harlow Town railway station and Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Railway station
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is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the town of in , England. It is 22 miles 59 chains down the line from and is situated between and stations.

Hospital
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The is an acute general hospital in , , England. It is managed by the NHS Trust.

Railway station
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is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the eastern part of in , England. It is 24 miles 36 chains down the line from and is situated between and stations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harlow and Old Harlow.

Town
Photo: Steve Cadman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a New Town in which was mostly developed after the Second World War. It includes a historic settlement which is now known as Old .

Suburb
Photo: Jurek and Trish Sienkiewicz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the old town area of , in , . It was the historical town centre prior to Harlow being designated a new town in 1947 during the new towns in the United Kingdom movement.

Suburb
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is an area and former civil parish in , England, that has been absorbed by the new town of and is now an electoral ward. It had a recorded population of 18 people in 1086, rising to 41 by 1524–25. is situated 2½ miles south of Gilston.

Gilston

Latitude
51.7896° or 51° 47′ 23″ north
Longitude
0.0993° or 0° 5′ 58″ east
Population
777
Elevation
190 feet (58 metres)
Open location code
9F32Q3QX+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2187110928
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7293701
Wiki­data ID
Q1867481
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Gilston” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Гилстон”
  • Cebuano: “Gilston”
  • Dutch: “Gilston”
  • French: “Gilston”
  • Irish: “Gilston”
  • Italian: “Gilston”
  • Ladin: “Gilston”
  • Persian: “گیلستون”
  • Polish: “Gilston”
  • Spanish: “Gilston”
  • Swedish: “Gilston”
  • Turkish: “Gilston”
  • Welsh: “Gilston”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gilston”. Photo: Melvyn Cousins, CC BY-SA 2.0.