East of England
Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire District

Shire Hall

The Shire Hall is a municipal building in Fore Street, , the county town of , England. The building, which currently serves as a Magistrates' Court, is a Grade I listed building.
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  • Type: Courthouse
  • Description: Grade I listed building in East Hertfordshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Shire Hall, Hertford”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hertford Museum and The Salisbury Arms.

Museum
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is a local museum in , the county town of , England. The museum first opened in 1903 and is located in a 17th-century town house with a Jacobean-style knot garden. is situated 360 feet north of Shire Hall.

Hotel
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is a hotel.

Castle
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is a Norman era castle built beside the in , the county town of , . Most of the internal buildings of the structure have been demolished. is situated 810 feet southwest of Shire Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hertford and Horns Mill.

Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the county town of in England and has a population of around 29,000 in 2021. It was the birthplace of Samuel Stone, who is credited with being the founder of , Connecticut.

Suburb
is an area and suburb of south , .

Suburb
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is a suburb and former village and civil parish on the north-west edge of the county town of in , England. It is an electoral ward of Hertford.

Shire Hall

Latitude
51.79625° or 51° 47′ 47″ north
Longitude
-0.07752° or 0° 4′ 39″ west
Levels
2
Height
43 feet (13 metres)
Open location code
9C3XQWWC+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 11008429
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­courthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q17528941
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Highlights include White Hart Inn and Salisbury Square.

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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 “Shire Hall”. Photo: Melvyn Cousins, CC BY-SA 2.0.