Buntingford is a tiny market community and civil parish in the area of East Hertfordshire and also area of Hertfordshire in England. It lies on the River Rib and on the Roman road Ermine Street. As a result of its place, it expanded mostly as a hosting article with many mentoring inns as well as has an 18th-century one-cell prison called The Cage, by the ford at the end of Church Street. It has a population of 4,820. The town likewise has an annual firework screen at The Bury, offered by Buntingford Town Football Club. It is Hertfordshire's smallest community. The Prime Meridian passes to the eastern of Buntingford. The town has many Georgian as well as middle ages structures, such as Buntingford almshouses, Buntingford Manor House as well as the Red House. Buntingford was a stop-over on what was the main course between London and Cambridge, now the A10. Due to its value as a commuter community recently, the community has actually grown substantially in the past couple of decades, [when?] the most noticeable current enhancement being the "Bovis Estate" (c. 1990), informally called after the housing firm that constructed there; its main road is Luynes Rise, called as a result of the community's twinning with Luynes (near Tours) in France. Various other housing estates are: Freman Drive, Vicarage Road, Snells Mead, Downhall Ley, Monks Walk, and also Kingfisher Park. Recently, the town has grown additionally with more brand-new growths, notably: The Village, Meadow Vale, Knights Walk & The Maples. The population of Buntingford is expected to increase by 1,500 to 6,500 residents by 2021, marking the biggest period of growth since the 1960s when the previous Sainsbury's depot website was built and also real estate estates to sustain brand-new employees were created.