Buntingford is a tiny market town and also civil church in the area of East Hertfordshire and region of Hertfordshire in England. It lies on the River Rib and on the Roman road Ermine Street. As a result of its area, it grew mostly as a hosting blog post with numerous mentoring inns and has an 18th-century one-cell jail referred to as The Cage, by the ford at the end of Church Street. It has a population of 4,820. The town likewise has a yearly firework display at The Bury, provided by Buntingford Town Football Club. It is Hertfordshire's smallest town. The Prime Meridian passes to the east of Buntingford. The community has lots of Georgian and also middle ages structures, such as Buntingford almshouses, Buntingford Manor House and also the Red House. Buntingford was a stop-over on what was the major route between London as well as Cambridge, currently the A10. Due to its desirability as a commuter community recently, the community has grown substantially in the past few years, [when?] one of the most obvious recent enhancement being the "Bovis Estate" (c. 1990), informally called after the housing firm that created there; its main road is Luynes Rise, named because of the town's twinning with Luynes (near Tours) in France. Various other housing estates are: Freman Drive, Vicarage Road, Snells Mead, Downhall Ley, Monks Walk, and Kingfisher Park. Recently, the town has actually expanded additionally with additional brand-new growths, especially: The Village, Meadow Vale, Knights Walk & The Maples. The population of Buntingford is expected to increase by 1,500 to 6,500 occupants by 2021, marking the largest duration of development given that the 1960s when the previous Sainsbury's depot website was constructed and also housing estates to sustain brand-new employees were created.