Buntingford is a tiny market community and also civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire as well as region of Hertfordshire in England. It rests on the River Rib and also on the Roman road Ermine Street. As a result of its place, it expanded mostly as a hosting article with many coaching inns and also 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 screen at The Bury, provided by Buntingford Town Football Club. It is Hertfordshire's smallest community. The Prime Meridian passes to the east of Buntingford. The town has lots of Georgian and also medieval structures, such as Buntingford almshouses, Buntingford Manor House and the Red House. Buntingford was a stop-over on what was the major path in between London and Cambridge, currently the A10. Due to its charm as a traveler town recently, the town has grown substantially in the past few decades, [when?] one of the most visible current enhancement being the "Bovis Estate" (c. 1990), informally called after the real estate company that created there; its highway is Luynes Rise, called because of the community's twinning with Luynes (near Tours) in France. Other housing estates are: Freman Drive, Vicarage Road, Snells Mead, Downhall Ley, Monks Walk, and Kingfisher Park. Lately, the town has expanded even more with more brand-new developments, especially: The Village, Meadow Vale, Knights Walk & The Maples. The population of Buntingford is expected to increase by 1,500 to 6,500 inhabitants by 2021, noting the largest duration of growth considering that the 1960s when the previous Sainsbury's depot site was built and also housing estates to sustain new workers were constructed.