Buntingford is a small market town as well as civil church in the district of East Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England. It rests on the River Rib and also on the Roman road Ermine Street. As a result of its area, it expanded generally as a staging blog post with numerous mentoring inns and also has an 18th-century one-cell prison known as The Cage, by the ford at the end of Church Street. It has a population of 4,820. The community likewise has an annual firework display at The Bury, offered by Buntingford Town Football Club. It is Hertfordshire's smallest community. The Prime Meridian passes to the east of Buntingford. The community has lots of Georgian and medieval buildings, such as Buntingford almshouses, Buntingford Manor House and the Red House. Buntingford was a stop-over on what was the major route in between London as well as Cambridge, currently the A10. As a result of its value as a commuter town in the last few years, the town has grown significantly in the past couple of decades, [when?] the most visible current addition being the "Bovis Estate" (c. 1990), informally called after the real estate firm that constructed there; its main road is Luynes Rise, named due to the community's twinning with Luynes (near Tours) in France. Various other real estate estates are: Freman Drive, Vicarage Road, Snells Mead, Downhall Ley, Monks Walk, and also Kingfisher Park. Lately, the town has actually expanded better with further 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, noting the biggest duration of development because the 1960s when the former Sainsbury's depot site was built and real estate estates to support brand-new workers were created.