Buntingford is a small market town and civil church in the district of East Hertfordshire and also area of Hertfordshire in England. It lies on the River Rib and also on the Roman road Ermine Street. As a result of its place, it expanded primarily as a staging post with several coaching inns and has an 18th-century one-cell prison referred to as The Cage, by the ford at the end of Church Street. It has a population of 4,820. The community additionally has an annual firework display at The Bury, offered by Buntingford Town Football Club. It is Hertfordshire's tiniest community. The Prime Meridian passes to the east of Buntingford. The community has several Georgian and also medieval structures, such as Buntingford almshouses, Buntingford Manor House as well as the Red House. Buntingford was a stop-over on what was the major path between London as well as Cambridge, currently the A10. Due to its desirability as a commuter town in the last few years, the community has grown considerably in the past few decades, [when?] one of the most recognizable current addition being the "Bovis Estate" (c. 1990), informally called after the real estate firm that built there; its main road is Luynes Rise, named 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, as well as Kingfisher Park. Lately, the town has grown even more with further brand-new advancements, significantly: The Village, Meadow Vale, Knights Walk & The Maples. The population of Buntingford is anticipated to climb by 1,500 to 6,500 inhabitants by 2021, noting the biggest duration of advancement considering that the 1960s when the former Sainsbury's depot website was built as well as real estate estates to sustain brand-new employees were constructed.