Buntingford is a little market town and also civil parish in the area of East Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England. It rests on the River Rib as well as on the Roman road Ermine Street. As a result of its place, it expanded primarily as a hosting article with numerous 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 community additionally has a yearly firework screen 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 town has many Georgian as well as middle ages buildings, such as Buntingford almshouses, Buntingford Manor House and the Red House. Buntingford was a stop-over on what was the major course in between London and also Cambridge, currently the A10. Due to its charm as a traveler community over the last few years, the community has actually grown considerably in the past few years, [when?] one of the most noticeable current addition being the "Bovis Estate" (c. 1990), informally named after the housing company that constructed there; its main road is Luynes Rise, called because of the town'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 actually grown additionally with further brand-new developments, significantly: The Village, Meadow Vale, Knights Walk & The Maples. The population of Buntingford is anticipated to rise by 1,500 to 6,500 citizens by 2021, marking the biggest period of growth since the 1960s when the previous Sainsbury's depot website was constructed and also housing estates to sustain new workers were created.