Buntingford is a little market community as well as civil church in the district of East Hertfordshire and also area of Hertfordshire in England. It pushes the River Rib as well as on the Roman road Ermine Street. As a result of its location, it grew primarily as a staging article with several coaching 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 screen at The Bury, presented 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 as well as middle ages structures, such as Buntingford almshouses, Buntingford Manor House and the Red House. Buntingford was a stop-over on what was the primary course between London and also Cambridge, now the A10. As a result of its worth as a commuter community in recent years, the community has actually expanded significantly in the past few decades, [when?] the most visible recent addition being the "Bovis Estate" (c. 1990), informally called after the real estate firm that created there; its main road is Luynes Rise, called because of the town's twinning with Luynes (near Tours) in France. Other real estate estates are: Freman Drive, Vicarage Road, Snells Mead, Downhall Ley, Monks Walk, as well as Kingfisher Park. Recently, the community has grown additionally with more brand-new growths, significantly: 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 biggest period of advancement because the 1960s when the previous Sainsbury's depot site was created and also housing estates to sustain new workers were built.