Sele Farm is an area on the north-western edge of Hertford, Hertfordshire.

Geography

Sele Farm is mostly 60 metres above sea level, on a hill between the

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River Beane The River Beane is a short river in the county of Hertfordshire, England. A tributary of the River Lea, it rises to the south-west of Sandon in the hills northeast of Stevenage and joins the Lea at Hartham Common in Hertford. Watermills ...

Area

The area is surrounded by fields and farmland with a mix of social and private housing. It has a variety of shops located in Fleming Crescent. A doctor's surgery is located nearby in Tudor Way. The Golden Griffin public house is at the intersection of Welwyn Road and Windsor Drive. Opposite the pub is Calton Court, a flexicare housing scheme provided by Riversmead Housing Association, which was opened in March 2013 by

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MP. The Sele Farm area extends across the road to contain the Sele School and Thieves Lane up to and including Turpins Close.calton avenue of Bentley roAd Sele Farm has several regular bus services including the 395, to Hertford town centre and

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. The 310 goes from Sele Farm south to Waltham Cross. The 379 stops at the end of Windsor Drive and goes to Stevenage via Bramfield,

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Knebworth Knebworth is a village and civil parish in the north of Hertfordshire, England, immediately south of Stevenage. The civil parish covers an area between the villages of Datchworth, Woolmer Green, Codicote, Kimpton, Whitwell, St Paul's Walden ...

. The 724, which stops on Welwyn Road, goes east terminating at Harlow via Ware and west to

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via

Welwyn Garden City Welwyn Garden City ( ) is a town in Hertfordshire, England, north of London. It was the second garden city in England (founded 1920) and one of the first new towns (designated 1948). It is unique in being both a garden city and a new town and ...

, Hatfield, St Albans,

Watford Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, and ...

and

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. Bus links to other nearby towns are located within walking distance e.g. the 390 to Stevenage.

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( HFN) is nearby at the bottom of Welwyn Road and runs on the Hertford Loop Line southbound to London King's Cross or

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and northbound to Stevenage and the East Coast Main Line. One primary school, St Andrews CE School, is located within Sele Farm and there are 2 others nearby, Hollybush JMI and St Joseph's Catholic school. A senior school,

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, accommodating Selections Children's Centre is situated on the estate. Sele Farm contains two children's play parks, one in Bentley Road, and the other at the rear of the area on The Ridgeway estate. The Ridgeway Local Park borders the Sele Farm Community Centre and a multi use games area, opened in 2008. It has been awarded the

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continually since 2009. In addition to these parks, the estate has a number of open spaces. There is a

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unit on Hawthorn Close off Tudor Way. Hertford Cemetery is behind Tudor Way and the entrance is on Bramfield Road. Nearby Sele Mill on North Road was the first recorded paper mill in the UK and went into production circa 1488.

References

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