is a
Commuter town in the
Broxbourne borough of
Hertfordshire in the
East Of England .
It is located 17.1 miles (27.5 km) north north-east of Charing Cross in
London and about a mile (1.6 km) north of
Wormley and south of
Hoddesdon .
The town is near to the
River Lee which forms the boundary with
Essex and is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north of the
M25 Motorway .
As part of the
London 2012 Summer Olympics , Broxbourne will host canoeing events in a
Venue yet to be built.
Broxbourne was a
Civil Parish in the
Ware Rural District from
1894 to
1935 . In the latter year the more heavily populated eastern end of the parish was added to the
Hoddesdon Urban District , while the rural western portion remained in Ware Rural District, forming part of the civil parish of
Brickendon Liberty .
The Hoddesdon urban district merged with
Cheshunt to become the
Broxbourne district in 1974 under the
Local Government Act 1972 .
See also:
