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  latitude 5162541
  longitude -050768
  official Name Maple Cross
  population 2'000 (apx)
  shire District Three Rivers
  Shire County Hertfordshire
  region East of England
  constituency Westminster South West Hertfordshire
  post Town RICKMANSWORTH
  postcode District WD3 9
  postcode Area WD
  dial Code 01923
  os Grid Reference TQ034929


Maple Cross is a village in Hertfordshire , England with a large proportion of the housing being either council owned or formerly council owned. The area is served by junction 17 of the M25 Motorway , which makes up one of the boundaries of the village. It lies about 8km west of Watford .

Many multi-national business have offices here, including Cadbury , Renault, and the UK headquarters of construction company Skanska .


SCHOOLS

Maple Cross has one school, Maple Cross JMI, located on the main thoroughfare, Denham Way. Secondary education is generally provided for in Rickmansworth or Watford.


TRANSPORT


Road

Maple Cross is bound by the M25 Motorway . The areas main thoroughfare, Denham Way also forms part of the A412 .


Bus

The area is served by the Greenline 724 route which runs from Heathrow Airport to Harlow , Essex via Watford and the local #6 which begins in Maple Cross and runs to Hemel Hempstead via Watford.


SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT


Maple Cross is also the location of the Thames Water Maple Lodge Sewage Treatment Works. The plant, with its sister site at Blackbirds Farm in Aldenham serve the whole of west Hertfordshire; an area with a population of 557'000 people.

The sewage plants claim to fame is its use as a storage facility for perfluorooctane sulfonate used to extinguish the fire at the Buncefield Oil Terminal . Sludge from the plant was also burnt to generate "green" electricity for the Millennium Dome .

The plant was used in 1952 to test diffused Aeration technology,