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It lies in the valley of the River Hiz at the north-eastern end of the Chiltern Hills. It is 16 miles (26 km) north-west of the county town of Hertford, and 35 miles (56 km) north of London. The population at the 2021 census was 35,220.
Hitchin is a picturesque market town steeped in history with many Tudor and Georgian buildings. The thriving creative community and surrounding countryside and London links, make it a sought-after place to live.
Hitchin is a beautiful market town with so much to offer. Incredible history, an amazing shopping experience with an abundance of independent stores, a fantastic food and drink scene and entertainment, art and culture for all.
Hitchin is a historic market town in the north of Hertfordshire, four miles south-west of Letchworth Garden City. Interestingly the name 'Hitchin' was not used until the 17th century but the earliest record of a settlement here goes back 1000 years earlier, to the 7th century.
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- Hitchin Lavender. A crop that you’d associate with somewhere like Provence, lavender has been grown in the Hitchin countryside since the 16th century.
- St Mary’s Church. Hitchin’s parish church is the largest in Hertfordshire and is larger than a town of this size would have needed in Medieval times. Instead St Mary’s Church is testament to the wealth generated by the wool trade in the 14th and 15th centuries.
- British Schools Museum. This acclaimed museum is in a sprawling school building set up in a disused malthouse in 1810 and then extended through the rest of the 19th century.
- Market Place. Aside from lavender Hitchin’s main crop was corn, which was sold at the Market Place for more than 300 years. Attesting to this is the Corn Exchange on the square’s west side, dating to 1853 and once filled with stalls occupied by corn dealers and seed-sellers.
May 4, 2020 · Just 10 miles long, one of England’s smallest rivers, the Hiz rises a mile south of Hitchin. Its name is a medieval abbreviation of ‘Hitch’ and should be so pronounced, nobody does. Once used by local industry as a sewer, it is now a tranquil and clear flowing brook.
Hitchin is a 1 historic market. town in the north of Hertfordshire. It is twinned with the German town Bingen and the French town Nuits-Saint-Georges. Hitchin has its own character and several historic buildings can be found around the town centre, historic market place, Bancroft, Bucklersbury and Sun Street.
