About Watford Constituency

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Watford constituency lies about 30 miles north of London in the South-West corner of the county of Hertfordshire. It includes the whole of the borough of Watford, together with the areas of Abbots Langley, Carpenders Park and Oxhey Hall, which are within the Three Rivers council area. Both Three Rivers and Watford councils are run by the Liberal Democrats.

Contact Details for the Liberal Democrats including Watford Borough and Three Rivers District Councillors.

The centre of the constituency supports a mixture of light engineering and service industries, with the town of Watford having established itself as a major shopping centre meeting the needs of people from the NW London Suburbs and West Hertfordshire. To the north there is a substantial amount of Greenbelt agricultural land.

Although many people both live and work in the Constituency, a substantial number commute daily to their jobs in Central London. Within the past few years a major development of the old Leavesden aerodrome has brought new work and housing to the north of the Constituency. Film Studios on the site are producing major international cinema productions, and multinational companies are taking up accommodation at a location that is close to key road and railway links.