Buntingford is a small market town and civil church in the area of East Hertfordshire and region of Hertfordshire in England. It lies on the River Rib and also on the Roman road Ermine Street. As a result of its area, it grew mostly as a staging message with several mentoring inns and has an 18th-century one-cell prison called The Cage, by the ford at the end of Church Street. It has a population of 4,820. The town also has a yearly firework display screen at The Bury, offered by Buntingford Town Football Club. It is Hertfordshire's tiniest town. The Prime Meridian passes to the eastern of Buntingford. The community has many Georgian and middle ages buildings, such as Buntingford almshouses, Buntingford Manor House as well as the Red House. Buntingford was a stop-over on what was the major route in between London and also Cambridge, currently the A10. Because of its value as a traveler town in recent years, the town has grown substantially in the past couple of years, [when?] the most noticeable current enhancement being the "Bovis Estate" (c. 1990), informally called after the real estate firm that created there; its main road is Luynes Rise, called due to the community's twinning with Luynes (near Tours) in France. Other real estate estates are: Freman Drive, Vicarage Road, Snells Mead, Downhall Ley, Monks Walk, and also Kingfisher Park. Recently, the community has actually expanded better with more brand-new developments, notably: The Village, Meadow Vale, Knights Walk & The Maples. The population of Buntingford is anticipated to increase by 1,500 to 6,500 citizens by 2021, marking the largest duration of advancement considering that the 1960s when the former Sainsbury's depot site was constructed as well as real estate estates to sustain brand-new workers were created.