Buntingford is a tiny market community and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire as well as region of Hertfordshire in England. It pushes the River Rib and also on the Roman road Ermine Street. As a result of its area, it expanded mainly as a staging post with several mentoring inns as well as has an 18th-century one-cell jail known as The Cage, by the ford at the end of Church Street. It has a population of 4,820. The community likewise has an annual firework display at The Bury, presented by Buntingford Town Football Club. It is Hertfordshire's tiniest community. The Prime Meridian passes to the eastern of Buntingford. The community has lots of Georgian and also medieval structures, such as Buntingford almshouses, Buntingford Manor House and also the Red House. Buntingford was a stop-over on what was the major route between London and also Cambridge, currently the A10. Due to its worth as a commuter town in the last few years, the town has expanded substantially in the past few years, [when?] the most recognizable current addition being the "Bovis Estate" (c. 1990), informally called after the housing firm that built there; its highway 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 Kingfisher Park. Recently, the community has actually expanded even more with additional new advancements, notably: The Village, Meadow Vale, Knights Walk & The Maples. The population of Buntingford is expected to increase by 1,500 to 6,500 inhabitants by 2021, marking the biggest duration of growth because the 1960s when the previous Sainsbury's depot website was constructed and also real estate estates to sustain brand-new employees were built.