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Coordinates: 51°43′40″N 0°21′29″W / 51.7277°N 0.3580°W
Chiswell Green 
Chiswell Green
Chiswell Green shown within HertfordshirePopulation 2,802 OS grid reference TL135045 District St Albans Shire county Hertfordshire Region East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town ST ALBANS Postcode district AL2 Dialling code 01727 Police Hertfordshire Fire Hertfordshire Ambulance East of England EU Parliament East of England UK Parliament St Albans List of places: UK • England • Hertfordshire Chiswell Green is an area, originally a village, in St Albans, Hertfordshire with a population of approximately 2,800, in the City and District of St Albans.
It is situated 2 miles south of St Albans on the North Orbital Road, close to Junction 21A of the M25.
To the south east of Chiswell Green is Park Street, and to the south, Bricket Wood.
There is one pub in Chiswell Green, The Three Hammers. There is one school in West Avenue: Killigrew Primary and Nursery School. This was formed by the amalgamation of two separate schools - Infant and Junior.
Originally positioned on Old Watford Road around The Three Hammers public house, Chiswell Green was much extended between the wars and shortly afterwards. It now is a medium-sized suburb.
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Locality
Nearby places outside the district include Hatfield to the east, Welwyn Garden City to the northeast, Luton and Dunstable to the northwest, Hemel Hempstead to the west, Watford to the southwest and Borehamwood to the south.
Local Myth
Around 2006, a Panther (unconfirmed) was seen in the woods behind chiswell green, since then, multiple people have said they have seen the panther, most recently, 3 panthers were spotted in St. Albans on august 16th 2010. Big black cats spotted in St.Albans>
Royal National Rose Society Gardens
The Royal National Rose Society Gardens (formerly the Gardens of the Rose) are the headquarters of The Royal National Rose Society located at Chiswell Green. The gardens contain thousands of rose varieties and are normally open to the public. They were closed for four years while the landscape gardener Michael Balston remodelled them. They reopened in June 2007.
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Categories:- Villages in Hertfordshire
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