Maple Cross

Maple Cross

Coordinates: 51°37′30″N 0°30′29″W / 51.625°N 0.508°W / 51.625; -0.508

Maple Cross
Maple Cross is located in Hertfordshire
Maple Cross

 Maple Cross shown within Hertfordshire
Population 2,000 (approx)
OS grid reference TQ034929
District Three Rivers
Shire county Hertfordshire
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town RICKMANSWORTH
Postcode district WD3 9
Dialling code 01923
Police Hertfordshire
Fire Hertfordshire
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK Parliament South West Hertfordshire
List of places: UK • England • Hertfordshire

Maple Cross is a village in Hertfordshire, England with a large proportion of the housing being either council owned or previously council owned. The area is served by junction 17 of the M25 motorway, which makes up one of the boundaries of the village. It lies about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of Watford.

Many multi-national businesses have offices here, including Nissan, Renault, and the UK headquarters of construction company Skanska.

Contents

Schools

Maple Cross has one school, Maple Cross JMI, located on the main thoroughfare, Denham Way. Secondary education is generally provided for in Rickmansworth, Watford or Harefield (London).

Transport

Maple Cross is bound by the M25 motorway. The areas main thoroughfare, Denham Way also forms part of the A412.

One road in Maple Cross was named Bradbery, by the Three Rivers District Council in the 1960s. This was to commemorate William Bradbery, the watercress pioneer from West Hyde.

The area is served by the Greenline route 724 which runs from Heathrow Airport to Harlow, Essex via Watford and the local Arriva #6 which begins in Maple Cross and runs to Hemel Hempstead via Watford. The bus route R21 runs from Mount Vernon Hospital via Harefield and Rickmansworth. It normally terminates at Maple Cross, but extends its journey to Uxbridge twice per day via Denham.

Sewage treatment plant

Maple Cross is the location of the Thames Water Maple Lodge Sewage Treatment Works. The plant, with its sister site at Blackbirds Farm in Aldenham serve the whole of West Hertfordshire; an area with a population of 557,000 people.

The sewage plant's claim to fame is its use as a storage facility for perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) used to extinguish the fire at the Buncefield Oil Terminal. Sludge from the plant was also burnt to generate "green" electricity for the Millennium Dome.

The plant was used in 1952 to test diffused aeration technology and a diffused-air activated sludge purification system has been in continuous use since. The cleaned effluent from this process is discharged into the nearby Grand Union Canal.

Sludge settled from the incoming sewage is treated by retention in enclosed heated anaerobic digestion tanks, a by-product of this process being methane gas which is used for on-site electrical power generation. The main product, digested sludge, is "caked" in industrial centrifuges before disposal to land as fertiliser.

External links


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Maple Cross and Mill End — Coordinates: 51°38′02″N 0°29′31″W / 51.634°N 0.492°W / 51.634; 0.492 Maple Cross and Mill End is a …   Wikipedia

  • Nightmare at Maple Cross — Studio album by Girlschool Released May 1986 …   Wikipedia

  • Maple, Ontario — Maple   Unincorporated community   Wonder Mountain at Canada s Wonderland is an unusual landmark in Maple …   Wikipedia

  • Maple Bluff, Wisconsin —   Village   Location of Maple Bluff, Wisconsin …   Wikipedia

  • Maple (software) — Maple Maple interface Developer(s) Waterloo Maple (Maplesoft) Stable release 15.01 / June 21, 2011; 4 months ago (2011 06 21) …   Wikipedia

  • Maple Valley Schools — Two Great Communities...One Vision for Children Location Vermontville, MI 49096 United States …   Wikipedia

  • Cross-Harbour Bus Route 112 — Overview Operator Kowloon Motor Bus, New World First Bus …   Wikipedia

  • Maple Shade High School — Location 180 Frederick Avenue Maple Shade, NJ 08052 Information Type Public high school Established 1972 School district Maple Shade School …   Wikipedia

  • Maple High School — Working Together Toward Student Success Address 50 Springside Road Maple, Ont …   Wikipedia

  • Maple River National Wildlife Refuge — is a National Wildlife Refuge in North Dakota. It is managed under Kulm Wetland Management District. Maple River National Wildlife Refuge was established by Executive Order 8162, signed on June 12, 1939 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”