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Borehamwood is a town of approximately 30 000 residents in southern Hertfordshire, just outside London, and part of the London commuter belt.

Borehamwood, more commonly called Boreham Wood before the LCC estate was built, is part of the borough of Hertsmere. The town is often associated with the nearby village Elstree (being part of the ancient parish of Elstree), the two still share a local council, now called the Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council.

The A1 passes just to the east of the town, and the M25 passes about two miles north of it.

Since the 1920s, the town has been the location of several film studios. The former British National Studios on Clarendon Road are now the BBC’s Elstree Television Studios. One of BBC’s popular soaps, EastEnders, is produced at the BBC studios, as well as popular medical drama Holby City. ’Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’, ’Big Brother’ and major feature films are filmed at the Elstree Studios in Shenley Road.

LOCAL PHOTOS

Napoleon’s Death Mask, made in 1821 by Barham House resident, Francis Burton M.D., the uncle of explorer Richard Francis Burton TUM image id: 1557403023 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Aberford Park lake TUM image id: 1557403472 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Fox and Clark’ Furniture Shop (1905) TUM image id: 1469393744 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Richard Lidstone draper's shop on the corner of Shenley Road and Fuzehill Road (early 1900s) TUM image id: 1472234198 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Junction of Shenley Road and Drayton Road (1930s) TUM image id: 1479140089 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Meryfield crest TUM image id: 1526568929 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Brickfield Cottages, Boreham Wood TUM image id: 1556883123 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Green Willows pub - Mrs Castle stands outside Credit: Antony Coggins TUM image id: 1498663742 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Boreham Wood and Elstree Post, a local newspaper, ran a feature about the early days of the Laing's Elstree and Boreham Wood estate in Hertfordshire. Credit: Boreham Wood Post (newspaper) TUM image id: 1442935052 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Theobald Street, looking south near the original Crown pub TUM image id: 1576453423 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Watercolour of the lower part of Theobald Street. TUM image id: 1469023756 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Clarendon Road, WD6 TUM image id: 1469027977 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Leeming Road, WD6 TUM image id: 1469035628 Licence: CC BY 2.0	1 Shenley Road, WD6 TUM image id: 1469916137 Licence: CC BY 2.0	7 Shenley Road, WD6 TUM image id: 1469394829 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Meryfield crest
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The Boreham Wood and Elstree Post, a local newspaper, ran a feature about the early days of the Laing's Elstree and Boreham Wood estate in Hertfordshire.
Credit: Boreham Wood Post (newspaper)
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Licence: CC BY 2.0