Great Ashby

Great Ashby is a housing estate and civil parish on the north-eastern edge of Stevenage in Hertfordshire, England. The estate forms part of the built-up area of Stevenage, and straddles the boundary between the borough of Stevenage and the neighbouring district of North Hertfordshire. The civil parish just covers the part of the estate in North Hertfordshire. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 5,754.

Great Ashby
Housing at Hunt Hill Close
Great Ashby Location within Hertfordshire
Population	5,754 (Parish, 2021)[1]
Civil parish	Great Ashby
District	North Hertfordshire
Shire county	Hertfordshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stevenage
Postcode district	SG1
List of places UK England Hertfordshire 51.930°N 0.167°W / 51.930; -0.167

History

The name Great Ashby was coined in the 1990s to apply to an area of new housing development on the north-eastern edge of the urban area of Stevenage. The development was partly within the borough of Stevenage and partly in the district of North Hertfordshire. The estate was developed primarily in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and includes a neighbourhood centre with facilities including shops, a community hall and a primary school (Round Diamond).

A Great Ashby civil parish was created on 1 April 2011 covering the parts of Great Ashby which were within the parish of Graveley in North Hertfordshire.^[2] The area of the parish was enlarged a year later on 1 April 2012 to also include an area from the parish of Weston in North Hertfordshire.^[3]

Governance

Community Centre, Whitehorse Lane

There are three tiers of local government covering the civil parish of Great Ashby, at parish (community), district and county level: Great Ashby Community Council, North Hertfordshire District Council, and Hertfordshire County Council. The community council meets at the community centre on Whitehorse Lane.^[4]

Community sign on Great Ashby Way / Whitehorse Lane roundabout