Broxbourne
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Broxbourne is a commuter town in the Broxbourne borough of Hertfordshire in the East of England.
It is located 17.1 miles (27.5 km) north north-east of Charing Cross in London and about a mile (1.6 km) north of Wormley and south of Hoddesdon. The town is near to the River Lee which forms the boundary with Essex and is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north of the M25 motorway.
[edit] Local government
Broxbourne was a civil parish in the Ware Rural District from 1894 to 1935. In the latter year the more heavily populated eastern end of the parish was added to the Hoddesdon Urban District, while the rural western portion remained in Ware Rural District, forming part of the civil parish of Brickendon Liberty.
The former area of Hoddesdon Urban District merged with that of Cheshunt Urban District to form the Broxbourne district in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972.
[edit] Olympics
As part of the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Broxbourne will host canoeing events in a venue yet to be built.
