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A5 village on the Bedfordshire border
A linear village on the old Watling Street, close to the Chilterns and the Central Bedfordshire border, with Markyate Cell in the parkland behind.
The Sun Inn and village takeaways do the honest work. Pretending otherwise is how guidebooks annoy people who live here.
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takeaways
Food hygiene rating 5/5 on the Food Standards Agency register.
takeaways
Food hygiene rating 5/5 on the Food Standards Agency register.
pubs
Food hygiene rating 5/5 on the Food Standards Agency register.
Planning
Supplementary Planning Documents for the HGC area are now adopted. They will guide neighbourhoods, infrastructure and the long argument about how Hemel grows north.
25 June 2026