Local Information

Bushey combines the town of Bushey Heath and Bushey Village with a fascinating mixture of architecture, which reflects its rich cultural and artistic heritage and has the additional benefit of being close to the countryside of south Hertfordshire with its numerous country parks, woodlands and waterways for local residents to appreciate and enjoy. The Royal Masonic School has been used for many TV dramas and films, including all the Harry Potter films.

These picturesque commuter towns are situated on the edge of green belt land North West of London and are surrounded by the attributes of commuter living but benefiting from a more refined position with a cosmopolitan atmosphere equivalent to many large cities.

Hertsmere Borough Council www.hertsmere.gov.uk

Shopping

Bushey Village and Bushey Heath have thriving shopping parades with the usual local shops but also supermarkets, ladies boutiques and numerous hair and beauty shops. John Whiteman and Company has three offices located in prominent positions in both shopping districts.

Bushey is within 1.5 miles of Watford Town Centre and the well-known Harlequin Shopping Centre, Watford Market and High Street and Brent Cross Shopping centre is approximately 20 minutes away by car.

Tesco supermarket is within 1 mile of Bushey Village, Sainsburys and Asda are located close to the Dome roundabout approximately 2 miles away. A large B&Q Warehouse, Comet, Halfords, PC World, Mothercare World along with other out of town retailers are situated in the Watford Arches retail park close to the Tesco supermarket.

Education

There are a number of private schools within the five-mile radius including the well-regarded Haberdashers' Aske's and Merchant Taylors for the senior pupils with York House School and others for the junior pupils. Watford Grammar School for Boys and Watford Grammar School for Girls constantly achieve high scores in the national league tables and have outstanding reputations in this location

Hertfordshire Schools Directory http://www.hertsdirect.org/scholearn/schadd

Independent School Directory http://www.hertsdirect.org/comdirectory/comvol/educat2y/edsind4y/

Travel

Bushey benefits from excellent travel facilities including mainline rail link to London Euston from Bushey Station and numerous local buses connecting to the adjoining towns. There are Underground railway stations in Watford and Stanmore, which are only short car journeys away. Junction 5 of the M1 is approximately 1.5 miles from Bushey village and this provides access to junctions 19, 20 and 21a of the M25 motorway.

Main line Train services from Watford www.virgintrains.co.uk and Bushey www.londonmidland.com/

Underground train services from Watford and Stanmore www.thetube.com

Leisure

With an abundance of high quality restaurants including St.James and The Alpine, bars, beauty salons and two high quality leisure facilities including the famous David Lloyd Club all providing a cosmopolitan atmosphere. There are several golf courses within two miles of Bushey Village and The Grove hotel, restaurant, golf and health spa is within five miles. The Top Golf computerised golf centre is situated on the borders of Bushey and Watford . Elstree aerodrome is in close proximity as well as numerous horse riding and equestrian venues with liveried and non-liveried facilities.

There is a Vue leisure complex in nearby Garston with a multi-screen cinema, bowling, Kidsports and further restaurants. The Palace Theatre is situated in central Watford less than 3 miles away and provides a wide range of plays and dramas catering for all tastes through out the year. There are four swimming pools open to the public within Bushey and Watford .