Maple Cross
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| Maple Cross | ||
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| Statistics | ||
| Population: | 2'000 (apx) | |
| Ordnance Survey | ||
| OS grid reference: | TQ034929 | |
| Administration | ||
| District: | Three Rivers | |
| Shire county: | Hertfordshire | |
| Region: | East of England | |
| Constituent country: | England | |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom | |
| Other | ||
| Ceremonial county: | Hertfordshire | |
| Historic county: | Hertfordshire | |
| Services | ||
| Police force: | Hertfordshire Constabulary | |
| Ambulance service: | East of England | |
| Post office and telephone | ||
| Post town: | RICKMANSWORTH | |
| Postal district: | WD3 | |
| Dialling code: | 01923 | |
| Politics | ||
| UK Parliament: | South West Hertfordshire | |
| European Parliament: | East of England | |
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Maple Cross is a village in Hertfordshire, England with a large proportion of the housing being either council owned or formally council owned. The area is served by junction 17 of the M25 motorway, which makes up one of the boundaries of the village. It lies about 8km west of Watford.
Many multi-national business have offices here, including Cadbury, Renault, and the UK headquarters of construction company Skanska.
Maple Cross is also the location of a large Thames Water sewage plant. The sewage plants claim to fame is its use as a storage facility for perfluorooctane sulfonate used to extinguish the fire at the Buncefield Oil Terminal
