Croxley Green
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| Croxley Green shown within Hertfordshire | |
| Population | 12,562 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | TQ075955 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Rickmansworth |
| Postcode district | WD3 |
| Dialling code | 01923 |
| Police | Hertfordshire |
| Fire | Hertfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
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Croxley Green is a large suburb of Rickmansworth and a civil parish in England with a population recorded at the 2011 Census of 12,562.
Located on the A412 between Watford to the north–east, and Rickmansworth to the south–west in Hertfordshire, it is approximately 20 miles (32 km) north–west of London.
Croxley Green has a large village green surrounded by old buildings, including the Croxley Green Windmill. There is extensive building of housing stock from the 1930s foillowing the Metropolitan Railway.
The Green houses the "Revels on The Green", an annual village fair which includes a traditional maypole dance, which used to be illustrated on the road signs on entering the village. The revels were featured in Metro-land, the 1973 television documentary by John Betjeman, who referred to them solemnly as "a tradition dating back to 1952". The annual Mummers play, "St. George & The Dragon", is played out during the Christmas period at a number of village hostelries. Since 2006 the Parish Council have organised a firework display on The Green for New Year's Eve.
Croxley Mill was built in 1830 adjacent to the Grand Union Canal by the paper manufacturer John Dickinson. Croxley Script stationery used to be produced there by John Dickinson and Co. Ltd. Dickinson Square, Dickinson Avenue, and Barton Way are streets named after the mill owner and some contain the houses built by the company for their workers at the end of the 19th Century. The mill closed in 1980.
A windmill was built c1860. It survives today converted to residential accommodation. Croxley Common Moor to the south of the village, OS grid reference TQ083949 was designated as an SSSI in 1986. In 2008 a group of residents were successful in gaining village green status for Buddleia Wood, a small area of woodland to the south of the village, thereby protecting the area for generations to come. The village signs were replaced in February 2008 with a scene of All Saints Church and The Green.
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