Garston, Hertfordshire
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| Garston shown within Hertfordshire | |
| Population | 20 '417 (ONS Census 2001) |
| OS grid reference | TL116002 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WATFORD |
| Postcode district | WD25 |
| Dialling code | 01923 |
| Police | Hertfordshire |
| Fire | Hertfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
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Garston is a village in Hertfordshire, England. Garston is contiguous with Watford and now, despite retaining a local identity, is effectively a suburb. It is within the Stanborough, Woodside and Meriden wards of the borough of Watford, although a small number of its streets are in Hertsmere.
Watford's main out-of-town leisure park, Woodside Leisure Park, is in Garston on the A405 Kingsway road. It features a Vue cinema, Hollywood Bowl 10-pin bowling lane, two restaurants -- Chiquito, Frankie & Benny's and Gambado , an indoor children's activity and softplay centre. This is situated on the site of the old Golf Range. About half of Garston Park is a Local Nature Reserve.
Garston is home to the British Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and the West Herts Crematorium at Garston is the principal facility for non-burial funerals in the West Hertfordshire area, serving Watford, St Albans and Hemel Hempstead.
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) is on Bucknalls Lane, Garston, just on the border with Bricket Wood.
Garston is home to several large secondary schools serving the broader Watford area. The largest of these are St. Michael's Catholic High School, Parmiter's School which Queen Elizabeth II officially opened in 1981, and Francis Combe Academy.
Churches of several denominations serve the Garston area. All Saints serves the Anglican populace and Our Lady and St. Michael serves the Roman Catholic population. The church of the Nazarene on Woodside serves the Watford area with one of the countries' largest Nazarene churches.
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