Its people is more or less 27,600 (2001 Nose count).

Harpenden get on the convenient rail return central London served by Thameslink. A select few of the trains prevent at 'a lot stations' on the route, others prevent at St Albans before continuing non-stop to London King's Cross Thameslink. From either London, a trains prove my point south to Brighton or Wimbledon and Sutton. A rail hyperlink gives directly access to London Luton Airport (one prevent northerly) & London Gatwick Airport (approx 1hr 40m).

Around green using tremendously of the region Harpenden is an locality of high property costs. Land Registry information indicates norm home cost inside St Albans District at £318,695 in the 3rd quarter of 2004, against a to the south east typical of £227,991. Dependable information doesn't survive at a town level.

Twinning
Harpenden is twinned with: Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, France Alzey, Germany

Miscellany
The Rothamsted Experimental Station is in Harpenden. Notable residents
Stanley Kubrick lived and died within nearby Childwickbury Manor. In 1892 Harpenden was the birthplace of the impractical poet Ralph Chubb. Football commentator John Motson Red Dwarf actor Craig Charles Former Arsenal footballer Lee Dixon Late comedian Eric Morecambe Martin Gore from the band Depeche Mode