Chorleywood is a village and civil parish in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. The parish had a population of 11,286 people at the 2011 census. The village lies in the far south west of Hertfordshire, on the border with Buckinghamshire. Chorleywood is located 31.8 kilometres (19.8 mi) north-west of Charing Cross in London. It is part of the London commuter belt, and included in the government-defined Greater London Urban Area. Chorleywood is a parish created in 1845 from part of the parish of Rickmansworth.
Population: 11,917
Latitude: 51° 38' 60.00" N
Longitude: 0° 28' 59.99" E
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