Tring
Sign in to saveAlso known as Tredunga, Tredunge, Treunge, Tring, Hertfordshire, Tring Urban
Tring is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Dacorum, in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated in a gap passing through the Chiltern Hills, classed as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, from Central London. Tring is linked to London by the Roman road of Akeman Street, the modern A41 road, the Grand Union Canal and the West Coast Main Line to . Settlements in Tring date back to prehistoric times and it was mentioned in the Domesday Book; the town received its market charter in 1315. Tring is now largely a commuter town within the London commuter belt. As of 2021, Tring had a p
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.type
- Market town
- UK place.static_image_name
- Tring High Street.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Tring High Street
- UK place.official_name
- Tring
- UK place.population
- 12,427
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 36.21
- UK place.civil_parish
- Tring
- UK place.shire_district
- Dacorum
- UK place.shire_county
- Hertfordshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- UK place.post_town
- TRING
- UK place.postcode_district
- HP23
- UK place.postcode_area
- HP
- UK place.dial_code
- 01442
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP924117
- Historic subdivision.Name
- Tring
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 12427
- Area
- 36.21
- Official website
- www.tring.gov.uk
- Image
- Tring High Street.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01442
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- HP23
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- SP924117
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- Tring
- P8168
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- Tring
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Tring is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Dacorum, in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated in a gap passing through the Chiltern Hills, classed as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, from Central London. Tring is linked to London by the Roman road of Akeman Street, the modern A41 road, the Grand Union Canal and the West Coast Main Line to . Settlements in Tring date back to prehistoric times and it was mentioned in the Domesday Book; the town received its market charter in 1315. Tring is now largely a commuter town within the London commuter belt. As of 2021, Tring had a population of 12,427.
==Toponymy== The name Tring is believed to derive from the Old English Tredunga or Trehangr, 'Tre' meaning 'tree' and the suffix 'ing' implying 'a slope where trees grow'.
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