Great Ashby
Great Ashby is a housing estate and civil parish on the north-eastern edge of Stevenage in Hertfordshire, England. The estate forms part of the built-up area of Stevenage, and straddles the boundary between the borough of Stevenage and the neighbouring district of North Hertfordshire. The civil parish just covers the part of the estate in North Hertfordshire. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 5,754.
History
The name Great Ashby was coined in the 1990s to apply to an area of new housing development on the north-eastern edge of the urban area of Stevenage. The development was partly within the borough of Stevenage and partly in the district of North Hertfordshire. The estate was developed primarily in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and includes a neighbourhood centre with facilities including shops, a community hall and a primary school.A Great Ashby civil parish was created on 1 April 2011 covering the parts of Great Ashby which were within the parish of Graveley in North Hertfordshire. The area of the parish was enlarged a year later on 1 April 2012 to also include an area from the parish of Weston in North Hertfordshire.