Great Ashby

Great Ashby is a civil parish adjoining Stevenage in the North Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England.

Great Ashby
Great Ashby Location within Hertfordshire
Population	5,701 (2011 census)
Civil parish	Great Ashby
District	North Hertfordshire
Shire county	Hertfordshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stevenage
Postcode district	SG1
List of places UK England Hertfordshire 51°55′48″N 0°10′01″W / 51.930°N 0.167°W / 51.930; -0.167

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. 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.^[1] 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.^[2] The council for the parish is called Great Ashby Community Council.^[3]

In the 2011 census, the population of Great Ashby was 5,701.^[4]