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Builders, construction and carpentry from our Hemel Hempstead base. Search for your town below.
Builders, construction and carpentry from our Hemel Hempstead base. Search for your town below.
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R Gabriel Carpentry & Builders covers the areas within roughly 25 miles of our Hemel Hempstead base: most of Hertfordshire, plus the Chilterns towns and villages of Buckinghamshire, south Bedfordshire and Luton, and parts of north-west London. Search for your town below, or call 01442 976 112 to check your address.
We cover 116 towns, villages and districts, listed below. Each place has its own page for builders, construction and carpentry, with local planning information and nearby areas.
| County or area | Planning authorities | Example towns |
|---|---|---|
| Hertfordshire | Dacorum, St Albans, Three Rivers, Watford, Hertsmere, Welwyn Hatfield, North Hertfordshire, Stevenage, East Hertfordshire | Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Watford |
| Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire Council | Chesham, Amersham, Wendover |
| Bedfordshire and Luton | Central Bedfordshire Council, Luton Borough Council | Dunstable, Luton |
| North-west London | Harrow and Hillingdon councils | Pinner, Stanmore, Northwood |
Abbots Langley is a large village between Kings Langley and Leavesden, close to the Warner Bros.
Aldbury is a much-photographed Chilterns village below the Ashridge Estate, with a village pond, old stocks and a historic core.
Aldenham is a rural parish beside Radlett and the Aldenham Reservoir and Country Park, with much of the land in the Metropolitan Green Belt.
Amersham is split between Old Amersham, with its coaching inns and market hall, and Amersham-on-the-Hill around the Metropolitan line station.
Aston Clinton sits between Tring and Aylesbury just off the A41 and has grown with several new housing developments.
Ayot St Lawrence is a tiny village best known for Shaw's Corner, George Bernard Shaw's home, and its ruined medieval church.
Ayot St Peter is a small hamlet west of Welwyn, set around its Victorian church of St Peter.
Berkhamsted is a historic market town with the remains of Berkhamsted Castle, a busy High Street and the Grand Union Canal running through the valley.
Billington is a small village on a hill just south-east of Leighton Buzzard.
Bishop's Stortford is a busy market town on the Essex border near Stansted Airport, with large new neighbourhoods on its edges.
Borehamwood is known for Elstree Studios and the BBC Elstree Centre.
Bourne End is the small Hertfordshire hamlet between Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted, beside the A41, the River Bulbourne and the Grand Union…
Bovingdon is a large village south-west of Hemel Hempstead, known for its former wartime airfield, now home to a weekly market.
Buckland is a small village near Aston Clinton at the foot of the Chilterns, close to Buckland Wharf on the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal.
Bushey sits between Watford and Stanmore, with the old village around the High Street and St James' Church, and Bushey Museum telling the story of…
Bushey Heath is the high ground on the southern edge of Bushey, close to Stanmore Common and the Harrow border.
Caddington is a village on the high ground south-west of Luton, near the M1 and Markyate.
Caldecote is a very small rural settlement in north Hertfordshire, surrounded by farmland.
Chalfont St Giles is the Chilterns village where John Milton finished Paradise Lost at Milton's Cottage, and home to the Chiltern Open Air Museum.
Chalfont St Peter is a large village on the A413 next to Gerrards Cross, with a historic centre and roads of substantial 20th-century homes such…
Cheddington is a village near Ivinghoe with a station on the West Coast Main Line.
Chenies is an estate village in the Chess Valley, home to the Tudor Chenies Manor House.
Chesham is a Chilterns market town at the end of the Metropolitan line, with a historic old town and Victorian streets climbing the valley sides.
Chiltern Green is a small hamlet beside the Luton Hoo estate in the Lea Valley, between Harpenden and Luton.
Chipperfield is a village south of Kings Langley built around a large wooded common.
Cholesbury is a hilltop Chilterns village known for its Iron Age hillfort and windmill, sharing a common with neighbouring Hawridge.
Chorleywood is a commuter village on the Metropolitan line with a large common, and is home to The Orchard, an Arts and Crafts house by C.F.A.
Codicote is a village on the B656 between Welwyn and Hitchin.
Colney Heath is a village between St Albans and Hatfield, with a common that is a local nature reserve.
Croxley Green is a large village between Rickmansworth and Watford, with a long village green, a Metropolitan line station and the medieval…
East Hyde is a small hamlet in the Lea Valley between Harpenden and Luton.
Eastcote is a north-west London suburb with Metropolitan and Piccadilly line trains, Eastcote House Gardens and an old village conservation area.
Eaton Bray is a village below Dunstable Downs, close to the Buckinghamshire border.
Edlesborough lies beneath the Chilterns escarpment, with the hilltop church of St Mary looking out over the village.
Elstree is a historic village on Watling Street, next door to Borehamwood and its film and TV studios.
Garston is a northern suburb of Watford near Leavesden and the A405 North Orbital Road.
Great Gaddesden sits in the Gade Valley north of Hemel Hempstead, with the church of St John the Baptist and the Gaddesden Place estate.
Great Missenden is the Chilterns village where Roald Dahl lived and wrote, and home to the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre.
Halton is a village near Wendover, shaped by the RAF Halton station and Halton House.
Harefield is a village on the far north-west edge of London, known for Harefield Hospital and the lakes and canal of the Colne Valley.
Harpenden is a commuter town with a large common, a busy High Street and the Rothamsted agricultural research station.
The London Borough of Harrow takes in Harrow on the Hill, Pinner, Stanmore, Hatch End, Harrow Weald and Wealdstone.
Harrow Weald is a leafy suburb north of Harrow at the edge of the Green Belt, near Harrow Weald Common.
Hatch End is a north-west London suburb with an Overground station and a village feel along Uxbridge Road.
Hatfield is home to Hatfield House, the historic streets of Old Hatfield and the University of Hertfordshire, alongside its post-war new town.
Hawridge is a small hilltop Chilterns village next to Cholesbury, sharing a large common.
Hemel Hempstead is our home town: the historic Old Town High Street, Boxmoor's Victorian streets and the post-war new town neighbourhoods such as…
Hertfordshire is our home county.
Hitchin is a market town with one of the best-preserved historic centres in the county, gathered around St Mary's Church and the River Hiz.
Houghton Regis sits beside Dunstable, with large new neighbourhoods growing north of the town since the A5-M1 link road opened.
Ivinghoe lies beneath Ivinghoe Beacon, where the Ridgeway begins, with Pitstone Windmill just outside the village.
Jordans is a Quaker village laid out in the early 20th century near the Jordans Meeting House, where William Penn is buried.
Kensworth is a village on high ground between Dunstable and Markyate.
Kimpton is a rural village between Harpenden and Codicote with a historic High Street.
Kings Langley sits on the Grand Union Canal and River Gade, with the remains of a royal palace and the former Ovaltine factory, now converted to…
Kings Walden is a rural parish of small settlements, including Breachwood Green, south-west of Hitchin.
Kingsbourne Green is a small settlement on the north-western edge of Harpenden, towards the Luton border.
Latimer is a small estate village in the Chess Valley, around a green below Latimer House.
Leagrave is in north-west Luton, with a Thameslink station and Waulud's Bank by the source of the River Lea.
Leavesden, north of Watford, is home to the Warner Bros.
The Lee is a Chilterns village near Great Missenden, long associated with the Liberty family of the London store.
Letchworth Garden City was the world's first garden city, founded in 1903 and laid out with tree-lined streets and Arts and Crafts cottages.
Leverstock Green is an eastern neighbourhood of Hemel Hempstead that has kept its village character, with its own green and church.
Lewsey is a residential area of west Luton, next to Lewsey Park and close to Dunstable.
Lilley is a small village between Luton and Hitchin, set in open countryside.
Little Gaddesden is a village on the edge of the National Trust's Ashridge Estate, near Ashridge House.
Little Missenden is a village in the Misbourne Valley with an Anglo-Saxon church known for its medieval wall paintings.
Little Stanmore covers the area around Canons Park and Whitchurch Lane, where St Lawrence Whitchurch is linked with the composer Handel.
London Colney is a village south-east of St Albans by the River Colne and the M25, with Napsbury Park built on a former hospital site.
Long Marston is a village north of Tring on the edge of the Vale of Aylesbury.
Luton is a large town known for London Luton Airport, its hat-making heritage and Wardown House Museum.
Newmill End is a small hamlet in the Lea Valley near East Hyde and Luton Hoo.
North Mymms (sometimes spelt North Mimms) is the parish between Hatfield and Potters Bar that includes Brookmans Park and Welham Green.
Northchurch is on the western edge of Berkhamsted, with St Mary's, one of the oldest churches in Hertfordshire.
Northwood is a north-west London suburb on the Metropolitan line, close to the Hertfordshire border.
Park Street is a village south of St Albans, on the River Ver and the Abbey Line railway.
Pinner is known for its medieval High Street, the annual Pinner Fair and the Heath Robinson Museum.
Pitstone sits beside Ivinghoe, with Pitstone Windmill nearby and new homes on the former cement works site.
Puttenham is a tiny hamlet north of Tring, close to the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal.
Radlett is a village on Watling Street with a Thameslink station and a reputation for large family homes.
Redbourn is a village beside the River Ver, with one of England's oldest cricket commons.
Rickmansworth is the town where the Chess, Gade and Colne meet, with the Grand Union Canal, the Aquadrome lakes and Moor Park close by.
Ridge is a small rural village near South Mimms, deep in the Green Belt.
Sandridge is a village just north of St Albans, next to the Woodland Trust's Heartwood Forest.
Sarratt is a rural village above the Chess Valley with a long village green.
Shenley is a village with Shenley Park and newer homes built on the former Shenley Hospital site.
Slapton is a small canalside village between Leighton Buzzard and Ivinghoe.
South Mimms is a village beside the M25 and A1(M) junction.
St Albans is a cathedral city with Roman Verulamium on its doorstep and a street market dating back centuries.
St Paul's Walden is a rural parish south of Hitchin that includes Whitwell.
Stanbridge is a village between Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable.
Stanmore is at the end of the Jubilee line, with Stanmore Common, Bentley Priory and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital nearby.
Stevenage was Britain's first post-war new town, designated in 1946, with the Old Town High Street alongside the new town neighbourhoods.
Stone Grove is the stretch of the A5 Watling Street at Edgware, near Canons Park.
Stopsley is on the north-east side of Luton, close to Warden Hill and Galley Hill.
Studham is a village with a large common near Whipsnade and the Hertfordshire border.
Sundon is a village north of Luton, beside Sundon Hills Country Park.
Tebworth is a small village near Toddington and the M1.
Totternhoe is known for Totternhoe stone, a chalk building stone quarried here for centuries, and the Totternhoe Knolls castle earthworks.
Tring is a Chilterns market town with the Natural History Museum at Tring and the Tring Reservoirs nearby.
Watford is a large town with Cassiobury Park, Watford Football Club's Vicarage Road ground and a busy town centre.
Welwyn is the original village on the River Mimram, with a Roman bath house preserved beneath the A1(M).
Welwyn Garden City is the second garden city, founded in 1920 by Ebenezer Howard and known for its neo-Georgian architecture and the Parkway.
Welwyn Hatfield is the borough that takes in Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Welwyn, Digswell, Brookmans Park and the Ayots.
Wendover is a small market town at a gap in the Chilterns, below Coombe Hill and Wendover Woods.
Wheathampstead is a village on the River Lea with the Devil's Dyke earthworks and a historic High Street.
Whipsnade sits on the Chilterns escarpment and is home to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo and the Whipsnade Tree Cathedral.
Whitchurch is a village on the A413 north of Aylesbury.
Whitwell is a village in the Mimram Valley, part of St Paul's Walden parish.
Wigginton is a hilltop village above Tring, near the Ridgeway and Grim's Ditch.
We cover most of Hertfordshire and nearby parts of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and north-west London. If your town isn't listed, call 01442 976 112 and we'll tell you straight away.
Most of our work is within about 25 miles of Hemel Hempstead. For larger projects we sometimes go further, so it's always worth asking.
It depends on your address. In our area that includes Dacorum, St Albans, Three Rivers, Watford, Hertsmere, Welwyn Hatfield, North Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Central Bedfordshire councils. Each area page names the council for that place.
Yes. The same team, standards and free written quote apply across every area we cover.
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