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Baldock is a historic market town in the local government district of North Hertfordshire in the ceremonial county of Hertfordshire, England where the River Ivel rises. It lies 33 miles (53 km) north of London, and has a population of around 9900. Nearby towns are Royston towards the northeast, Letchworth and Hitchin to the southwest and Stevenage to the south. The modern layout of the town and many buildings in the centre date back to the sixteenth century, with the oldest dating back to the fourteenth century. The town thrived where the old Great North Road and the Icknield Way crossed. Despite the construction of the A1(M) motorway in 1963, which bypassed the town, and which was named the Baldock Bypass for some years, it was still a significant traffic bottleneck until March 2006, when a new bypass removed the A505 road, part of the old Icknield Way east of Baldock. Since the 16th century, Baldock has been a centre for malting, subsequently becoming a regional brewing centre with at least 3 big brewers still operating in the area at the close of the 19th century, in spite of a decline in demand for the varieties of beer produced locally. The 1881 Census notes around thirty drinking establishments. Throughout the early 20th century, a large number of pubs continued to operate, many of which were sustained by the adjacent and substantially bigger town of Letchworth, which had no alcohol retailers before 1958, and had only two pubs and 1 hotel bar until the mid-1990s. Its bigger population had for many years visited both Baldock and Hitchin for refreshment. For all your residence improvement projects, be sure that you utilise trusted professionals in Baldock to ensure that you get the top quality service.