We asked our 16,000 Twitter followers what they liked best about Watford and were inundated with replies.
Some were expected, others not, but all of them summed up what makes this town so great.
The first reply came very quickly:
@Observer_Owl Watford Hospital Radio!
— WatfordHospitalRadio (@WHRwatford) August 7, 2014
Some replies were cultural:
— Brett Spencer (@brettsr) August 7, 2014
@Observer_Owl The Library !
— Chris O'Bee (@chrisobee) August 7, 2014
Others were fascinating:
@Observer_Owl The link between Kings and Queens Car Park that means you can miss off the whole ring road.
— In The Wolf's Mouth (@WFCWolfsMouth) August 7, 2014
There was a lot of love for the park:
@Observer_Owl got to be the lion king tree in cassiobury park
— ChardinalOffishall (@Charlotteb266) August 7, 2014
@Observer_Owl Seriously thought it's Cassiobury & the nearby green spaces.
— Nick Chainey (@NLFG) August 7, 2014
@Observer_Owl cassiobury park train
— Chloe Jane (@chloe_jane321) August 7, 2014
@Observer_Owl Loads of cinemas. Oh no, they've gone. Err.. the parks. From big ol' Cassiobury to the little 'gardens' & green spaces nearby.
— Just Another Egg (@Scarlet_Flax) August 7, 2014
@Observer_Owl best bits are @barbodega and all the parks. Can't wait for @cineworld to join watford.
— Renna C (@Xennia79) August 7, 2014
@Observer_Owl Vicarage Road or a summer's evening walk by the stream in Cassiobury Park. Both wonderful in their own way.
— David Cameron Walker (@D_C_W) August 7, 2014
@Observer_Owl also Whippendell Woods, where I spent most of my childhood summer holidays climbing trees and just running around with friends
— Mark Halliwell (@MarkHalliwell1) August 7, 2014
@Observer_Owl gotta be cassiobury park on a hot summers day ...!
— Sajid (@sajidb786) August 7, 2014
@Observer_Owl My *real* favourite thing about Watford is Cassiobury Park. It's a real gem.
— Bazza (@mcbazza) August 7, 2014
And the hospital:
@Observer_Owl The doctors, nurses, porters, cleaners, pharmacists, cooks, midwives + other staff who work at the hospital! #NHS #Watford
— West Herts Hospitals (@WestHertsNHS) August 7, 2014
Some seemed to highlight how easy is it to leave:
@Observer_Owl it's location, gateway to anywhere
— Damian Owens (@demonskot) August 7, 2014
@Observer_Owl the three train stations within 10 minutes walk from my house
— Floyd (@MCfloydizzle) August 7, 2014
Others were more obvious:
@Observer_Owl FC.
— HornJet (@HornJet) August 7, 2014
@Observer_Owl the football team
— Tom (@HeyMercedes) August 7, 2014
@Observer_Owl Watford FC and Leavesden Country Park.
— Paul D. Hogan (@hoganwatford) August 7, 2014
@Observer_Owl watching Watford win a midweek match under floodlights against a big club.
— David Lewy (@onedavidlewy) August 7, 2014
@Observer_Owl Watford FC
— Mark Halliwell (@MarkHalliwell1) August 7, 2014
@Observer_Owl Obviously Watford FC ;) and the electric range of people and culture!
— John Ethcuit (@JonBoi22) August 7, 2014
More specifically:
@Observer_Owl That we had Luther and Digger in the same team.
— Jon Salisbury (@JonSalisbury) August 7, 2014
— Lewis Wood-Thompson (@LewisWoody) August 7, 2014
@Observer_Owl Nordin Wooter
— Princess (@antonymblake) August 7, 2014
What is your favourite thing about Watford? Leave your suggestion in the comments below.
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