The area has many dells, hollows in the ground dug out by the brickmakers or by farmers seeking the deeper chalk to spread on their land and make them more fertile.

[3] Just before the First World War, Bennetts End was chosen as the location for Hemel Hempstead's isolation hospital, construction of which commenced in 1914.

[4] The hospital, on St Albans Hill had a total of 45 beds, and was used to isolate patients with infectious diseases until its closure in 1952.

The notable curved terrace called Long John, designed by Geoffry Jellicoe and partners has a hint of Georgian style.

[7] The structural design engineer for The Snow Centre was the serving Bennetts End Councillor, Suqlain Mahmood.