Planning permission has been granted for a new look skatepark in Harpenden's Rothamsted Park. Designs accommodating the need for an inviting and inclusive space, with good wheelchair access, features for all abilities and ages, and suitability for different users including skateboards, BMX bikes, WCMX (adapted wheelchairs), scooters and roller skates, were...
A new initiative highlights a Harpenden nature reserve's national importance and sets out a vision for its future development. A management plan agreed by the town council for 2024 to 2027 aims to ensure Batford Springs Nature Reserve’s importance to biodiversity and wildlife is maintained and enhanced while conserving its historical...
Campaigners are urging St Albans councillors to remove key Green Belt sites from the draft Local Plan before it’s too late. Members of Team CLASH, Keep Chiswell Green and Greenbelt are insisting changes to the National Planning Policy Framework provide the perfect opportunity to amend the plan. The revised NPPF, which was...
A breakdown recovery man was thrown in the back of a van and covered in a bleach-like substance after being abducted from a Harpenden country lane. The incident occurred at around 4pm on January 4, at the bridge over the M1 in Coles Lane. The victim, who is in his 30s, had...
The date for this year’s General Election has not even been set, but already pollsters are predicting annihilation for Conservative candidates in the district. A new survey commissioned by the Conservative Britain Alliance from YouGov MRP, and published in the Daily Telegraph this week, has revealed a Labour landslide should the...
A long-running campaign to secure a 3G sports pitch at a Harpenden secondary school reached fruition with the official opening of the facility last week. The Katherine Warington School Community Pitch was opened by special guests Mick Harford, the former Luton Town FC player, manager and ex-England international, Annie Brewster, who...
A new charity set up to protect a much-loved area of common land north of Harpenden is appealing for public donations to reach its fundraising target this week. The Friends of Kinsbourne Green Common was established in September 2023 to enable the local community to purchase the land from the current...
There’s something quintessentially English about sipping Earl Grey and nibbling on finger sandwiches in the environs of a village tearoom, and the same could also be said about Nigel Gardner. The Conservative Party’s Parliamentary candidate for the newly created constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted has an intrinsic quirkiness and flamboyance about...
This week we take a look at Harpenden highlights, what’s on in Wheathampstead, and Redbourn red-letter days as part of our preview of events taking place across the whole of 2024. Harpenden Gang Show runs from January 9 to January 13, with the 74th event promising to once again wow audiences...
Local photographer Steve Collins has two Harpenden-based images in the final of the fiercely contested Guild of Photographers Image of the Year Competition. The Guild is a highly respected UK based association for photographers, which has members from overseas as well. Each year it runs an online monthly photographic competition, judged...
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