After years of painstaking work, volunteers at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum near London Colney, recently completed the final assembly of its de Havilland Rapide. Built in 1945, it is one of 729 Rapides manufactured at Hatfield and elsewhere. With an all-wood construction, it could carry up to eight passengers. The...
It’s spuds and spades at Willows Activity Farm this autumn as the leisure attraction gears up for its annual potato harvest. The farm, just outside London Colney, is hosting two events to mark the harvest with the Spud-tacular Wild West Adventure taking place on weekends from Saturday September 5 to Sunday...
More than three decades since St Albans last had any semblance of a Local Plan and the final hurdles are in sight for this latest interation following approval by Government inspectors. The Lib Dem Plan took three years to prepare and allows for the building of 15,000 new homes in the...
One of the UK’s leading freestyle football performers is heading to Willows Activity Farm this weekend to showcase his skills and entertain guests. Guinness world recordbreaker, and star of numerous commercials and TV shows, Dan Magness will be teaching guests tips and tricks to wow their friends throughout the Fantastic Football...
A new arrival will be making a splash at Willows when the farm’s Summer Spectacular event kicks off on Saturday. The 500-acre leisure attraction, near London Colney, will be welcoming CBeebies star, Jeremy Fisher, to its line-up of characters from the animated Peter Rabbit TV series. Beatrix Potter’s music-loving frog is the ninth character to...
The organiser of London Colney’s first-ever Pride event has praised the village community for rallying around and making it a success despite earlier security concerns about hate speech and the removal of banners. Hundreds of people came together at Shirley’s Roadhouse on Shenley Lane, London Colney for Loud & Proud —...
A milestone anniversary is being celebrated at Willows Activity Farm as the leisure venue marks 10 years since it first teamed up with CBeebies superstar Peter Rabbit. Working in partnership with Silvergate Media - the co-producers and global licensing agent of the CGI animated TV series - and Lappset Creative, a...
Something new is coming to Willows Activity Farm featuring a fairytale twist. Dragon and Princess Week gets underway on Saturday as the farm park turns into a storybook for the school holidays. Stars of the show include Dreygo, an 18ft long smoke-breathing dragon with a 15ft wingspan, and the Tower Princess who...
The de Havilland Aircraft Museum near London Colney was recently awarded a Red Wheel plaque by the National Transport Trust. This recognises the significance of the site where the de Havilland Mosquito prototype was designed and built in secret in 1939-40. Unveiled on behalf of the Trust by Lady Mc Alpine, the...
Opposition parties are licking their wounds this week after failing to make any significant inroads in overturning the Lib Dem powerhouse at the heart of the district council. With just one ward changing allegiance in spite of concerted campaigning by all parties, it seems as though the SADC administration will be...
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