Across the St Albans district, Remembrance Sunday services will be taking place at war memorials tomorrow, honouring the fallen of the two World Wars and every conflict since. In St Albans, Mayor Cllr Matt Fisher - who has served in the armed forces - will lead the annual event alongside leaders...
Willows Activity Farm is gearing up for its autumn half term Pumpkin Festival which gets underway on Friday and runs every day until Halloween. Director Andrew Wolfe said: “Our annual Pumpkin Festival is the cornerstone of our autumn celebrations here at the farm. “We have approximately 75 tonnes of pumpkins in the...
More than 15,000 pumpkins are now perfect for picking at Willows Activity Farm. The London Colney venue kicks off its annual Pumpkin Festival on Saturday (October 10) which then runs on selected dates until Saturday October 31 - Halloween! Director Andrew Wolfe said: “Our annual Pumpkin Festival is the cornerstone of our...
A London Colney dad and grandad diagnosed with terminal brain cancer is hoping to spend what time he has left making memories with his family. Adem Ahmet, who has lived in the village for 14 years, initially set up a GoFundMe account to provide some financial support while fighting the disease,...
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 —...
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