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...
There’s ‘shear’ delight in store for visitors to Willows Activity Farm this weekend (Saturday and Sunday May 16-17) as the leisure attraction kicks off its first sheep shearing weekend of the year. The farm park, near London Colney, is hosting two Woolly Weekends when visitors can witness some of the farm’s 80-strong flock...
A new dinosaur is heading to Willows this bank holiday weekend as part of the farm park’s Dino Ventures event. Visitors to the leisure attraction, outside London Colney, can step back in time by more than 186 million years to see a Dilophosaurus on the farm from Saturday May 2 to Monday May...
The rise of the Liberal Democrats in St Albans arguably began in May 2019, when the party experienced a resurgence after eight years in opposition, wresting six seats from the Conservatives, including that of then-leader Alec Campbell. Although the party did not have majority control over SADC, it was now the...
Things are really blooming at Willows Activity Farm this spring, as Tulleys Tulip Fields welcomes visitors for a second year. The venue, just outside London Colney, features more than 750,000 bulbs that will be flowering between now and mid-May. Shankar, Anika, Divya, Aradhya, Aditya, Ajith and Deepthy - all from St Albans...
One of the biggest floral attractions in the county is gearing up to open for a second year just outside St Albans this Friday. Tulleys Tulip Fields, based at Willows Activity Farm in London Colney, features more than 750,000 bulbs that will be flowering between now and-mid May. Stuart Beare, owner of...
The older lady came across to me where I was sitting, drinking coffee. “Do you want this?” she said, offering me a copy of that day’s newspaper. “A friend just gave this to me,” she explained, “but I can’t bear to open it. The news is just so awful every...
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