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...
The London Colney Big Tree Plant has brought together a remarkable cross-section of the community for a powerful act of collective environmental action. Delivered by London Colney Parish Council and made possible thanks to £3,000 of funding from Hertfordshire County Council’s Environmental Improvement Grant, the project transformed parish council scrubland into...
There are two special events taking place back-to-back at Willows Activity Farm near London Colney over the Easter holidays.The 500 acre farm park's annual Easter Eggstravaganza runs from Saturday March 28 until Monday April 6, and features a host of newborn lambs, kid goats,baby bunnies and spring chicks every day.Director...
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