19 Jul 2025 Life’s a beach at Willows this summer
Fancy a trip to the beach in landlocked Hertfordshire? Look no further than Willows Activity Farm this summer...
Fancy a trip to the beach in landlocked Hertfordshire? Look no further than Willows Activity Farm this summer...
Let’s face it - Pringles are incredibly moreish! While reducing our consumption can be a challenge, repurposing is something we can all get behind. That’s exactly what they’ve done at London Colney Parish Council in collaboration with Hatfield Community Free School. Environment officer Matt Fisher explained: “We’ve collected over 60 Pringles tubes...
Police have confirmed that a man in his 20s has died following a medical emergency at the London Colney roundabout on the A414. Police were called at around 2.10pm to reports of an incident on the North Orbital Road, and attended the scene alongside paramedics from the East of England Ambulance...
London Colney Parish Council is proving that real climate action can be local, visible, and powered by pedals. With the introduction of an Estarli e-cargo bike into its operations, the council has reimagined how it delivers public services, from planting trees to cleaning up litter and engaging with schoolchildren on clean...
Tulleys Tulip Fields, featuring over 500,000 tulip bulbs and more than 100 different varieties of tulip, is now open on fields adjacent to Willows Activity Farm, near London Colney. Stuart Beare, owner of Tulleys Farm who are running the event, said: “This lovely warm and sunny weather has given the bulbs...
Councillors have overwhelmingly voted to introduce charges at the free Haseldine Road car park in London Colney. This week’s meeting of the public realm committee considered implementing the charges, subject to consultation, with a projected annual income of £66,000. The vote was passed by 11-0 with one abstention. London Colney councillor Mike Hobday,...
A football project in St Albans is empowering women in incredible ways. Empower, held at Cottonmill Community and Cycling Centre (playing pitch) and Cotlandswick in London Colney, aims to improve confidence and fitness as well as cultivate camaraderie and friendship and 112 women have taken part so far. The group for women...
An abandoned skip overflows with festering fly-tipped rubbish, mattresses and car parts litter a roadside ditch, a disused community centre rots away over a decade after it should have been demolished, unwanted garages provide a breeding ground for anti-social behaviour, and a broken estate wall remains unrepaired years after it...
Rough sleepers have moved into dangerous and derelict garages in London Colney to escape freezing temperatures, raising further questions about the long-term future of the site. Four homeless people are now living in one of SADC’s neglected garage blocks on Alexandra Road/Five Acres, and although both local councillors and the police...
A lifelong pilot came face-to-face with his former plane during a visit to the de Havilland Aircraft Museum in London Colney. Richard ‘Wilkie’ Wilkinson spent most of his working life in aviation flying numerous aircraft, both civilian and military. Now retired in Sydney Australia, he enjoys looking at YouTube as a...
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