Redbourn

Alban Day pilgrimage 2025. Photo: John Andrews

02 Jan 2026 2025: the year in review

Posted at 08:33 in Colney Heath, Feature, Harpenden, London Colney, Redbourn, St Albans, Wheathampstead

With page after page of news and features every issue, is perhaps easy to forget everything that the St Albans Times has reported on across the district over the past 12 months, which is one of the many reasons why we take a look back over this period for our...

Land in Redbourn threatened by development.

22 Dec 2025 More than 20 per cent of villagers sign petition opposing Redbourn developments

Posted at 09:47 in Redbourn

Hundreds of people have backed a campaign to prevent Redbourn from being lost amidst a tidal wave of urban sprawl. Despite the village’s current size of approximately 2,300 homes, it could see around one third of all new housing planned for the entire St Albans district built on its doorstep. Proposals by...

An artist's impression of the East Hemel development.

18 Dec 2025 ‘The beginning of the end of Redbourn as a rural village’ – East Hemel plans submitted

Posted at 12:47 in Redbourn

Redbourn residents have reacted to a planning application for more than 4,000 new homes on their doorstep – the controversial East Hemel development. Set across 975 acres to the east of Hemel Hempstead, the scheme will include various health and community facilities, up to four new schools, new transport links and...

11 Dec 2025 Bakery Stop deletes ‘brand revival’ posts as reopening delayed

Posted at 11:25 in Harpenden, Redbourn, St Albans

Social media posts celebrating “bringing the brand back” following the liquidation of popular eatery The Pudding Stop and its resurrection as The Bakery Stop have been deleted, and an expected reopening of its Redbourn store did not take place last weekend. The announcements prompted a backlash on Facebook from customers questioning...

St Albans farmers Christmas charity tractor run. Photo: Steve Collins

08 Dec 2025 In pictures: St Albans farmers Christmas charity tractor run

Posted at 07:04 in Harpenden, Redbourn, St Albans, Wheathampstead

Massive tractors illuminated with festive lights made their way in a convoy across the district on Sunday as part of an annual fundraiser for the Alzheimer's Society. The event saw farmers drive their machines from West End Barns in Nomansland, through Wheathampstead, Harpenden High Street, Redbourn and finally St Albans during...

06 Dec 2025 Refurbishment of fire-damaged Ver Meadows traveller site set to begin in new year

Posted at 08:06 in Redbourn

Work on refurbishing Ver Meadows traveller site will get underway in the spring and finish a year after the devastating fire which resulted in the majority of the static and mobile homes being burned to the ground. Residents were left homeless following the inferno at on July 12, which an independent...

04 Dec 2025 The Bakery Stop rises phoenix-like from ashes of Pudding predecessor

Posted at 12:43 in Harpenden, Redbourn, St Albans

One of St Albans’ most-loved businesses is set to return with a new name just a few months after its shock closure, but does The Bakery Stop have what it takes to survive where The Pudding Stop failed? Launched by former Bake-Off contestant Johnny Shepherd in 2011, The Pudding Stop began...

28 Nov 2025 Another thousand homes proposed for Green Belt land outside Redbourn

Posted at 12:37 in Redbourn

The ruination of Redbourn remains a very real threat to the rural community, with unwelcome plans for more than 1,000 new homes on Green Belt land next to the village the latest in a long line of development schemes. Proposals by the Lawes Agricultural Trust (LAT) – a charitable trust which...

Volunteers have cleared the site of the Halloween Haunt Fest.

17 Nov 2025 Community joins forces to salvage future project from ashes of Halloween Haunt Fest

Posted at 09:00 in Events, Redbourn, St Albans

Following the sudden and disastrous closure of Halloween Haunt Fest in Redbourn, which left a large number of actors and managers unpaid and cost contractors and the Hertfordshire Agricultural Society tens of thousands of pounds, local businesses and volunteers have come together to salvage something positive from the ashes of...

29 Oct 2025 Staff at Halloween Haunt Fest left in the dark after shock closure

Posted at 15:31 in Events, Redbourn

Customers, bar staff, operations management, production team, maze managers, actors, and even Herts County Showground are all owed money following the sudden closure of the inaugural Halloween Haunt Fest. The event kicked off at the showground, near Redbourn, on Thursday October 16, and was due to run right up until November...