London Colney

London Colney is a village and civil parish in south central Hertfordshire. It is a satellite village of St Albans, where some villagers travel to work and shop. As of 2011 it had a population of 9,500 residents.

Understand
In the 3rd or 4th century AD, Alban was captured in the London Colney area and taken to Verulamium, where he was executed after admitting he had become a Christian - St. Albans was named in his honour.London Colney was first appeared on a Hertfordshire map in 1645.

London Colney grew through the years being on the coaching route from London to Holyhead. At one time there were 26 inns and pubs in the village to accommodate travellers, coachmen and the teams of horses. Today it has the same function as a pseudo M25 services at J22.

From the 19th until the late 20th century three large mental hospitals (Napsbury, Shenley, Harperbury) were in the vicinity and they employed many residents; Napsbury was inside the village boundaries. Only Harperbury, now named Kingsley Green, remains and is today much smaller.

Today London Colney is mainly a residential area. Many of its residents work in nearby St. Albans or commute into London.

Get in
London Colney connects by bus service to St. Albans and Hatfield. The 84 and the 602 run from St Albans with the 602 also going from Hatfield. The M25 skirts the southern edge of the village.

Get around
This village can be traversed on foot. Bus service travels along High Street through the village. Many people use private vehicles to get around London Colney.

See
A number of things to see are just outside the boundaries of London Colney. However, a few sites are inside the village.

Buy
London Colney's High Street has a variety of small retail shops. Other outlets are just off High Street. However, London Colney's huge shopping area is the Colney Fields Shopping Park.

Go next
Just to the northwest of London Colney is St Albans.