Colney Heath Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:51.7353°N -0.2564°W
Official Name:Colney Heath
Civil Parish:Colney Heath
Area Total Sq Mi:4.32
Population:5962
Population Ref:(2011 Census including Smallford and Sleapshyde)[1]
Shire District:St Albans
Shire County:Hertfordshire
Region:East of England
Constituency Westminster:St Albans
Post Town:ST ALBANS
Postcode District:AL4
Postcode Area:AL
Dial Code:01727
Os Grid Reference:TL205055

Colney Heath is a large village in Hertfordshire, England. The village became a civil parish in 1947 when the St. Peter Rural parish was split to form Colney Heath and London Colney. There is a converted windmill in the village. The civil parish also includes the settlements of Smallford and Sleapshyde.

Twinning

Colney Heath is twinned with:

Education

Colney Heath School is the only school in the village. It is a primary school for children aged between three and eleven.[3]

Sport and leisure

Colney Heath has a football club that currently competes in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division and plays the home matches at The Recreation Ground.[4] The village has a rugby league club that also plays at The Recreation Ground.

Colney Heath also has a Taekwondo Club which trains at the village hall. The club is led by Master Kim Anderson (VII Degree) who also founded it in 1979.

Colney Heath Local Nature Reserve is located in the village.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 28 November 2013 . 3 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203024635/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11122215&c=colney+heath&d=16&e=62&g=6434264&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1385654843974&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 . dead .
  2. Web site: About the Twinning Association. Colney Heath/Boissy Twinning Association. 16 May 2012.
  3. Web site: School Information . Colney Heath School . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120627053621/http://www.colneyheath.herts.sch.uk/school-information/ . 27 June 2012 . 16 May 2012.
  4. Web site: Colney Heath FC History. Colney Heath Football Club. 28 August 2010. 16 May 2012.
  5. Web site: Colney Heath. Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 13 March 2013. 29 September 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141101213931/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=21&N=&ID=604. 1 November 2014.
  6. Web site: Map of Colney Heath. Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 29 September 2014.