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