London Colney

Worth seeing in and around London Colney

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   St Albans Cathedral

   St Albans Cathedral, officially the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, also known as "the Abbey", is a Church of England cathedral in St Albans, England. Much of its architecture dates from Norman times.

   4 km · cathedral in St Albans, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Diocese of St Albans

   The Diocese of St Albans forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England and is part of the wider Church of England, in turn part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The diocese is home to more than 1.6 million people and comprises the historic Counties of Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, or in terms of local government areas, Bedfordshire, Luton, Hertfordshire and parts of the London Borough of Barnet.

   3.9 km · diocese of the Church of England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Clarence Park, St Albans

   Clarence Park is an association football stadium and surrounding public park in St Albans, Hertfordshire, which serves as the home ground for Isthmian League Premier Division club St Albans City. The park is also home to a number of other sports facilities, including a cricket ground and bowls club.

   3.4 km · sports venue and park in St Albans, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Denis Compton Oval

   The Denis Compton Oval is a cricket ground located at the Shenley Cricket Centre in Shenley, Hertfordshire, England. The ground was opened by Denis Compton and the main ground was named in his honour.

   4 km · cricket ground in England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Sopwell Priory

   Sopwell Priory was a Benedictine nunnery founded around 1140 on the site of an ancient hermitage in Sopwell, Hertfordshire, England. After the Dissolution, the priory was torn down and a Tudor manor house constructed in its place.

   3.1 km · monastery in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Clock Tower

   The Clock Tower, St Albans is a Grade I listed belfry in St Albans, England which was constructed between 1403 and 1412, believed to have been completed in 1405. It has been claimed to be the only remaining medieval town belfry in England.

   4 km · listed building in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Holywell House

   Holywell House was a house in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. The manor house was originally called Hallywell.

   3.7 km · historic building in Hertfordshire, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   All Saints Pastoral Centre

   All Saints Pastoral Centre is a complex of buildings at London Colney on the southern outskirts of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. It was built as a convent for the Anglican Society of All Saints Sisters of the Poor.

   1.6 km · building in London Colney, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   De Havilland Aircraft Museum

   The de Havilland Aircraft Museum, formerly the de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre, is a volunteer-run aviation museum in London Colney, Hertfordshire, UK. The Museum's mission is to preserve and communicate the de Havilland Heritage to ensure that current and future generations of all ages will understand de Havilland’s contribution to innovative British Aviation technology. The collection was originally built around the definitive prototype and restoration shops for the de Havilland Mosquito and now also includes several examples of the de Havilland Vampire – the third operational jet aircraft in the world.

   2.6 km · aviation museum in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Corn Exchange

    The Corn Exchange is a retail building in the Market Place, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. The structure, which is now used to accommodate a pair of shops, is a locally listed building.

    4 km · building in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What Wikivoyage says to see

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

1. 01
   All Saints Pastoral Centre
2. 02
   Broad Colney Lakes Nature Reserve

   South part of London Colney (Road B5378 (Shenley Lane) borders the west side of this Nature Reserve).

3. 03
   De Havilland Aircraft Museum
4. 04
   Napsbury Park

From Wikivoyage: London Colney, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to London Colney

Airports

London Luton (LTN), 17 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 30 km · London Stansted (STN), 41 km

Stations

St Albans City railway station, 3.3 km · St Albans Abbey railway station, 3.6 km · Park Street railway station, 2.8 km · How Wood railway station, 3.2 km · Salvation Army Halt railway station, 2.9 km

• London, Essex → London Colney

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  27 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £3–4
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → London Colney

  138 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £15–19
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for London Colney. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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