Colney Heath

Colney Heath
Colney Heath
 Colney Heath shown within Hertfordshire
Area  4.32 sq mi (11.2 km2)
Population 5,962 (2011)[1]
   – density  1,380/sq mi (530/km2)
OS grid referenceTL205055
Civil parishColney Heath
DistrictSt Albans
Shire countyHertfordshire
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Police Hertfordshire
Fire Hertfordshire
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK ParliamentSt Albans
List of places
UK
England
Hertfordshire

Coordinates: 51°44′07″N 0°15′23″W / 51.73527°N 0.2564°W / 51.73527; -0.2564

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.

Twinning

Colney Heath is twinned with:

Education

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

Sport & 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]

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ "About the Twinning Association". Colney Heath/Boissy Twinning Association. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "School Information". Colney Heath School. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Colney Heath FC History". Colney Heath Football Club. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Colney Heath". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Map of Colney Heath". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

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