Colney Heath is a large village in
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties. It borders Bedfordshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Greater London to the ...
, England. The village became a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in 1947 when the
St. Peter Rural parish was split to form Colney Heath and
London Colney
London Colney () is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. It is located to the north of London, close to Junction 22 of the M25 motorway.
It is around south-east of St Albans city centre (and within ...
. There is a converted
windmill
A windmill is a machine operated by the force of wind acting on vanes or sails to mill grain (gristmills), pump water, generate electricity, or drive other machinery.
Windmills were used throughout the high medieval and early modern period ...
in the village. The civil parish also includes the settlements of
Smallford and
Sleapshyde.
Twinning
Colney Heath is
twinned with:
*
Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon,
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
; also a small village, and each year either French families visit Colney Heath or English families visit France.
Education
Colney Heath School is the only school in the village. It is a primary school for children aged between three and eleven.
Sport and leisure
Colney Heath has a
football club
In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...
that currently competes in the
Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division and plays the home matches at The Recreation Ground.
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.
References
External links
Colney Heath / Boissy Twinning Association
Villages in Hertfordshire
Civil parishes in Hertfordshire
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