Colney Heath is a large village in
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...
, England. The village became a
civil parish in 1947 when the
St. Peter Rural
St Peter Rural was a civil parish in Hertfordshire, England from 1894 to 1947. The local council was St Peter Rural Parish Council.
It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the ancient parish of St Peter which was ou ...
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
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon,
France; 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's a primary school for children aged between three and eleven.
Sport and leisure
Colney Heath has a
football club
A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all- ...
that currently competes in the
Spartan South Midlands League
The Spartan South Midlands Football League is an English football league covering Hertfordshire, northwest Greater London, central Buckinghamshire and southern Bedfordshire. It is a feeder to the Southern Football League or the Isthmian 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
Colney Heath Local Nature Reserve is a 22.5 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Colney Heath in Hertfordshire. It is owned and managed by Colney Heath Parish Council. The site was acquired in the 1950s and 1960s, and it is a Hertfordshire Heritage S ...
is located in the village.
References
External links
Colney Heath / Boissy Twinning Association
Villages in Hertfordshire
Civil parishes in Hertfordshire
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