Enjoy Hertfordshire 2012/13

Enjoy!

The magazine of the Hertfordshire Tourism and Leisure Partnership

Issue 15 Autumn to Winter 2012

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CELEBRATE A SPECIAL MOMENT AT HANBURY MANOR Whether its a birthday party, engagement party, anniversary or baby shower opt for an afternoon tea, private dinner, disco or themed event in one of our banqueting spaces including the original converted chapel Poles Hall or Garden Court set in beautifully walled gardens ideal to capture the perfect moment.

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Enjoy!

Issue 15 Autumn to Winter 2012

Hertfordshire

experience

The magazine of the Hertfordshire Tourism and Leisure Partnership

Front Cover: Snowlady by Madame FiďŹ Presents

CONTENTS

Where to Stay Spa Time Tea for Two Eating Out

06 12 14 16

Ride the Rapids The Good Life Map

20 26 30

Natural History Welcome to the Aquadrome

34 38

Supply Chain Special Days Out Special Events Museums and Heritage

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Slopes discover

See page 57 for tourist information and page 58 for useful contacts

EDITORIAL Editor-in-chief Annie Hawkins Email anniehawkins@enjoyhertfordshire.com Telephone 01992 556231 ADVERTISING Advertisment Manager Stewart Hedges Telephone 01525 874607 or 07595 894557 DESIGN Chris Johnson & Carla Keen

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Welcome to the latest edition of Enjoy!

Hertfordshire magazine. Well what an amazing summer of sport and festivals we have had in our beautiful county this year. As host county to the Canoe Slalom events we were priveliged to see Olympic history in the making at the Lee Valley White Water Centre in Broxbourne, where Team GB won not only a gold but a silver medal.

Just weeks after those medals being won the White Water Centre is open again to the public. Tickets for the white rafting experience are up for grabs alongside Afternoon Tea at the Mercure Letchworth Hall Hotel in our competitions, so do enter, you may just be one of our lucky winners.

Inside you can read about our farmers’ markets, Letchworth Garden City - the first Garden City, the places where you can be pampered during the winter months and much, much more.

If you are looking for a special gift for someone, do try to shop local and support the many independent shops in our market towns as they really do have a lot to offer. You may want to treat family and friends with tickets to a show, so don’t forget to check out what is on offer in Herts as you can often see a show before it hits the West End. Wherever you go and whatever you decide to do, you will receive a warm welcome in Hertfordshire and I am sure you will want to return again.

Enjoy!

Tim Hutchings

Chair of Hertfordshire Tourism & Leisure Partnership

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To advertise in Enjoy! Hertfordshire Spring/Summer 2013 or Enjoy! Hertfordshire Group Visits 2013 please call Stewart Hedges on 07595 894557 or email stewart@eastmag.com

Redcoats is a beautiful, family-run, 15th century farmhouse restaurant and hotel with 13 bedrooms and suites â&#x20AC;&#x201C; perfect for any occasion.

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Passing Visitors are guaranteed a warm welcome.

The friendly atmosphere augmented by a blazing log fire, excellent selection of real ales and fine wines and wholesome home cooked food.

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Ye Olde Fighting Cocks 16 Abbey Mill Lane, St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 4HE Tel: 01727 869152 www.yeoldefightingcocks.co.uk

Private Function areas are available and we take bookings for lunch or dinner.

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WIN a wet and wild rafting experience…

It was really exciting to see Team GB win gold and silver in the Olympic Canoe Slalom event at Lee Valley White Water Centre this summer.

Now you too can take on the same rapids as the world’s best athletes.

This is a unique opportunity not to be missed!

You and your friends will never stop talking about rafting on the Olympic Standard Competition Course.

Led by a friendly raft guide, your half-day adventure starts with a calm but fast-paced descent followed by tougher challenges with each run of the course. You will face 13,000 litres of water every second and experience fast-paced descent, surfing, spinning and nose dunking! After your adventure, relax with a drink and a bite to eat at our licensed terrace café bar located in our award-winning centre that overlooks the course.

Lee Valley White Water Centre is located near Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire and just 15 minutes walk from Waltham Cross train station and 10 minutes from the M25, Junctions 25 or 26 or the A10. For more information and to book visit: gowhitewater.co.uk or call 08456 770 606.

Lee Valley White Water Centre is offering one lucky reader a chance to raft the rapids. For your opportunity to win, simply answer this question: What medals did Team GB win in the Olympic Canoe Slalom event this year?

Enter online at www.visitleevalley.org.uk/enjoyherts or send your answer together with your name and telephone number, using the coupon below, to the address below. Closing date 25 February 2013 at 16:00.

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Closing date 25 February 2013 at 16:00 Rafters must be at least 14 years old. Standard terms and conditions apply and are available at: visitleevalley.org.uk/go/terms-conditions

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The Garden City Greenway is a 13.6 miles countryside circular trail around the edge of Letchworth Garden City; you are never far from the town. Ideal for a family walk, there are picnic areas and barbecue facilities along the route. Norton Pond is a good place to rest. With patience, a whole host of wildlife can be seen here including dragonflies, damselflies, water beetles, three-spined sticklebacks, common frog, common toad, water boatman, pond snails, pond skaters and crustaceans.

Norton Pond is situated next to the entrance to Croft Lane near Norton village. Look on www.greenway.com The Garden City Museum is holding an exhibition on the Spirella Company, Corsets & Corsetieres. The company motto was ‘Healthy, happy workers are the world’s best’.

The exhibition is packed full of objects and ephemera and explores the history of the iconic Spirella Building, the company, the corsets it made and, of course, the lives of some of those ‘happy workers.’ It is open Mon to Sat, 10am to 5pm and runs until 23 February 2013. Look on www. gardencitymuseum.org for more information.

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ide tree-lined streets and distinctive early 20th century buildings mark Letchworth Garden City as somewhere special. It was here that Ebenezer Howard set up the world’s first Garden City in 1903. It attracted idealists and pioneers who wanted to combine the best of town and country and plough all the financial benefits into the community. The idea struck a chord and Letchworth flourished. Among the early investors was Spirella, the American corset company which built a ballroom for its staff, had a man to maintain their bikes and provided hot baths and dry clothes if it rained. The Spirella Ballroom is still used today as an extra special venue for weddings, conferences and parties. The Broadway Cinema is housed in the original unique art deco building which today showcases the latest blockbusters.

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fountain dominating the main approach to the town. Shoppers will find a range of individual shops, an Arts Centre, the museum and a fine selection of restaurants and cafes. The town was teetotal for many years but there are now plenty of licensed premises. www.letchworthgc.com If vintage and collectables are your favourites, come and explore the Wynd. It is a cornucopia of delights. Here you will find the fabulous GoGoSix which offers cool vintage clothing from the 40’s to the 60’s, alongside vintage jewellery, household goods and accessories. Stock often changes so look on www.gogosixvintage.co.uk Nearby Mackay’s Junk and Disorderly is home to an eclectic mix of antiques and collectables and is well worth a rummage, you may just discover a unique piece of furniture that you can give a good home to. They buy and sell so if you are looking for something specific give them a call on 01462 685050.

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Letchworth Arts Centre in the town arcade has monthly jazz nights, sit back, relax and listen to some great live music. Tickets are just £5. The monthly Comedy Nights are just as popular. Tickets are £10 and can be booked on line www.letchwortharts.org In the village of Hexton a short drive from Letchworth Garden City, you will find Country Matters and the Lavender Tea Room. Based in the old Village Hall you will find an Aladdin’s cave of bric-a-brac and local crafts.

An assortment of very fresh eggs are usually for sale, and you can often buy plants and flowers too, all sourced locally. After a mooch enjoy the atmosphere of the tea room with its homemade food.

Cyclists and walkers are very welcome. Call 07855 244174 for more information.

Other shops in the Wynd include The Gourmet Soap and Gift Shop, Garden City Crafts, Gemology and A Different Calibre, a country pursuit specialist. The area is pedestrianised so is very child friendly – look out for the pirate ship for budding pirates!

Adaptor Clothing based in Mead Lane in Hertford offer lots of hip retro, mod clothing including suits, shoes and accessories. So if you want to source a new fishtail parka and Chelsea boots to look ultra cool on your scooter check Adaptor out. Major brands available. You can also buy online on www. adaptorclothing.com or telephone 01992 501616.

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Standalone Farm is a traditional working farm set in 170 acres; you can see lots of animals.The farm walk takes you through surrounding paddocks, past sheep, cows, different breeds of goats and horses all contentedly grazing. In the spring lambs, calves and chicks delight the visitors.

There is a picnic area and a children’s play area. It closes on 4th November but reopens early March. Opening hours: 10am to 5pm.

Look on www. standalonefarm.com or telephone: 01462 686775 for more information.

The next Hertford Vintage Fayre is taking place on Saturday 10 November in Hertford Corn Exchange, a small but perfectly formed fair with interesting vintage stalls selling a variety of fabulous vintage goodies. Tasty homemade cakes are also on offer, just £1 to get in.

The Letchworth Garden City calendar for 2013 is available on line for just £7.99. Created with 13 winning Garden City images from the recent photographic competition, including the famous Garden City black squirrel. Look on www. letchworthgc.com

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he Green House Community Market is close by in the Gallery and hosts events that focus on recycling and reusing goods. Stall holders are encouraged to be innovative in their recycling by repainting, reusing and adapting items or by creating new items from used materials to help save the planet. Various themed markets take place on Wednesdays to Sundays including monthly craft and collectables and regular vintage markets.

The Green House is under cover and there is a café for that quick pit stop. Do check in advance for details of events on www. letchworthgreenhouse.co.uk The historical shopping arcade shows off the style and architecture of the 1920s and is home to a selection of independent and specialist retailers, including a traditional sweet shop where they will weigh out your sweets for you straight from the jar. Look on www.shopletchworth.com for all your shopping options in the Garden City, plus the opportunity to even win an exclusive Love Letchworth Scarf.

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Win afternoon tea at Letchworth Hall Hotel

The unmistakable atmosphere of a grand country estate surrounds the four-star Mercure Letchworth Hall Hotel. The hotel is set in eight acres of gardens including a developing meadow which attracts muntjac deer and the local black squirrels.

The property was refurbished and re-launched in November 2009 and has restored and retained many of the Jacobean features of the quintessential â&#x20AC;&#x153;Olde Englishâ&#x20AC;? manor house, dating from 1625, at the heart of the estate.

Afternoon teas are served in The Great Hall and can be booked from 12 mid day until 5.30 pm. They include an assortment of sandwiches; mixed fruit and plain scones with clotted cream and a selection of preserves; cakes and pastries; and a variety of speciality teas or freshly-brewed coffee.

Some dates may be excluded and advance booking is essential by calling 01462 683747

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Where afternoon a) The is dining room tea served at Letchworth Hall? a) b)The TheDining Great Room Hall b) c)The TheGreat bar Hall Competition entries should be sent to:

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Fleetville Vintage Emporium of St Albans

The Emporium, with it’s amazing array of all things vintage - from clothes to shabby chic furniture, from antiques and collectables to books and records, from curtains to bed spreads, from Kitchenalia to French pots, has everything the discerning vintage buyer could want. Since it’s opening in August 2009 the Emporium has gone from strength to strength and now houses over 80 dealers with another warehouse filling quickly. You won’t believe your senses.

Open 7 days a week: Mon - Sat 9am - 5:30pm Sunday 10am - 4pm

Open 25th March – 3rd November 2013

221 Hatfield Road, St Albans, Herts, AL1 4TB Tel: 01727 760095

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Gardenonaroll offers the non-gardener the opportunity to plant their very own predesign border using the new, patented, life sized paper plan system with circles and numbers on the paper which corresponds with the number on the plants!

Simply go to our web site and follow these 5 simple steps to produce your own perfect border.

• Choose the style of plants you like • Select required length and width • Place your order and receive delivery • Carry out simple ground preparation • Plant the ‘lettered’ plants through ‘lettered’ circles on Bio-degradable paper plan and cover with soil or bark

For more information or advice, please visit our web site www.gardenonaroll.co.uk or contact Antony Henn on 01707 276620 antonyhenn@gardenonaroll.co.uk It’s a border in a box!

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WELCOME TO WATFORD… FOR YOU We are proud to welcome you to our growing, prosperous town. With our diverse population we think everyone will feel at home

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atford has activities and attractions to suit all tastes: historical sites, parks, museums, leisure centres and sporting events for the whole family.

There’s a wide range of shopping and dining opportunities as well as theatres, cinemas, pubs, music venues and nightclubs for afterhours entertainment.

Watford enjoys an enviable proximity to the UK’s transport network. Its location just inside the M25 at junctions19 and 20 and just off the M1 at junction 5 ensures it simply couldn’t be easier to get here. Access from the M40 can also be swift via junction 16 of the M25.

Alternatively, Watford can be reached by tube on the Metropolitan Line and for destinations to the North or the South, via overground services into Watford Junction.

Here is just a taster of what our town has to offer…

Shop til you drop!

The Harlequin is Hertfordshire’s largest shopping centre. It opens seven days a week and has over 140 shops and restaurants under its roof including John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Apple, Karen Millen, Primark, Disney Store, Lakeland and Zara, to name just a few.

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entertainment outside London with recent acts including One Direction, Level 42 and Jimmy Carr. A stone’s throw from the high street, Watford Palace offers a vast array of theatre, dance, films and more, and many of its productions have enjoyed critical acclaim. Christmas is on its way and Panto season at the Palace is a great family day out. The theatre is also now offering the chance to watch 3D screenings of films.

If comedy’s your thing why not eat,drink, laugh and dance all under one roof at The Comedy Club at Oceana Watford? Featuring some of the country’s best comedians, it’s a great place to celebrate any occasion. After the comedy finishes you are then invited to continue you night with complimentary entrance to Oceana Watford, West London’s Premier Nightclub.

Eating out In harmony with its vibrant, bustling atmosphere, Watford has an abundance of restaurants to try.

Choose from family favourites and popular chains like Nandos, Pizza Express, and Ask to a range of fantastic local independent restaurants.

Watford is also close to seeing the completion of the ‘Met Quarter’- located in the town centre, opposite the southern entrance to The Harlequin. The Met Quarter will provide a fabulous choice of seven new restaurants and a coffee shop. The extended pavements allow the restaurants to offer al fresco dining, creating a lively café culture feel to this part of town.

The new restaurants opening in the scheme are Zizzi, Wagamama, Carluccios, Chimichanga, Nando’s and Jimmy’s World Grill & Bar along with Costa Coffee taking over the listed Barclays Bank building on the corner. ■

Useful links info@watfordforyou.org www.WatfordForYou.org @watfordforyou

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The Aquadrome is open 365 days a year and has been awarded a Green Flag four years running for its safe, clean and well managed environment. Just a 20 minute drive from Watford which is off Junction 5 of the M1 or take the M25 to Junction 18 for Chorleywood.

The car park is open 8am to 6pm until 30 April.

See an interactive map of the Aquadrome and other nature reserves in the area at www. ourclimateischanging.com.

Rickmansworth is accessible from London, you can get the Metropolitan Underground to Rickmansworth Station or Chiltern Rail from Marylebone Station and be in the countryside in 35 minutes.

The Aquadrome is just a ten minute walk from the station or less if you bring your bike!

Rickmansworth is on national cycling Route 61 and Route 6. Look on www.sustrans. org.uk for more cycling information.

Rickmansworth Water Ski Club is a family orientated club and welcomes members of all ages and abilities. The club is open to skiers and wakeboarders and they hold competitions all year. For more information: www.rwsc.co.uk

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Straddling the ancient River Colne and Grand Union Canal, the Aquadrome is 41 hectares of woodland, lakes and grassland.

More than just a place for peaceful walks, the Aquadrome is one of the most wheelchair-accessible nature reserves in Britain. In fact, the whole of the nature reserve is perfect for disabled people - with customised sailing dinghies on the lake, secure ďŹ shing bays and accessible loos - as

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experience well as tons of free parking.

Perhaps it’s no surprise that the ‘Aqui’, as the local call it, is just as popular with cyclists and parents with pushchairs.

Wander past Bury Lake and you’ll come across the popular Café in the Park, which is bustling with mums and toddlers on weekday afternoons all year round.

Bury and Stockers Lakes were watering holes themselves - quite literally. Gravel extraction, which helped to build the original Wembley Stadium, was ended in the 1920s and rain and springs filled the remaining hollows naturally.

Batchworth is now fed by the River Colne and, in turn, carries water on through to Bury Lake, which is close by. This place of industry has long since been reclaimed by Mother Nature.

The 1.3 km trail will help you to get the best views of herons, kingfishers, swans and moorhens. In summer you’ll spot frogs,

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The Rickmansworth Festival takes place on the third weekend of May every year at the Aquadrome. Celebrating canals, the community and the environment, the festival has been going for over twenty years and is the highlight of the town’s annual calendar and finale of Rickmansworth Week. The festival is a great family day out and with so much to do it is not to be missed. For more information on the festival look on www.rwt.org.uk Next to Bury Lake is Stockers Lake where there is a wildlife sanctuary managed by Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. The lake attracts an astonishing number of water birds and is one of the largest gravel pits in the Colne Valley.

Wintering duck such as Shoveler and Golden Eye are common visitors. There are over sixty recorded species of breeding birds, including the Common Tern which breeds on specially constructed rafts in the lake. It also boasts the largest heronry in the county.

Why not take a stroll and see how many different species of water birds you can spot?

For more information on Stockers Lake look on www. hertswildlifetrust.org.uk

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Over the years Springwell Quarry at Rickmansworth has been a popular location for the popular BBC TV series ‘Doctor Who’, with the stories ‘The Three Doctors’, ‘Earthshock’, ‘The Twin Dilemma’ and ‘Delta & The Bannermen’ being staged there. In Hollywood blockbuster Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, scenes showing Dr. Jones teaching were filmed at the local Rickmansworth Masonic School. For more information on film locations look on www.sceneonscreen.co.uk Watersmeet is the local theatre in Rickmansworth High Street. Plays, music, ballet and films are all on offer. This year’s pantomime is the timeless classic Peter Pan, so if you want to practice your hissing and booing, book your tickets now on www.watersmeet.co.uk Rickmansworth has a good selection of individual shops and places to stop for a drink or a snack. Other attractions in the town include St Mary’s Church with its 17th Century tower and Basing House where William Penn lived after his marriage in 1672.

Penn, a prominent Quaker, founded the state of Pennsylvania in America.

damselflies, small copper and gatekeeper butterflies among the reeds and grassland.

Pop across to Stockers Lake and you’ll find a beautiful wildlife sanctuary which is preserved by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.

The Aquadrome is very wheelchair friendly and activities on offer include fishing and dinghy sailing plus full access to the Café in the Park and the whole of the Aquadrome local nature reserve.

Youngsters can muck about on the wacky slide in Ebury Play Area and you can dine al fresco on the café’s verandah. There are activities for all interests and ages - from model boating, waterskiing, kayaking, fishing plus disabled and able-bodied sailing. If you can navigate Bury Lake’s complex, squally winds, say the Young Mariners club, then sailing out at sea will be a walk in the park.

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Sunday Evenings Herts Jazz The Hawthorne Theatre Welwyn Garden City www.hertsjazz.co.uk Until April 2013 Great Bed of Ware Exhibition Ware Museum www.waremuseum.org NOVEMBER 17 – 28 November Hitchin Art Club Exhibition British Schools Museum, Hitchin www.hitchinbritishschools.org 21 November – 24 December Santa’s Spectacular Grotto & Festive Farm Fun Willows Farm Village www.willowsfarmvillage.com 23 November Festive Fun at Hertford Museum www.hertfordmuseum.org 25 November Harpenden Christmas Carnival High Street from midday www.harpenden.gov

25 November Frogmore Paper Mill Xmas Market www.papertrail.org DECEMBER 1 December – 10 March Wildlife Photographer Exhibition Natural History Museum Tring www.nhm.ac.uk

5 December A Festive Knit and Natter Hertford Museum www.hertfordmuseum.org 7 December Ware Dickensian Evening www.waretourism.org

1 December The Nutcracker Ballet Alban Arena, St Albans 01727 844488

8 December A Thomas Hardy Christmas Celebration in Song & Dance British Schools Museum, Hitchin www.hitchinbritishschools.org

1 December The Adventures of Robin Hood Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage www.gordon-craig.co.uk

8 December Artisan, Arts & Crafts Market Old Town Hall, St Albans 01727 864511

1 December Victorian Christmas Fair 10 am-3 pm British Schools Museum, Hitchin www.hitchinbritishschools.co.uk

8 & 9,15 &16 December A Christmas Carol Knebworth House Booking essential www.knebworthhouse.com

2 December Christmas Fair Ashridge Visitor Centre, Berkhamsted www.nationaltrust.org

9 December Music for Christmas Hatfield House Booking essential www.hatfield-house.co.uk

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experience JANUARY 1 - 6 January Cinderella Wyllyotts Theatre Potters Bar www.hertsmereleisure.co.uk 12 January Hertford Farmers’ Market www.eastherts.gov.uk 9 December Much Hadham Christmas Market Much Hadham Village Hall www.hopleys.co.uk 15-16 December Stable Yard Vintage & Antiques Market Hatfield House www.hatfield-house.co.uk 16 December Rapunzel and the Tower of Doom The Weston Auditorium, University of Hertfordshire www.herts.ac.uk/artsandgalleries December 16 & 23 Sunday Lunch with Santa Knebworth House Booking essential www.knebworthhouse.com 19-22 December French Market Outside Alban Arena, St Albans 01727 864511 27 December Christmas Walk Ashridge Visitor Centre, Berkhamsted Booking essential www.nationaltrust.org 31 December Green Onions Northern Soul Party Hertford Corn Exchange www.hertfordcornexchange.co.uk

19 January How to Catch a Star Children’s theatre, 3yrs plus Booking essential www.watfordpalacetheatre.co.uk 21 January Romeo & Juliet Hawthorne Theatre Welwyn Garden City www.hawthornetheatre.co.uk 26 January Stand Up Comedy Terrace Suite Hawthorne Theatre Welwyn Garden City www.hawthornetheatre.co.uk FEBRUARY 6 February Gardeners Coffee Morning Myddleton House Gardens Booking essential www.visitleevalley.org

February Half Term February Frolics Lambing Willows Farm Village www.willowsfarmvillage.com MARCH 6 March Gardeners’ Coffee Morning Myddleton House Gardens Booking essential www.visitleevalley.org 9 March The Sensational 60s Experience Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage www.gordon-craig.co.uk 15 March The Selector Hertford Corn Exchange www.hertfordcornexchange.co.uk 16 March The Elves & the Shoemaker Watford Palace Booking essential www.watfordpalacetheatre.co.uk 23 March What the Dickens?

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7 -23 February Equally Divided by Ronald Harwood Watford Palace www.watfordpalacetheatre.co.uk 17 February Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night Hatfield House Booking essential www.hatfield-house.co.uk 22 February The Troggs Hertford Corn Exchange www.hertfordcornexchange.co.uk

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Group visits by arrangement.

Light refreshments.

Souvenirs. Shop.

320 Camp Road Tel: (01727) 869693 (Answering machine) www.stalbansorgantheatre.org.uk A registered Charitable Trust Number 276072

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ENTRY FOR BOYS at 11 and 13 ENTRY FOR BOYS and GIRLS at 16+ Contact the Registrar for details of Open Mornings

Registrar, St Albans School, Abbey Gateway, St Albans, Herts AL3 4HB Telephone : 01727 855521 email: admissions@st-albans.herts.sch.uk www.st-albans.herts.sch.uk

Visit

St Albans Museums MUSEUM OF ST ALBANS 9a Hatfield Road, St Albans AL1 3RR 01727 819340

VERULAMIUM MUSEUM St Michaels, St Albans AL3 4SW 01727 751810

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HIGHBURY FARM FRESH FARM LAMB FOR THE TABLE

Lamb and Mutton Producer Half/whole lambs for freezer, plus individual orders direct from farm or farmers market.

Discover the st ories behind the sto ries...

❈ Natural Knitting Wool and Carver Sliver for felting or Spinning from our own sheep ❈ Hog Roasts

...and let your imagination run wild

Highbury Farm Woodend Ardeley Stevenage Herts Sg2 7Bd

01438 869666 | yvonne@highburyfarm.com

www.highburyfarm.co.uk

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Choosing the right care home for Mum was made easier.

• 24-hour Nursing and Residential care • Assisted Living apartments • Day-time activities • Respite care / short breaks • Convalescent care and Rehabilitation • Palliative care

T hank you, Bushey House!

Bushey House Beaumont Care Home High St, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 1QN

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All own and local meats, home-cured hams, gammons and bacon.

On site butchery fully stocked deli with over 50 British cheeses.

Check our website for Christmas tasting days and offers Open 7 days a week 01992 552900 www.foxholesfarm.com Follow us on twitter @FoxholesFarm London Road, Hertford, Herts SG13 7NT 56 Enjoy Herts.indd 1

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information

Other Useful Contacts For Tourist Information : www.enjoyhertfordshire.com www.hertsdirect.org www.visiteastofengland.com www.visitengland.com www.visitbritain.com ww To source locally grown produce: www.bigbarn.co.uk www.growninherts.org.uk

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useful contacts

How to get here

www.enjoyhertfordshire.com

Herts Travel Information from Intalink traveline 0871 200 22 33 (0700 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2200). (Calls from BT Landlines cost 10p per minute, mobile and other providersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; charges may vary) www.intalink.org.uk (For timetables, maps, journey planning and breaking news).

National Rail Enquiries 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Tel: 08457 48 49 50 www.nationalrail.co.uk

M

ain line stations serve Hertfordshire from London including Kings Cross, St Pancras and Liverpool Street.

The M1 and the A1(M) run through the county and Stansted Airport is situated to the east with Luton Airport on the northern border. Buses and trains link the towns and there is an extensive network of roads with many idyllic country lanes. Hertfordshire really is something special.

Stop and stay a while, experience, discover, explore and relax.

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Put the bus network in your pocket The Hertfordshire Travel Information App from Intalink

Features include: • Next Departures • Timetables • Maps • Journey Planning • Contact information • Favourites

Available to download* now on iPhone and Android

For more info and to download* visit

www.app.intalink.org.uk *The Intalink App carries a one-off cost (see your app store/market for details). www.intalink.org.uk

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