Brookmans Park - village in United Kingdom

Brookmans Park is a village in the English county of Hertfordshire north of London.

Understand

Brookmans Park was named after John Brokeman who had an estate (park) in the 15th century. A second estate, Gobions, was built with a mock medieval gate house Folly Arch, 51.712°, -0.185527°.

The current dormitory village was built in this park, after the railway station was opened in 1926. It was to become a garden city but being in London's Green Belt it was not allowed to grow: the large shopping centre, Bradmore Green, shows this legacy.

Get in

By road

The A1000 Great North Road from Potters Bar to Hatfield touches the eastern edge or the village of Brookmans Park.

By train

Services run by Great Northern operate to Brookmans Park railway station 📍.These depart London Moorgate M-F every 20 minutes, Sa Su every 30 minutes, and call at a number of stations including Potters Bar and Hatfield as well as Old Street, Highbury & Islington, and Finsbury Park as in North London.

By bus

Route 610 from Luton to Potters Bar calling at Harpenden, Wheathampstead, Hatfield and Welham Green.

Get around

On foot

From Brookmans Park Station, head east into the village centre 'Bradmore Green'.

See

  • Folly Arch a 3-storey mock medieval castle gateway built about 1730.
  • Brookmans Avenue, 51.72323°, -0.19301°. Enjoy driving past impressive houses. 2020-08-27
  • Bungalettes, Georges Wood Road, AL9 7BT (follow Brookmans Avenue which becomes Georges Wood Road), 51.7225°, -0.18222°. 42 built with a veranda style front porch supported by Tuscan columns, as house-holders believed bungalows would to lower the tone of this area in the 1930s. 2020-12-18

Do

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

No hotels in Brookmans Park so the nearest accommodation is in Hatfield or South Mymms.

Go next

  • To the north Hatfield, along the A1000.
  • To the north east via country lanes to Essendon and Hertford along the B158.
  • To the south Potters Bar, .
  • To the north west via Colney Heath to St Albans, .

Brookmans Park

Postal code:AL9Date Time:Please wait...Timezone:Europe/LondonCoordinates:51.72, -0.20

Hertfordshire

2nd-order administrative division

England

Primary administrative division

United Kingdom

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Population:66.5 MDial code:+44Currency:Pound (GBP)Voltage:230 V, 50 Hz