Facts About London Colney

Many villages claim to be the largest village in England. London colney is up there, at the top.

Arsenal Football Club has its training ground in London Colney

London Colney at one time boasted 27 pubs in one mile!

Karl Richter, a German spy was caught in London Colney on 13th May 1941 and was hanged.

Salisbury Hall was the birthplace of the wooden Mosquito Aircraft now de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre

Salisbury Hall was reputedly a haunt of Nell Gwynn and King Charles 11 - Nell Gwynn's cottage still exists.

The hall was inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Sir Winston Spencer Churchill

Hauntings in London Colney

The Green Dragon in Waterside, is said to be haunted by the ghost of a former landlord who died in debt. A soldier in a red jacket and a boy has been seen.

The Bull is haunted by the ghost of a young girl called Abigail or Annie who used to work in the inn before the Second World War.

The ghost of an old woman haunted a cottage in the grounds of Napsbury Hospital now Napsbury Park, a residential development.

Salisbury Hall has the reputation of being one of the most haunted sites in the country.

Sir Henry Blount's spirit walks a passageway on the second floor of Tyttenhanger House.