Brookmans Park
Brookmans Park is a village in the English county of Hertfordshire 14 mi (23 km) north of London.
Understand
[edit]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 1 Folly Arch. 
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
[edit]By road
[edit]The A1000 Great North Road from Potters Bar to Hatfield touches the eastern edge or the village of Brookmans Park.
By train
[edit]Services run by Great Northern operate to 1 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
[edit]Route 610 from Luton to Potters Bar calling at Harpenden, Wheathampstead, Hatfield and Welham Green.
Get around
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On foot
[edit]From Brookmans Park Station, head east into the village centre 'Bradmore Green'.
See
[edit]- Folly Arch a 3-storey mock medieval castle gateway built about 1730.
- 2 Brookmans Avenue. Enjoy driving past impressive houses.
- 3 Bungalettes, Georges Wood Road, AL9 7BT (follow Brookmans Avenue which becomes Georges Wood Road). 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.
Do
[edit]- 1 Gobions Wood (accessed from Moffats Lane for the small car park). A 36-hectare nature reserve.
- 2 Table Tennis, Gobions Open Space, Jonas Way, AL9 7RW (10 m (33 ft) south of the car park). free.
Buy
[edit]- 1 Bryan's Homecentre, 21 Bradmore Green, AL9 7QR, ☏ +44 1707 656 976. 9PM-1PM M-Sa 2:15-5:30PM M/T/Th/F/S (closed Su). Bicycle sales, repairs and hardware shop.
- 2 Brookmans Family Butchers, 7 Bradmore Green, AL9 7QW, ☏ +44 1707 654 413. 7:30AM–5:30PM (closed Su).
- 3 Hammersley J R & Son, 57 Bradmore Green, Brookmans Park, AL9 7QS, ☏ +44 1707 649 872. W-Sa 9AM-1:30PM. Family fishmonger selling fresh fish daily from Billingsgate.
- 4 Stitch and Knit, 91 Bradmore Green, AL9 7QT, ☏ +44 1707 518 966. Tu-Sa 9AM-5PM. haberdashery, wool and fabric shop with courses for your home fabric projects
Eat
[edit]- 1 Miller & Carter, Great North Road, Bell Bar, AL9 6NA (on A1000), ☏ +44 1707 647 429. Daily noon-10PM. Steak house.
- 2 The Pearl Fish Bar, 47 Bradmore Green, AL9 7QS, ☏ +44 1707 664 664. Tu-Sa 11:30AM-2PM, M-Sa 4:30-9PM. Takeaway fish and chips.
Drink
[edit]- 1 Brookmans, Bradmore Green, AL9 7QW, ☏ +44 1707 664 144, brookmans@peachpubs.com. M 9AM-10PM, Tu-Sa 9AM-11PM, Su 9AM-9PM. Posh village pub with a restaurant. Pizzas £10.50 to £13.50, mains £13.00 to £27,50.
- 2 Tealicious Tea Rooms, 83 Bradmore Green, AL9 7QT, ☏ +44 1707 707 575, https://www.tealicioustearooms@gmail.com. Tu-F 8AM-4PM, Sa Su 8AM-3PM. Family-run vintage tea room with homemade cakes and food.
Outside the village, down country lanes - a choice of two Woodman Inns in different directions:
- 3 Woodman Inn (Waterend), 21 Warrengate Road, AL9 7TT (close to Swanland Road (the old A1)), ☏ +44 1707 650 502. Daily noon-11PM. Bar-carvery restaurant, built in 1664.
- 4 The Woodman (Wild Hill), 45 Wild Hill Road, AL9 6EA, ☏ +44 1707 642 618. M-F 11:30AM-2:30PM, 5:30-11PM; Su noon-11PM. A superb boozer, unpretentious rural community local with a large garden. A staunch supporter of real ale. Pub grub is served lunchtimes (excluding Sunday).
- 5 Cock o' the North, Great North Rd, Bell Bar, AL9 6NA (on the A1000), ☏ +44 1707 653263. Noon-10PM. Pub with food.
Sleep
[edit]No hotels in Brookmans Park so the nearest accommodation is in Hatfield or South Mymms.
Go next
[edit]- To the north Hatfield, 4 mi (6.4 km) along the A1000.
- To the north east via country lanes to Essendon and Hertford along the B158.
- To the south Potters Bar, 2 mi (3.2 km) .
- To the north west via Colney Heath to St Albans, 8 mi (13 km).
| Routes through Brookmans Park |
| Welwyn Garden City ← Hatfield ← | North  South |
→ Potters Bar → London |