Radlett is a village in
Hertfordshire
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, England, between
Elstree
Elstree is a large village in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, England. It is about northwest of central London on the former A5 road, that follows the course of Watling Street. In 2011, its population was 5,110. It forms part of the ...
and
St Albans
St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major ...
on
Watling Street
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, with a population of 8,042. It is in the council district of
Hertsmere in the south of the county, and is covered by two
wards
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* Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...
; Aldenham East and Aldenham West. It is located inside the
M25 motorway
The M25 or London Orbital Motorway is a major road encircling most of Greater London. The motorway is one of the most important roads in the UK and one of the busiest. Margaret Thatcher opened the final section in 1986, making the M25 the lon ...
.
Locality
Radlett lies in the valley of
Tykes Water, a stream that runs north from
Aldenham Reservoir to the
River Colne. Now entirely surrounded by the
Metropolitan Green Belt, it is subject to significant 'infill' development and there is pressure to relax the Green Belt restrictions.
Radlett is located 14 miles (22.5 km) north west of the centre of London. It is one of the wealthiest places in Britain and the second most expensive town to buy a house outside London. The town contains many substantial detached houses with large gardens. In the older centre there are also a few streets with
Victorian
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19th century
* Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign
** Victorian architecture
** Victorian house
** Victorian decorative arts
** Victorian fashion
** Victorian literature ...
semi detached
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and
terraced houses.
Watling Street
Watling Street is a historic route in England that crosses the River Thames at London and which was used in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and throughout the Middle Ages. It was used by the ancient Britons and paved as one of the main R ...
, which is the main road through Radlett, has a wide variety of local shops and restaurants, as well as some national chain stores, a
Post Office
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inside the local Budgens supermarket, and the Radlett Centre with a 300-seat auditorium for various performances. Attached to the Radlett Centre is the local Public Library.
There are two public houses in Radlett: "The Red Lion" and “No.58”.
History
Pre-Roman period
Radlett is situated on the ancient
Watling Street
Watling Street is a historic route in England that crosses the River Thames at London and which was used in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and throughout the Middle Ages. It was used by the ancient Britons and paved as one of the main R ...
, one of the oldest trackways in Britain. Various archaeological finds of Mesolithic and Neolithic flints provide evidence that the Radlett area was inhabited in the Stone Age; the land was densely wooded and remained so until the Middle Ages. The
Catuvellauni tribe settled in parts of Hertfordshire, near St Albans and Wheathamstead in about 80BC, although no trace of settlement has been found in or near Radlett itself. The name Radlett appears to come from the Old-English rad-gelaete meaning a junction of the roads and it is likely that the settlement grew at the point where the ancient route from Aldenham to Shenley crosses Watling Street.
Roman period
During the Roman occupation of
Verulamium, the area from Radlett to
Brockley Hill
Brockley Hill, Stanmore, is an area of high ground on the outskirts of North London, England. The hill, which rises to above sea level, is traversed by the A5 road. It follows the course of the Roman road known as Watling Street. The hill is ...
was home to a number of major potteries, which supplied not only the Roman capital but other parts of the province. One of these potteries is known to have existed on Loom Lane. Roman-era clay pits are still in evidence at the southern end of the village, in the area around Cobden hill and
Tabard RFC. In addition, there is evidence of a Roman villa with a bath building, barn and tile kiln dating from 2nd to 4th century AD, in the area of Netherwylde Farm.
Post-Roman period
Wratten notes that the area was settled by the Saxons by the sixth century, with suggestions that a Saxon church was established on the site of Aldenham Church in King Offa's time. For most of recorded history, the land to the East of Watling Street was administered separately to that on the West.
The Domesday survey of 1086 confirms that most of the land was in the possession of the Abbey of Westminster, though parts of Titeberst (land to the east of Watling Street) were claimed by St Albans. The two major tenants were listed as Geoffrey de Mandeville and Geoffrey de Bec and they leased part of their holdings to tenant farmers. The land was densely forested but was gradually cleared throughout the medieval period for agricultural use and the population lived in dispersed farm settlements adjacent to field strips or scattered around the periphery of common land which made up a substantial part of the southern and western area of the Parish.
It is known that in the thirteenth century, gallows were erected jointly by the Abbots of Westminster and St Albans 'in a certain spot called Keneprowe' (now Kemp Row), for trials conducted at Aldenham.
Radlett seems to have consisted of two farms: Darnells (first mentioned in 1358) and Gills Hill on the west side of Watling Street; and the estates of Aldenham Lodge, Newberries and Organ Hall on the east, plus Newlands (first recorded in 1291) and a few cottages. There are records of at least two other medieval moated homesteads within the Parish – Penne's Place and Kendals, but tantalisingly little physical evidence.
The first recorded reference of Radlett comes from 1453 and it was usually spelt with one T until the mid-nineteenth century. With the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536, the disputes over land ownership in the Parish between St Albans Abbey and Westminster Abbey ceased to be viable and the land was sold to create revenue for the Crown.
Modern period
In 1823 the town was the site of the
Radlett murder, a notorious crime which became the subject of numerous books and stage plays. The victim, William Weare, was killed on Gills Hill Lane (subsequently popularly known as Murder Lane), with the site gaining such notoriety that it became a tourist attraction for some time.
In 1860 the
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It am ...
was extended from
Bedford
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into London and a station was built at Radlett connecting it with London. On 8 December 1865 the
Ecclesiastical Parish of Radlett was created out of the eastern part of
Aldenham
Aldenham is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, north-east of Watford and southwest of Radlett. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book and is one of Hertsmere's 14 conservation areas. The village has eight pre-19th-century listed build ...
and this marks the start of the modern history of the village. Development could only start when the landowners sold off their land for this purpose and this started in the final decade of the 19th century when land to the west of Watling Street was sold off. In 1910 the estate of Aldenham Lodge to the north of Shenley Hill was released for development and in 1935 the Newberries estate. Newberries mansion was demolished in the 1950s and Aldenham Lodge in 1964.
Handley Page
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Ltd opened a grass airfield just north of the town in 1929 for the production of aircraft. By 1939
Radlett Aerodrome was upgraded to have three hard runways for use in the production of
Handley Page Hampden and
Handley Page Halifax
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The Halifax has its or ...
bombers during the
Second World War
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. Post-war the airfield was used for production of
Handley Page Hastings
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transport aircraft and
Handley Page Hermes airliners. The
SBAC held air shows here in 1946 and 1947 which subsequently moved to Farnborough. The
Handley Page Victor bomber prototype was built here, with the main runway being extended in 1952 to allow flight testing, and there is now a road on this site named in its honour next to a
DPD depot. Handley Page went bankrupt in 1969 and the airfield closed in 1970.
The 1948 Olympic Marathon went through Radlett. It was an out-and-back course from the Empire Stadium, Wembley.
In 1977
Eddie Kidd
Edward Kidd (born 22 June 1959) is an English former stunt performer. He was paralysed and suffered brain damage following an accident in 1996. On 15 June 2012 it was announced that he had been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empi ...
the stunt rider jumped over 14 London Double Decker buses at the former
Radlett Aerodrome.
The introduction of the
Metropolitan Green Belt in the 1950s set a legal framework limiting further outward growth beyond the then existing limits of the village, and since then new development has been restricted to infilling within the built-up area. Despite this, many new houses continue to be built in former large gardens, and the population now stands at over 8,000.
![Radlett fire station - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Radlett_fire_station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_279912.jpg)
In 2005, and 2006, there was a large campaign in the village, and surrounding areas to save the Fire Station, which was opened 100 years ago. The campaign failed, and the station closed in October 2006. The campaign continued for a while after the closure, however the fire station has now been demolished.
Transport
Radlett lies close to the
M25 and
M1 motorways and the
A1 trunk road. There is a 24-hour metro-style
commuter rail service on the
Thameslink
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route that connects
Radlett railway station
Radlett railway station is on the Midland Main Line in England, serving the village of Radlett, Hertfordshire. It is down the line from London St Pancras and is situated between to the south and to the north. Its three-letter station code is ...
to central London including
St Pancras International
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taking from as little as 21 minutes,
Farringdon (27 mins),
City Thameslink
City Thameslink is a central London railway station within the City of London, with entrances on Ludgate Hill and Holborn Viaduct. The station is on the Thameslink route between to the south and to the north.
The station opened in 1990 to ...
and
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England
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* Blackfriars, Canterbury, a former monastery in Kent
* Blackfriars, Gloucester, a f ...
. From Radlett there are also direct train services to
London Gatwick and
London Luton airports, whilst
London Heathrow
Heathrow Airport (), called ''London Airport'' until 1966 and now known as London Heathrow , is a major international airport in London, England. It is the largest of the six international airports in the London airport system (the others bei ...
is a thirty-minute drive away. Radlett is part of
Transport for London's (TfL) Oyster card
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and contactless payment travel system.
There are two main buses that run through Radlett, both operated by
Uno. Route 602 runs roughly east–west connecting Watford, Radlett, St Albans and Hatfield and route 601 running roughly north–south connecting Hatfield, St Albans, Radlett and Borehamwood.
Religion
2011 Census data
Radlett had an official
Jewish
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population of 28.3 per cent, a high proportion compared to the rest of England and Wales.
Places of worship
![Radlett Reform Synagogue-geograph-5067843](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Radlett_Reform_Synagogue-geograph-5067843.jpg)
There are four churches in Radlett: Christ Church, an
Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
church on Watling Street founded in 1864; St. Anthony of Padua
Catholic Church
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in the Crosspath; St. John's Anglican church, a sister church of Christ Church, in Gills Hill Lane; and The United Free Church in Station Road. The United Free Church was formed by uniting the
Methodist
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's b ...
and
United Reformed Churches in Radlett.
There are two synagogues: the Radlett United Synagogue which serves the
Orthodox
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Jewish community, and the
Radlett Reform Synagogue (formerly Radlett & Bushey Reform Synagogue) which serves the
Reform Jewish
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community.
Education
There are twelve schools in Radlett, catering for children aged from 2 to 11 years old:
* First Place Nursery: An independent school for 80 children aged from 3 months to 5 years old.
* Rexton House Nursery: An independent nursery with 3 sites in the Radlett area. One site provides day care, and 2 just morning sessions from children age 2 years.
*
Bhaktivedanta Manor
Bhaktivedanta Manor is a Gaudiya Vaishnava temple set in the Hertfordshire countryside of England, in the village of Letchmore Heath near Watford. The Manor is owned and run by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), bett ...
School. An independent primary school that promotes
Vedic
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and
Vaisnava
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culture for 21 children aged from 4 to 10. (Located in the nearby hamlet of
Letchmore Heath
Letchmore Heath is a village in Hertfordshire in England, situated about three miles east of Watford.
General
The village, consisting of about 150 houses, lies to the east of Watford, southwest of Radlett and southeast of Aldenham.
Due to its ...
.)
* Edge Grove School: An independent day and boarding school for 333 children aged from 3 to 13½.
* Fair Field Junior School: A state foundation school for 240 children aged from 7 to 11.
* Hertsmere Jewish Primary School: A state voluntary aided school for 480 children aged from 3 to 11.
* Newberries Primary School: A state funded school for 208 children aged from 4 to 11.
* Radlett Lodge School: An independent special school for 55 children with
autism
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aged from 4 to 19. Run by the National Autistic Society. Accommodation for 14 boarders.
* Radlett Nursery and Infant School. An independent school for 122 children aged from 2 to 7 (closed and replaced by a day nursery in 2005).
* Radlett Preparatory School. An independent school for 420 children aged from 4 to 11, founded in 1935. The school currently has 21 classes of average 60 children per year.
* St John's Church of England Infant and Nursery School: A state controlled school for 224 children aged from 3 to 7. Which is linked to Fair Field Junior School.
As there are no mainstream secondary schools in Radlett, from the age of 11 Radlett's children attend schools in towns in the surrounding area, mostly travelling by dedicated bus services.
Sport
Radlett has a football club (Belstone F.C.), that currently competes in the
Herts Senior County League
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Premier Division.
![Radlett Cricket Club pavilion, Hertfordshire 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Radlett_Cricket_Club_pavilion%2C_Hertfordshire_2.jpg)
Cricket is played at
Brunton Memorial Ground
Brunton Memorial Ground is a cricket ground at Radlett in Hertfordshire. The ground is the home of Radlett Cricket Club and, since 2013, has been used as an outground by Middlesex County Cricket Club. It was used occasionally by Hertfordshire Co ...
, which is the home ground of Radlett Cricket Club, and is also the venue for most Middlesex Second XI matches. It is now the training facility of Middlesex County Cricket Club and the ground hosted all their home Royal London Cup fixtures in 2019.
Radlett is the home of
Tabard RFC, who play in London North West 2. The club has senior men's and women's teams as well as junior and mini rugby sections. There are two full size pitches, one of which is floodlit, and subsidiary pitches for junior rugby.
Radlett Lawn Tennis & Squash Club is one of Hertfordshire's most successful and largest tennis and squash clubs with 11 tennis courts - eight of which are floodlit, and four glass back squash courts.
Local groups and societies
Radlett has a number of very active local groups and societies. These include:
* Radlett Art Society
* Radlett Choral Society
* Radlett Horticultural Society
* Radlett Light Opera Society (now Radlett Musical Theatre Company)
* Radlett Music Club
* Radlett Players (amateur dramatics) (now Radlett Theatre Company)
* Radlett Rotary Club
* Radlett U3A
* The Radlett Society & Green Belt Association
* 1st Radlett Scouts
* 4th Radlett Scouts
* Radlett District Girlguiding
* Radlett and District Museum
* RARE: Radlett Action for Racial Equality
Twinning
Radlett is
twinned with
Louveciennes
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Population
...
, France and
Lautertal, Germany.
Notable people
Current:
*
Jeff Wayne
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, Composer of
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War Of The Worlds
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.
*
Brian Bennett
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and
Hank Marvin of ''
The Shadows
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''
*
Alexander S. Bermange
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, composer and lyricist
*
Ted Childs the television producer, screenwriter and director, whose works include ''
The Sweeney
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'', ''
Kavanagh QC
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Plot
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'', ''
Soldier Soldier'', ''
Making Waves'', ''
Inspector Morse'' and its spin-off ''
Lewis''
*
Pam St. Clement
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, actress
*
Lacey Turner, ''
EastEnders
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'' actress
Past:
*
Alan Bush, British composer, pianist and conductor. Professor of Composition at the
Royal Academy of Music
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from 1925 to 1978.
*
Richard Baker, former BBC newsreader
*
Émile Cammaerts Émile Leon Cammaerts CBE (16 March 1878 in Saint-Gilles, Belgium – 2 November 1953, Radlett, Hertfordshire) was a Belgian playwright, poet (including war poet) and author who wrote primarily in English and French.
Cammaerts translated three book ...
, Belgian playwright, poet (including war poet) and author who wrote primarily in English and French
*
Simon Cowell, English film, record, and television producer.
*
Alan Hawkshaw, music composer and record producer
*
Kirsty Hawkshaw
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, singer and songwriter
*
Rosalind Hill, historian
*
Duncan James,
Blue
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singer
*
Lauren
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, former Arsenal footballer
*
George Michael
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, spent much of his teen years living with his parents on Oakridge Avenue
*
Michael Michael
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, Britain's biggest criminal supergrass
*
Barry Morgan, drummer with the band
Blue Mink, lived in the Avenue
*
Alison Moyet
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Her ...
, singer, songwriter and performer
*
John Rostill
John Henry Rostill (16 June 1942 – 26 November 1973) was an English musician, bassist and composer, recruited by the Shadows to replace Brian Locking.
Biography
Born in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, Rostill attended Rutlish School in s ...
, bass guitarist with The Shadows
*
Alex Song
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...
, former Arsenal footballer
*
Kolo Touré, former Liverpool footballer
* Sir
John Vane
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,
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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(1982). Lived in The Grove
*
Dennis Wise, former Chelsea footballer
*
David Ospina,
Arsenal
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goalkeeper
*
Harry Winks
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,
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
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midfielder
References
External links
Aldenham Parish Council
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Villages in Hertfordshire
Aldenham