Brookmans Park

Brookmans Park is a village in the English county of Hertfordshire 14 mi (23 km) 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 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

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 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

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.
• 2 Brookmans Avenue. Enjoy driving past impressive houses. (updated Aug 2020)
• 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. (updated Dec 2020)

Do

• 1 Gobions Wood (accessed from Moffats Lane for the small car park). A 36-hectare nature reserve. (updated Aug 2020)
• 2 Table Tennis, Gobions Open Space, Jonas Way, AL9 7RW (10 m (33 ft) south of the car park). free. (updated Jul 2023)

Buy

• 1 Bryan's Homecentre, 21 Bradmore Green, AL9 7QR, ☏ +44 1707 656976. 9PM-1PM M-Sa 2:15-5:30PM M/T/Th/F/S (closed Su). Bicycle sales, repairs and hardware shop. (updated Nov 2020)
• 2 Brookmans Family Butchers, 7 Bradmore Green, AL9 7QW, ☏ +44 1707 654413. 7:30AM–5:30PM (closed Su). (updated Nov 2020)
• 3 Hammersley J R & Son, 57 Bradmore Green, Brookmans Park, AL9 7QS, ☏ +44 1707 649872. W-Sa 9AM-1:30PM. Family fishmonger selling fresh fish daily from Billingsgate. (updated Aug 2020)
• 4 Stitch and Knit, 91 Bradmore Green, AL9 7QT, ☏ +44 1707 518966. Tu-Sa 9AM-5PM. haberdashery, wool and fabric shop with courses for your home fabric projects (updated Dec 2023)

Eat

• 1 Miller & Carter, Great North Road, Bell Bar, AL9 6NA (on A1000), ☏ +44 1707 647429. Daily noon-10PM. Steak house. (updated Sep 2020)
• 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. (updated Aug 2020)

Drink

• 1 Brookmans, Bradmore Green, AL9 7QW, ☏ +44 1707 664144, 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. (updated Aug 2020)
• 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. (updated Aug 2020)

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 650502. Daily noon-11PM. Bar-carvery restaurant, built in 1664. (updated Sep 2020)
• 4 The Woodman (Wild Hill), 45 Wild Hill Road, AL9 6EA, ☏ +44 1707 642618. 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). (updated Sep 2020)

• 5 Cock o' the North, Great North Rd, Bell Bar, AL9 6NA (on the A1000), ☏ +44 1707 653263. Noon-10PM. Pub with food. (updated Sep 2020)

Sleep

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

Go next

• 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