# 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 51.712-0.1855271 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 51.72152-0.205051 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.
* 51.72204-0.193332 Brookmans Avenue. Enjoy driving past impressive houses. (updated Aug 2020)
* 51.7225-0.182223 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

* 51.7155-0.18741 Gobions Wood (accessed from Moffats Lane for the small car park). A 36-hectare nature reserve. (updated Aug 2020)
* 51.7201-0.192492 Table Tennis, Gobions Open Space, Jonas Way, AL9 7RW (10 m (33 ft) south of the car park). free. (updated Jul 2023)

## Buy

* 51.72236-0.201871 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)
* 51.72235-0.202472 Brookmans Family Butchers, 7 Bradmore Green, AL9 7QW, ☏ +44 1707 654413. 7:30AM–5:30PM (closed Su). (updated Nov 2020)
* 51.72153-0.202123 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)
* 51.72175-0.202944 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

* 51.73192-0.18491 Miller & Carter, Great North Road, Bell Bar, AL9 6NA (on A1000), ☏ +44 1707 647429. Daily noon-10PM. Steak house. (updated Sep 2020)
* 51.72185-0.201752 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

* 51.722-0.2031 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)
* 51.72174-0.20272 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:
* 51.72314-0.221983 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)
* 51.74564-0.171274 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)
* 51.7326-0.186125 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).