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This website serves Smallford residents and provides information about Smallford’s past, present and future. Smallford and its surrounding areas are steeped in history, including the aerodrome at Hatfield, De Havilland’s airplane manufacture, the world’s first jet airliner (the Comet) and much more.
Station Project
Welcome to the Smallford Station & Alban Way Heritage Society homepage. On this site you will find all the latest information about the society, workshops and associated activities in one handy place. If you’d like to get involved or find out more, click the button below!
SRA
Smallford Residents’ Association (incorporating Sleapshyde) announcements and information will be posted on this website. Please check it frequently for important news and updates. Here, you will find information about planning proposals, objections, and much more that concern the local community.
We are thrilled to have received the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and are confident the project will support many local people in following and developing their interests in a wide range of areas – e.g. researching, interviewing, creating videos, designing exhibitions, developing a website, writing stories. We are particularly excited at the thought of finding people who recall the station and branch line when they were operating and capturing their memories for posterity!
Jeff LewisLatest Smallford News
Latest news for the local community of Smallford
A Sustainable Housing Development on Oaklands College
St Albans District Council is being required by The Government to make provision for around 16,000 new homes over the next 16-20 years. This will form the core of their Local Plan, the final draft of which is due to be published for a public consultation in Autumn...
read moreFree Guided Walks of the Alban Way: May 2018
ALBAN WAY GUIDED WALKS: 2nd and 19th May 2018 Below is a poster, produced by Herts Countryside Management Service, publicising our two walks. You can book a place - by emailing John Darnton (who is one of the organisers of the walks) at albanwaywalks@smallford.org on...
read moreSt Albans Steam and Country Show, Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd June 2018
The Smallford Station & Alban Way Heritage Society's 'Travelling Exhibition' will be at the Show, being held, as usual, at Oaklands College, Smallford Campus - which is on the edge of St Albans, on the Hatfield Road - open from 10am each day. There's always a...
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Alban Way Guided Walks 13 & 17 May 2017
What? Join members of Smallford Station & Alban Way Heritage Society and Countryside Management Service on a 7-mile guided walk from Hatfield to St Albans. Learn all about the history of the Hatfield and St Albans Railway/Alban Way and the wildlife and habitats...
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Smallford Station & Alban Way Heritage Society Constitution Formally Agreed
The Constitution of the Smallford Station & Alban Way Heritage Society was agreed at a meeting held on Monday 10th April 2017 in the Central Committee Room of UH McLaurin Building. The Society will take over from, and extend the work of the Bringing the History of...
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Inaugural meeting of the Smallford Station & Alban Way Heritage Society
Monday 10th April 2017 starting at 7pm Residents and members of other societies based in St Albans and Hatfield are very welcome to join us at the inaugural meeting of the Smallford Station & Alban Way Heritage Society in the Central Meeting Room of the McLaurin...
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