Traditional county: Hertfordshire · District / Borough: St. Albans · Region: Eastern
Explore London Colney, Hertfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the London Colney map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for London Colney, Hertfordshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | London Colney |
| Traditional County | Hertfordshire |
| District / Borough | St. Albans |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.723820 |
| Longitude | -0.295699 |
| Place Type | Village |
London Colney stretches across the Hertfordshire landscape where the River Colne carves a deliberate path through the earth. It lies 2.7 miles south-east of St Albans (from St Albans: bearing 137°T, OS grid TL 178 041), and is situated south of Tyttenhanger village. The quality of light here often catches the surface of the water as it flows past the Colney Chapel Moated Site, a quiet reminder of medieval tenure hidden amidst the modern bustle. London Colney maintains a distinct character defined by the steady transit of the A6, which has long influenced the movement of people through these low-lying fields. To the south, the still waters of Long Lake provide a grey, reflective anchor for the surrounding terrain, offering a stark contrast to the nearby sprawl of commercial activity. The Napsbury Hospital grounds, with their expansive green reach, act as a lung for the locality, preserving a sense of Victorian ambition within a vast, managed parkland. Residents often find that the horizon is dominated by the utilitarian grace of infrastructure, yet the rhythm of the village remains tied to the seasonal shift of the surrounding agricultural fringes. There is a particular, unadorned honesty in the way the local architecture meets the sky, neither claiming grandeur nor retreating into obscurity.
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Explore London Colney, Hertfordshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.723820, -0.295699. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |