Roestock

Settlement in Hertfordshire St. Albans

England

Roestock

St Alban Way towards St Albans — St Alban Way towards St Albans Credit: Ian S

Roestock is a small village located in the county of Hertfordshire, England. Situated approximately 3 miles southeast of St Albans, it is nestled in a rural setting surrounded by picturesque countryside. Roestock falls within the district of Hertsmere and is part of the civil parish of Colney Heath.

The village is known for its tranquil atmosphere and charming character, with a population of around 300 residents. It offers a peaceful retreat from the hustle and bustle of nearby urban areas, making it a popular choice for those seeking a quiet lifestyle.

Roestock boasts a rich history, with evidence of settlements dating back to Roman times. The area has seen various developments over the years, but still retains much of its traditional charm. It is home to a mix of historic buildings, including a number of attractive thatched cottages, as well as newer residential properties.

Although Roestock is primarily residential, it benefits from its proximity to nearby amenities and attractions. The village is well-connected, with good transport links to St Albans and London, making it an ideal location for commuters. There are also several schools and healthcare facilities in the surrounding area, providing convenience for families.

For outdoor enthusiasts, Roestock offers ample opportunities for exploration. The village is surrounded by beautiful countryside, with numerous walking trails and nature reserves nearby. Residents can enjoy peaceful strolls, cycling, or simply taking in the scenic views.

Overall, Roestock is a charming village with a close-knit community and a peaceful countryside setting, making it an attractive place to live for those seeking a tranquil lifestyle.

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Roestock Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 51.736843/-0.25115212 or Grid Reference TL2005. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

St Alban Way towards St Albans

St Alban Way towards St Albans

Building at Nast Hyde Farm

Building at Nast Hyde Farm

Byway #51 from St Alban Way

Byway #51 from St Alban Way

National Cycle Network signpost On St Alban Way.

National Cycle Network signpost

On St Alban Way.

St Alban Way towards St Albans

St Alban Way towards St Albans

Cycle path towards Sleapcross Gardens

Cycle path towards Sleapcross Gardens

Byway towards Ellenbrook

Byway towards Ellenbrook

The Crooked Billet Pub Beer Garden A place where children play and adults drink seemingly in their separate spheres. A shot in black and white seemed to accentuate the separation of these two worlds.

The Crooked Billet Pub Beer Garden

A place where children play and adults drink seemingly in their separate spheres. A shot in black and white seemed to accentuate the separation of these two worlds.

Tyttenhanger House This grade 1 listed building, now converted to offices, sits in Tyttenhanger Park, which occupied most of the square

Tyttenhanger House

This grade 1 listed building, now converted to offices, sits in Tyttenhanger Park, which occupied most of the square

Bowmans Lakes This is one of several lakes used for wash water by Lafarge Sand and Gravel. It is a haven for water birds and fishermen

Bowmans Lakes

This is one of several lakes used for wash water by Lafarge Sand and Gravel. It is a haven for water birds and fishermen

St Marks Church Colney Heath Wonder if the congregation stays at home and logs on to the sermons

St Marks Church Colney Heath

Wonder if the congregation stays at home and logs on to the sermons

River Colne at Colney Heath I often wonder which Colne came first in the naming
stages

River Colne at Colney Heath

I often wonder which Colne came first in the naming stages

Pumping Station at Colney Heath This is a pumping station extracting water from one or more borehole.
Round the back of the site the North London Society of Model Engineers has a model railway system open on Summer Sunday afternoons.

Pumping Station at Colney Heath

This is a pumping station extracting water from one or more borehole. Round the back of the site the North London Society of Model Engineers has a model railway system open on Summer Sunday afternoons.

Tyttenhanger: Gravel pit workings Flooded gravel pits to the left with a conveyor belt bringing material into a central batching plant from more distant active workings, the River Colne to the right, and Tyttenhanger Park beyond the trees in the distance, viewed looking southwards.

Tyttenhanger: Gravel pit workings

Flooded gravel pits to the left with a conveyor belt bringing material into a central batching plant from more distant active workings, the River Colne to the right, and Tyttenhanger Park beyond the trees in the distance, viewed looking southwards.

River Colne near Colney Heath Viewed looking downstream from the Church Lane road bridge.

River Colne near Colney Heath

Viewed looking downstream from the Church Lane road bridge.

Colney Heath: Wistlea Crescent On the north side of Colney Heath High Street.

Colney Heath: Wistlea Crescent

On the north side of Colney Heath High Street.

Smallford: The Alban Way The Alban Way, or the Smallford Trail as it is described on several maps, follows the trackbed of the former Hatfield and St Albans Railway. The railway was completed in 1865 and was taken over by the Great Northern Railway in 1883. It was a very early casualty of British Railways&#039; days being closed to passenger traffic in 1951. Freight services lingered on until 1964. The trackbed also now forms a section of National Cycle Network Route 61.

Smallford: The Alban Way

The Alban Way, or the Smallford Trail as it is described on several maps, follows the trackbed of the former Hatfield and St Albans Railway. The railway was completed in 1865 and was taken over by the Great Northern Railway in 1883. It was a very early casualty of British Railways' days being closed to passenger traffic in 1951. Freight services lingered on until 1964. The trackbed also now forms a section of National Cycle Network Route 61.

Smallford: Former railway station This is a reverse view to Barry&#039;s <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/111447">TL1907 : Alban Way, the old Smallford Station platform.</a> the description of which gives the history of the station. It supported a single siding with a cattle pen, but from the time it was opened right up to the 1930s and the arrival of the nurseries it was an isolated location with no houses nearby.

Smallford: Former railway station

This is a reverse view to Barry's TL1907 : Alban Way, the old Smallford Station platform. the description of which gives the history of the station. It supported a single siding with a cattle pen, but from the time it was opened right up to the 1930s and the arrival of the nurseries it was an isolated location with no houses nearby.

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Roestock is located at Grid Ref: TL2005 (Lat: 51.736843, Lng: -0.25115212)

Administrative County: Hertfordshire

District: St. Albans

Police Authority: Hertfordshire

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Nearby Amenities

Located within 500m of 51.736843,-0.25115212

Colney Heath

Place: village

Population: 5962

Wikidata: Q610285

Wikipedia: en:Colney Heath

Lat/Long: 51.7377529/-0.2529524

Give Way

Direction: forward

Lat/Long: 51.7373188/-0.2449675

Noexit: yes

Lat/Long: 51.7370686/-0.2518663

Bus Stop

Roestock Lane

Bench: no

Bin: no

Bus: yes

Lit: yes

Naptan AtcoCode: 210021505973

Naptan Bearing: NE

Naptan CommonName: Roestock Lane

Naptan Crossing: High Street

Naptan Indicator: NE-bound

Naptan Landmark: High Street

Naptan NaptanCode: hrtawgmw

Naptan PlusbusZoneRef: HATFILD;STALBCY

Naptan ShortCommonName: NA

Naptan Street: Roestock Lane

Naptan Verified: no

Public Transport: platform

Shelter: no

Source: naptan_import

Tactile Paving: no

Lat/Long: 51.7382871/-0.2530788

Bus Stop

Hall Gardens

Bus: yes

Naptan AtcoCode: 210021505975

Naptan Bearing: SE

Naptan CommonName: Hall Gardens

Naptan Crossing: Admirals Close

Naptan Indicator: S-bound

Naptan Landmark: Admirals Close

Naptan NaptanCode: hrtawgpa

Naptan PlusbusZoneRef: HATFILD;STALBCY

Naptan ShortCommonName: NA

Naptan Street: Hall Gardens

Naptan Verified: no

Public Transport: platform

Source: naptan_import

Lat/Long: 51.7376187/-0.249252

Bus Stop

Queens Head PH

Bench: no

Bus: yes

Lit: yes

Naptan AtcoCode: 210021505980

Naptan Bearing: SE

Naptan CommonName: Queens Head PH

Naptan Crossing: Roestock Lane

Naptan Indicator: opp

Naptan Landmark: Roestock Lane

Naptan NaptanCode: hrtawgpd

Naptan PlusbusZoneRef: HATFILD;STALBCY

Naptan ShortCommonName: NA

Naptan Street: Tollgate Road

Naptan Verified: no

Public Transport: platform

Shelter: yes

Source: naptan_import

Tactile Paving: no

Lat/Long: 51.7375022/-0.2529063

Bus Stop

Fellowes Lane

Bus: yes

Local Ref: NR

Naptan AtcoCode: 210021506000

Naptan Bearing: SE

Naptan CommonName: Fellowes Lane

Naptan Crossing: Fellowes Lane

Naptan Indicator: nr

Naptan Landmark: Fellowes Lane

Naptan NaptanCode: hrtawgda

Naptan PlusbusZoneRef: HATFILD;STALBCY

Naptan ShortCommonName: NA

Naptan Street: Tollgate Road

Naptan Verified: no

Public Transport: platform

Source: naptan_import

Lat/Long: 51.7365552/-0.2496986

Bus Stop

Fellowes Lane

Bus: yes

Naptan AtcoCode: 210021506200

Naptan Bearing: NW

Naptan CommonName: Fellowes Lane

Naptan Crossing: opp Fellowes Lane

Naptan Indicator: opp

Naptan Landmark: opp Fellowes Lane

Naptan NaptanCode: hrtawgdg

Naptan PlusbusZoneRef: HATFILD;STALBCY

Naptan ShortCommonName: NA

Naptan Street: Tollgate Road

Naptan Verified: no

Public Transport: platform

Source: naptan_import

Lat/Long: 51.7365816/-0.2502624

Bus Stop

Queens Head PH

Bench: yes

Bin: yes

Bus: yes

Lit: yes

Local Ref: NR

Naptan AtcoCode: 210021506220

Naptan Bearing: NW

Naptan CommonName: Queens Head PH

Naptan Crossing: opp The Cock PH

Naptan Indicator: nr

Naptan Landmark: opp The Cock PH

Naptan NaptanCode: hrtawgdp

Naptan PlusbusZoneRef: HATFILD;STALBCY

Naptan ShortCommonName: NA

Naptan Street: High Street

Naptan Verified: no

Public Transport: platform

Shelter: yes

Source: naptan_import

Tactile Paving: yes

Lat/Long: 51.7383514/-0.2549716

Ford: yes

Lat/Long: 51.7375254/-0.255935

Generator Method: wind_turbine

Generator Source: wind

Generator Type: horizontal_axis

Power: generator

Lat/Long: 51.7399627/-0.2549165

Man Made: windmill

Lat/Long: 51.7348727/-0.2568641

Post Box

Brand: Royal Mail

Brand Wikidata: Q638098

Collection Times: Mo-Fr 17:00, Sa 12:00

Drive Through: no

Operator: Royal Mail

Operator Wikidata: Q638098

Post Box Type: pillar

Ref: AL4 58

Royal Cypher: GVIR

Royal Cypher Wikidata: Q33102169

Lat/Long: 51.7380595/-0.252986

Post Box

Operator: Royal Mail

Operator Wikidata: Q638098

Post Box Type: pillar

Ref: AL4 338D

Royal Cypher: EIIR

Royal Cypher Wikidata: Q33102113

Lat/Long: 51.7370743/-0.2498332

Coal tax post

Historic: boundary_stone

Inscription: 24 & 25 VICT CAP 42

Material: iron

Note: Coal tax boundary marker 34

Lat/Long: 51.7377691/-0.2542198

Coal tax post

Historic: boundary_stone

Inscription: 14 ^ 15 VICT CAP 146

Material: iron

Note: Coal tax boundary marker 35

Lat/Long: 51.7381134/-0.2549443

Waste Basket

Waste: trash

Lat/Long: 51.7381821/-0.2530342

Waste Basket

Waste: trash

Lat/Long: 51.7382403/-0.2547656

Waste Basket

Waste: trash

Lat/Long: 51.738364/-0.2550861

Crossing

Crossing: unmarked

Crossing Island: no

Crossing Markings: no

Tactile Paving: yes

Lat/Long: 51.7378031/-0.2540032

Crossing

Crossing: unmarked

Crossing Island: no

Crossing Markings: no

Tactile Paving: yes

Lat/Long: 51.7377743/-0.2535855

Board Type: history

Information: board

Tourism: information

Lat/Long: 51.7366716/-0.2565784

Bench

Backrest: yes

Lat/Long: 51.737323/-0.2562266

Waste Basket

Lat/Long: 51.7366465/-0.2564087

Crossing

Crossing: marked

Crossing Island: no

Crossing Markings: zebra

Tactile Paving: yes

Traffic Calming: table

Lat/Long: 51.7381496/-0.2543621

Direction: 200

Generator Method: photovoltaic

Generator Output Electricity: yes

Generator Solar Modules: 8

Generator Source: solar

Generator Type: solar_photovoltaic_panel

Location: roof

Power: generator

Lat/Long: 51.7365333/-0.2493647

Direction: 200

Generator Method: photovoltaic

Generator Output Electricity: yes

Generator Solar Modules: 8

Generator Source: solar

Generator Type: solar_photovoltaic_panel

Location: roof

Power: generator

Lat/Long: 51.7361947/-0.2495474

Direction: 200

Generator Method: photovoltaic

Generator Output Electricity: yes

Generator Solar Modules: 12

Generator Source: solar

Generator Type: solar_photovoltaic_panel

Location: roof

Power: generator

Lat/Long: 51.7358972/-0.2484202

Direction: 200

Generator Method: photovoltaic

Generator Output Electricity: yes

Generator Solar Modules: 10

Generator Source: solar

Generator Type: solar_photovoltaic_panel

Location: roof

Power: generator

Lat/Long: 51.7361847/-0.2477026

Direction: 200

Generator Method: photovoltaic

Generator Output Electricity: yes

Generator Solar Modules: 16

Generator Source: solar

Generator Type: solar_photovoltaic_panel

Location: roof

Power: generator

Lat/Long: 51.7357401/-0.2476992

Direction: 200

Generator Method: photovoltaic

Generator Output Electricity: yes

Generator Solar Modules: 7

Generator Source: solar

Generator Type: solar_photovoltaic_panel

Location: roof

Power: generator

Lat/Long: 51.7359449/-0.2466339

Direction: 210

Generator Method: photovoltaic

Generator Output Electricity: yes

Generator Solar Modules: 80

Generator Source: solar

Generator Type: solar_photovoltaic_panel

Location: roof

Power: generator

Lat/Long: 51.7350471/-0.2455367

Direction: 210

Generator Method: photovoltaic

Generator Output Electricity: yes

Generator Solar Modules: 80

Generator Source: solar

Generator Type: solar_photovoltaic_panel

Location: roof

Power: generator

Lat/Long: 51.7349094/-0.2456741

Direction: 205

Generator Method: photovoltaic

Generator Output Electricity: yes

Generator Solar Modules: 16

Generator Source: solar

Generator Type: solar_photovoltaic_panel

Location: roof

Power: generator

Lat/Long: 51.7365045/-0.2469864

Direction: 120

Generator Method: photovoltaic

Generator Output Electricity: yes

Generator Solar Modules: 16

Generator Source: solar

Generator Type: solar_photovoltaic_panel

Location: roof

Power: generator

Lat/Long: 51.7365054/-0.2467218

Direction: 155

Generator Method: photovoltaic

Generator Output Electricity: yes

Generator Solar Modules: 8

Generator Source: solar

Generator Type: solar_photovoltaic_panel

Location: roof

Power: generator

Lat/Long: 51.7378098/-0.2482826

Direction: 145

Generator Method: photovoltaic

Generator Output Electricity: yes

Generator Solar Modules: 11

Generator Source: solar

Generator Type: solar_photovoltaic_panel

Location: roof

Power: generator

Lat/Long: 51.7381149/-0.2499927

Bus Stop

Hall Gardens

Bus: yes

Public Transport: platform

Lat/Long: 51.7375975/-0.2493475

Street Lamp

Communication Mobile Phone: yes

Lamp Mount: bent_mast

Lamp Type: electric

Man Made: mast

Support: pole

Tower Construction: freestanding

Tower Type: communication

Lat/Long: 51.7377184/-0.2536221

Marker: aerial

Substance: oil

Utility: oil

Lat/Long: 51.7373784/-0.2555277

Marker: post

Substance: oil

Utility: oil

Lat/Long: 51.7374847/-0.2556239

Turning Circle

Lat/Long: 51.7370927/-0.2519394

Give Way

Direction: backward

Lat/Long: 51.7372012/-0.244838

Give Way

Direction: forward

Lat/Long: 51.7372037/-0.2449257

Give Way

Direction: backward

Lat/Long: 51.7372433/-0.2450855

Crossing

Crossing: unmarked

Lat/Long: 51.7356889/-0.2467308

Crossing

Crossing: unmarked

Lat/Long: 51.7359396/-0.2474363

Barrier: kerb

Kerb: regular

Lat/Long: 51.7375272/-0.2530375

Crossing

Crossing: unmarked

Lat/Long: 51.7373397/-0.2526398

Crossing

Crossing: unmarked

Crossing Island: no

Tactile Paving: yes

Lat/Long: 51.7380319/-0.2535338

Colney Cuts

Addr Street: High Street

Shop: hairdresser

Lat/Long: 51.7383204/-0.2544028

Barrier: motorcycle_barrier

Lat/Long: 51.7386024/-0.2553845

BHG Colney Heath

Phone: 01727827000

Second Hand: yes

Shop: car

Website: https://www.bhgcolneyheath.co.uk/

Lat/Long: 51.7387394/-0.2556507

Post Office

Colney Heath News

Addr Housenumber: 13

Addr Street: High Street

Lat/Long: 51.7383279/-0.2552424

Fast Food

The Rice

Addr Housenumber: 11

Addr Street: High Street

Cuisine: indian

Delivery: yes

Phone: 01727821171

Takeaway: yes

Website: https://www.thericeindian.co.uk/

Lat/Long: 51.7383188/-0.2552028

Colney Heath News

Addr Housenumber: 13

Addr Street: High Street

Phone: 01727828144

Shop: convenience

Lat/Long: 51.7383329/-0.2552705

City Brickwork

Addr Street: High Street

Office: company

Phone: 01727747910

Website: https://www.citybrickwork.co.uk/

Lat/Long: 51.7383478/-0.2553349

The data included in this document is from www.openstreetmap.org. The data is made available under ODbL.

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