https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/Local news, what's on and the information you need for Borehamwood, Bushey, Potters Bar and Radlett.en-GBMon, 05 Oct 2026 11:16:30 +0000https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/theobald-street-flats-affordable-homes-dropped/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/theobald-street-flats-affordable-homes-dropped/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOfficers back removing all 8 affordable flats from the 41-home Theobald Street scheme in Borehamwood. Councillors decide on Thursday 8 October at 6pm.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/catterick-way-social-homes-topping-out/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/catterick-way-social-homes-topping-out/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsNine three-bed social rent flats built by Hertsmere council in Borehamwood have topped out, three for disabled residents. Families move in within months.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/smiths-social-club-borehamwood-campaign/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/smiths-social-club-borehamwood-campaign/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsShut this summer, Smiths Social Club at the Three Ways could return as The Manor Social Club, run by its members. Here is their plan, and what it meant to them.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/borehamwood-halloween/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/borehamwood-halloween/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnSpook-Fest at Aldenham Country Park runs 10 to 31 October from £7.95. Plus Reveley Lodge's trail on 28 and 29 October, Willows pumpkins and half-term shows.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/borehamwood-christmas-market/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/borehamwood-christmas-market/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnThe town council's indoor markets at Fairway Hall are on Sundays 22 November and 13 December. Last year's December market had a Santa's grotto and live music.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-local-plan-well-end-dropped/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-local-plan-well-end-dropped/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsFour urban extensions with 6,752 homes are out of Hertsmere's final Local Plan, but sites for 14,390 stay in. Councillors vote on 7 October. Every Borehamwood site is listed.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/borehamwood-resident-parking-six-roads/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/borehamwood-resident-parking-six-roads/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsNew permit bays in Ashdown Drive, Boreham Holt and Drayton Road, and new yellow lines in three more Borehamwood roads. Comments close on 15 October; permits from £40.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/northaw-author-dorna-djenab-who-flapped-their-wings/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/northaw-author-dorna-djenab-who-flapped-their-wings/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsTwo lost girls step into a phone box to ring a friend and it rings: it is him. Northaw author Dorna Djenab's book collects 70-plus true coincidences.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/whats-on-borehamwood-this-month/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/whats-on-borehamwood-this-month/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnSpook-Fest opens at Aldenham Country Park on 10 October, Radlett's fireworks are on 1 November. Forty dated listings to mid-November, with times and prices.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-year-of-culture-2027-grants/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-year-of-culture-2027-grants/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsLocal groups can bid for up to £500 for a Year of Culture 2027 event. Round 1, for January to March, opens 19 October and closes 22 November.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/elm-court-potters-bar-kitchen-upgrade/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/elm-court-potters-bar-kitchen-upgrade/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsElm Court Youth and Community Centre in Potters Bar has a rebuilt kitchen, paid for with £30,000 of levy money, and plans life-skills training for young people.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-creative-futures-applications-open/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-creative-futures-applications-open/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnHertsmere 11 to 17 year olds can apply now for a free five-day film course in Borehamwood, 26 to 30 October. A £50 deposit is refundable. Closes 19 October.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-council-complaints-doubled/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-council-complaints-doubled/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsComplaints to Hertsmere council doubled to 1,134 in 2025/26, and 753 were about bins. What was upheld, how slow replies were, and how to complain.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/natwest-house-co-living-228-rooms/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/natwest-house-co-living-228-rooms/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsNatWest House on Shenley Road would swap 91 studio flats for 228 co-living rooms with 14 parking spaces. Comments to Hertsmere close on 13 October.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-burglary-advice-talks/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-burglary-advice-talks/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsFree burglary advice talks run in Borehamwood on 29 Sept and 28 Oct and in Radlett on 6 Oct, after two men were arrested over a Potters Bar burglary.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/aldenham-country-park-santas-grotto/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/aldenham-country-park-santas-grotto/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnSanta's Magical Grotto at Aldenham runs weekends from 28 November, then daily 21 to 24 December, from £31.85. Parking is extra and late arrivals are refused.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/borehamwood-remembrance-sunday/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/borehamwood-remembrance-sunday/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnRemembrance Sunday is 8 November. Last year Borehamwood's parade left Clarendon Road at 10.30am for the Shenley Road memorial; Radlett gathered at 10.30am.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-accounts-disclaimed-audit-opinions/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-accounts-disclaimed-audit-opinions/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThree years of Hertsmere's accounts carry disclaimed audit opinions. KPMG does not expect a clean one until 2027/28, the council's final year.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-waste-composition-study/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-waste-composition-study/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsHertsmere households put out 6.31kg of refuse a week, the most of any Hertfordshire district, and a county study found food is the biggest thing in the bin.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/bushey-artist-max-nadimi-first-exhibition/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/bushey-artist-max-nadimi-first-exhibition/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsFarrokh Nadimi, known as Max, is 74 and has painted all his life. A Lifetime of Looking opens on Thursday in Bushey, for residents and invited guests.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/borehamwood-roadworks-travel/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/borehamwood-roadworks-travel/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoThe A411 Elstree Road at Bushey Heath stays shut to about mid-January, Stephenson Way is due to close for 10 days from 6 October, and Packhorse Lane for six months.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/aycliffe-pavilion-cil-3-5-million/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/aycliffe-pavilion-cil-3-5-million/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsHertsmere earmarks £3.5m of developer money to rebuild the derelict Borehamwood pavilion. That leaves £2.4m of £11.4m, and bidding has been shut since May.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-claimant-count-august-2026/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-claimant-count-august-2026/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsAugust's 2,465 is the highest since 2021 and matches August 2024. Under-25s are 50 of the 90-person annual rise, and only Watford ranks higher in Hertfordshire.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-house-prices-july-2026/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/hertsmere-house-prices-july-2026/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsHertsmere's average fell 2.4% in July, among the steepest monthly falls in England, and now sits 6.4% below its 2022 record, furthest of any Herts district.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/radlett-nursery-death-prosecution-authorised/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/radlett-nursery-death-prosecution-authorised/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsHertsmere Borough Council has authorised a health and safety prosecution over the death of a two-year-old who choked at a Radlett nursery in November 2020.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/borehamwood-synagogue-nazi-salute-charge/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/borehamwood-synagogue-nazi-salute-charge/Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsA 19-year-old is charged over a Nazi salute outside a Croxdale Road synagogue in May and appears in court on 16 October. Patrols step up to Yom Kippur.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/bushey-ncil-community-projects-funding/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/bushey-ncil-community-projects-funding/Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsFour Bushey projects share £60,868 of levy money: £30,000 to the 64th Scouts, £17,800 to the bowling club and £9,411 to make St James's clock strike again.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/bushey-golf-country-club-community-hub/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/bushey-golf-country-club-community-hub/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCabinet has backed a foodstore, nursery and community centre on the former Bushey golf course, paid for by 250 homes. Full council decides on 16 September.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/borehamwood-reel-cinema-leisure-quarter/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/borehamwood-reel-cinema-leisure-quarter/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsHertsmere and REEL have signed an agreement pointing to a 6 or 7 screen cinema in a new Borehamwood leisure quarter. No site and no planning bid yet.https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/heritage-open-days-bushey-aldenham-school/https://borehamwoodpost.co.uk/heritage-open-days-bushey-aldenham-school/Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnBushey Rose Garden and Aldenham School opened free on Saturday 19 September 2026 for Hertsmere's first Heritage Open Days: the tour times and both venues.