The attractive village of Radlett is awash with history and culture despite its rural location north of London. Many of its homes are detached houses with large gardens some of which reach eye-popping prices, which is why the area has a reputation for being one of the most prosperous places in the country. It sits in the Valley of Tykes Water on the Metropolitan Green Belt within the greenery of Hertfordshire. Despite its small size, it’s a great place for a spot of shopping due to local high street Watling Street and nearby Batters Green Farm Rural Shopping Village which houses 17 independent businesses. What’s more, the village is infused with a strong and multicultural influence due to the fact that over a quarter of its community are Jewish.

Evidence of Mesolithic and Neolithic settlements suggest that Radlett has been knocking about for quite a while. In fact, local high street Watling Street is considered to be one of the oldest trackways in the country, established by the Catuvellauni tribe way back in 80BC. However, although the Romans and the Saxons came and went, the village remained a highly wooded rural community. It has a brief stint of fame due to a murder back in the Victoria period, but really established its affluent reputation in the post-war period.

The area has been home to a number of famous faces over the years. One of whom is Cheryl Cole, who used to have a home on Cobden Hill; specifically, a £5 million six-bedroom house.

Some in Radlett question the lack of reliable and up-to-date amenities available in the neighbourhood, whilst others have concerns over the changes to its local character due to some questionable development into the protected Green Belt.

Radlett may be a little village, but it’s certainly got some big developments up its sleeve. Recently, Harperbury Park, a residential development of 206 homes of varying size and tenure was completed on the site of the former Harperbury Hospital. Bloor Homes, the developer in charge of the project, was reported to have injected £1.4 million to the local economy through the development, targeted towards local healthcare, education and leisure facilities, as well as transport infrastructure. There are also plans to build 195 new homes on former Green Belt land near Theobald Street.