The fairground attracted hordes of visitors to the area from London and nearby towns and a small village developed around the station.

[2][3] Bricket Wood is in the civil parish of St. Stephen, part of the St Albans district which shares provision of local government services with Hertfordshire County Council.

The local primary school is Mount Pleasant Lane,[5] situated in grounds that include a small pond.

Close to the village stands Hanstead House, built by Sir David Yule in 1925, who is buried in the grounds.

It formerly operated as the Hanstead Stud, breeding Arab horses, as the UK campus of the Worldwide Church of God's Ambassador College, and as a corporate training centre.