Brookmans Park railway station, on the East Coast Main Line, is operated by Great Northern.

During his stay he overheard Miss Moffat tell her father of how she was eating her curds and whey when a spider came down from the ceiling and frightened her.

The local connection is celebrated by the inclusion of a spider's web in the badge of Brookmans Park School.

[4] Edward VI gave this estate to the future Queen Elizabeth 1 in 1550 by and it was returned to the More family by Mary Tudor in 1553.

[4] Gubbins mansion stood north of Gobions Pond where the back gardens of The Grove meet the wood.

[4] The Gobions mansion was of such a fine quality with pleasure grounds designed by Charles Bridgeman, that it was visited by royalty.

[8][6] In 1891, while the family were away on a holiday cruise, Brookmans Manor burned down, caused by a "painter using a blow lamp for exterior redecoration".

[6] Robert George Gaussen then had the stable block, now the Brookmans Park Golf Club House, of the estate converted to his home.

[9] Folly Arch, a local landmark visible from Brookmans Park, north of Hawkshead Road between Brookmans Park and Potters Bar, was erected as one of the entrances to the Gobions estate as part of Charles Bridgeman's garden design for Sir Jeremy Sambrooke c. 1740[10] It is a Grade II* listed building.

[13] The track then passes through the woods, crossing Ray Brook by means of a brick bridge[14] which is now ruined but was usable as recently as the 1960s.

In 1923 land from the Gobions Estate was bought by the White/Calder building syndicate who formed Brookmans Park (Hatfield) Ltd, to construct a commuter village.

Householders protested against the building of bungalows, in Georges Wood Road and Pine Grove, as they would depreciate the value of their properties.

The compromise was the 'Bungalette' with a veranda style front porch supported by Tuscan columns, which can be seen in Georges Wood Road today.

This continued with another 100 between 1947 and 1950 in Peplins Way, Westland Drive, Oaklands Avenue and the Bluebridge area, to make the residential village we know today.

In 1956 North Mymms Parish Council acquired the land and the lake now known as Gobions Open Space, rescuing it from potential development.

Twenty-nine years later in 1985, householders in the parish subscribed to a fund that helped the Gobions Woodland Trust buy the large remainder of the estate.

The station is located 14 miles 37 chains north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line, on the stretch between Finsbury Park and Hatfield.

There are approximately 102 trains departing from Brookmans Park station on a Typical Weekday: The Village is also served by a number of bus routes such as the 610, 242 and 305 operated by Uno and Metroline respectively.

The restaurant section was expanded by knocking down the wall between the main bar and old function room; and was noticeably more upmarket than The Brookmans Park Hotel had been.

[17] [31][16] It is served by the Roman Catholic parish of Hatfield which has a Chapel of Ease (St Thomas More) in the neighbouring village of Welham Green.