Wheathampstead Features

Feature Posts

Feature Posts are often articles about local history, a showcase for a local business or something new to try or explore. You should find something to interest, inform or entertain you that has a Local Life connection.

Dedicated Locals Raise Funds

It’s always heart warming to hear about the many people from our area that devote so much time and energy to helping others, and when we heard about Amwell Local Fundraisers...

For the Love of Cheese

As well as various cheeses from around the world, there are more than 700 named British cheeses produced in the UK, so there’s bound to be...

Kidney stones

Kidney stones are small mineral deposits formed in your kidneys, also made up of acid salts.

According to Bupa UK Kidney stones are common – five to ten in 100...

Wheathampstead History

Wheathampstead is a pretty village in Hertfordshire, a few miles north of St Albans. The village is one of the most picturesque in the county, known for...

Disabled Riding Stables, Harpenden, Local Life

Riding For The Disabled...

Is there a way to offer potentially life changing activities to people of all age groups with any kind of disability?...

Cooking – Love it or Hate it?

Can you cook up a masterpiece or is cooking just one big disaster in your kitchen?

I suppose that I can think of a few reasons not to like cooking: - you...

Stress... the Silent Killer?

Stress is something that probably affects us all from time to time and can often be very difficult to cope with. Sometimes we can end up eating unhealthy...

Keeping Warm in Winter

Although spring is around the corner... apparently, it still feels very cold, so here are a few tips to help if it’s a struggle to stay warm.

Flu

The flu virus strikes in winter and...

Who would be an Arborist?

From an early age Dylan Quilter was interested in working with natural materials, particularly wood, and began an apprenticeship in furniture restoration...