ðə lˈɑːɹdʒ, fˈoːɹplˈætfɔːɹm ɹˈeɪlweɪ stˈeɪʃən æt hˈædli wˈʊd sˈiːmz sˈʌmwʌt ˌaʊɾəv pɹəpˈoːɹʃən tə ðə sˈaɪz ʌvðə kəmjˈuːnᵻɾi; lˈoʊkəl fˈoʊkloːɹ sədʒˈɛsts ðætðə stˈeɪʃən wʌz ɛnlˈɑːɹdʒd æt ðə bᵻhˈɛst ʌv lˈoʊkəl ɹˈɛzᵻdənt sˌɜː nˈaɪdʒəl ɡɹˈɛsli, ðə tʃˈiːf mᵻkˈænɪkəl ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹ ʌvðə lˈʌndən ænd nˈɔːɹθ ˈiːstɚn ɹˈeɪlweɪ hˌuː lˈɪvd ɪn hˈædli wˈʊd dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti z ænd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi z bᵻfˌoːɹ mˈuːvɪŋ ɐwˈeɪ tə nˌɪɹ sənt ˈɔːlbənz.
The large, four-platform railway station at Hadley Wood seems somewhat out of proportion to the size of the community; local folklore suggests that the station was enlarged at the behest of local resident Sir Nigel Gresley, the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway who lived in Hadley Wood during the 1920s and 1930s before moving away to near St Albans.