St Albans Cathedral
Church · A soaring medieval abbey built partly from Roman brick, standing where Britain's first saint is buried.
St Albans
A Roman city turned medieval market town, where a 2,000-year-old street plan still shapes daily life.
From King's Cross St Pancras: 53 min by train · 1 h 12 min by car
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Time there: 4.5–8.5 h to see all 8 places
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Must-see places
Old Gorhambury House
Ruins · The ruins of an Elizabethan mansion in open parkland west of St Albans, free to visit.
The Clock Tower
Landmark · A 15th-century town belfry in the middle of the market streets, with 93 steps up to a roof that looks over the abbey and the Roman town.
Verulamium Park
Garden · A broad lakeside park laid over the Roman city, with a stretch of its old wall and a preserved mosaic floor.
St Albans Market
Market · A bustling street market on Wednesdays and Saturdays, trading in the heart of the old city since the Middle Ages.
Verulamium Museum
Museum · A museum of Roman mosaics and everyday finds from Verulamium, built on the edge of the buried Roman city.
Roman Theatre St Albans
Ruins · The remains of a Roman stage theatre in a quiet field, billed as the only one of its kind in Britain.
Fishpool Street
Old streets · A long, quiet street of timber-framed and Georgian brick houses running down from the abbey, with medieval roots.
Quick facts
The cathedral is free to enter, has the longest nave in England, and holds medieval wall paintings and the shrine of Alban, Britain's first saint.
Roman Verulamium lies open to explore: a museum of mosaics, a Roman theatre with a stage, and stretches of the old city wall in a lakeside park.
A street market still runs on Wednesdays and Saturdays beneath the 15th-century Clock Tower, England's only surviving medieval town belfry, which you can climb on summer weekends.
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