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London Road, Flamstead, Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 8HT, United Kingdom
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St. Albans Cathedral
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This should be your first port of call in St Albans. The Tourist and Information Centre is found in the city's Town Hall on Market Place which was built in 1831. Inside they offer lots of useful information and maps on the city, local area and nationally. They offer a walking guide and mini guide which have useful info and maps.
Open: 9.30am-5.30pm Mon-Sat.
The St Albans half marathon has taken place for the last 26 years and this years event was on Sunday 10th June. There were four different races, a 1.5 mile fun run for kids, a 5Km run, a half marathon walk and the main event the half marathon run. All races started and finished in Verulamium Park with many of the runners raising funds for charities. Around 1,400 people took part in the main race.
During roman times, Verulamium was one of the most important places after London. The estimation is that a the moment the Verulamium museum has excavated around 5 % of all the roman remains that are left under the Verulamium park and surroundings. Since the current politics is to keep it all underground, there is no funding and even very hefty fines if the museum as much as opens the ground to verify a plan. So they know that there are several mosaics that were discovered in the 30's of last century but they have no means to check whether they're still there and in what condition. And they even know that there is a mosaic underneath the tennis court in the park!
This schematics of a villa where also drawn in the 1930's. One floor (in the right hand corner) is on display in the middle of the park (the Hypercaust).. They think the whole villa had 37 rooms. So it was quite extensive and obviously belonged to someone important. But in the archeology of that time it was done a bit different. The excavations were documented and well done for their time, but the plan was drawn assuming that some walls were there because they found parts a bit further and assumed there would be walls in between and drew these without verifying whether they were really there. And now there is no chance of doing so.
This duke (1391-1447) wanted to be buried as close as possible near the remains of st. Alban so he donated a large amount of money to the abbey and got his wish. That is, he's buried almost next to the shrine. Though nobody knows whether the shrine does contain the remains. Since there are legends about the shrine being a decoy.
Anyway, this gentleman wanted to be buried here and he is there alright. His remains were (still) there when this tomb was renovated in 2000
The Museum of St Albans is a small museum that shows the history of the city from the time of the Romans to the present day. I haven't visited since I was in school, but entrance is free and it is located only a 2 minute walk from the centre of town.
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Monday - Saturday 10.00am - 5.00pm
Sunday 2.00 - 5.00pm
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Address: London Road, Flamstead, Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 8HT, United Kingdom
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