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According to the District Council's website: "St Albans Market is open... (more)

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A seasonal contribution by the St Albans BID (Business Improvement District).

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The pedestrian crossing is advised on this fast, busy road. The town is on a... (more)

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Cherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) is a large evergreen shrub, probably... (more)

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This footpath runs between Avenue Road and Sandpit Lane; it saves a long detour... (more)

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There are several magnificent trees in St Peter's churchyard; this is... (more)

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Tunbridge Court, the brick building, dating perhaps from the 1930s, incorporates... (more)

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This is a handy cut-through between Avenue Road, the viewpoint, and Sandpit... (more)

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The brick and pale terracotta facade brightens this upper end of Victoria... (more)

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Corporate St Albans, including the civic centre, occupies a block to the north... (more)

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Round the corner from Barclays Bank in St Peter's Street, on the way to the... (more)

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According to the credits, bottom right, the mural is a fruit of the "St... (more)

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Local building materials are shown off in this wall: orange brick, knapped... (more)

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A bridge over the south end of Drovers Way takes customers from the main M&S... (more)

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By Sandridge Road, heading northeast out of St Albans, is a local playing field:... (more)

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By Sandridge Road, heading northeast out of St Albans, is a playing field: flat... (more)

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The church is sited at the corner of St Peter's Street and Carlisle Avenue... (more)

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Drovers Way is a modern creation carved from the backland to the west of St... (more)

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It is hard to do the memorial justice in a photograph because it is such a... (more)

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The War Memorial (behind the camera) occupies a narrow site by St Peter's... (more)

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Bernard Street is one of the many residential streets west of the town centre.... (more)

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Church Street is one of the older residential streets west of St Peter's... (more)

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The plaque records that from 1950 to 1959 this was the home of Professor Stephen... (more)

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Drovers Way is a modern street, carved from the backland west of St Peter's... (more)

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Most station platforms have one of these, folded and secured – a ramp for... (more)

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This worn cast-iron cover is on Platform 1 of St Albans City station. It is... (more)

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This truncated cast-iron pipe stands for a while longer at the corner of... (more)

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Looking north at St Albans City station as a tanker train speeds south towards... (more)

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To quote Link St... (more)

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Victoria Square, close to City station, is a development of refurbished offices... (more)

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Victoria Square, close to City station, is a development of refurbished offices... (more)

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The taxis edge forward in a queue while a bewildering variety of buses come and... (more)

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This pub spreads itself at the corner of Alma Road and Victoria Street, halfway... (more)

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This grey all-over pub sits at the corner of Victoria Street and Lattimore Road;... (more)

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This interminable, noisy, busy street drops steeply down from the town centre... (more)

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The way Dagnall Street drops away giving a glimpse of woodlands is a reminder... (more)

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On two days a week the space in front of the shops and cafés is filled with... (more)

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A wide pleasant passage, lined with shops, leads from busy St Peter's... (more)

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Here in St Peter's churchyard is one of many Burma Star Association... (more)

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Such damage could be called friction. It occurs everywhere between vehicles and... (more)

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The bridge seems to connect the rear of Marks & Spencer to a satellite and a... (more)

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At the top of Hillside Road the kerb and channel appear to be of a stone similar... (more)

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There are several magnificent trees in the churchyard; this is thought to be a... (more)

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A currently unnamed alley leads from Drovers Way (and car parks) behind the... (more)

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Market stalls are a frequent sight in St Peter's Street. Retail must... (more)

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One of the first things I noticed about St Albans was the number of buses,... (more)

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The view is towards the town centre from the railway bridge south of City... (more)

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An old but still effective iron fence keeps pedestrians on the footpath by a... (more)

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This warning of an electric cable is in the footway on the east side of the... (more)

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The ThamesLink train on the left is in a siding (services regularly terminate at... (more)

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