Where to eat: Visitors would find it hard to go hungry in St. Albans, which is home to dozens of fast-food outlets, midpriced eateries and restaurants. The Café at the Abbey, in the abbey’s ...

St Albans has three theatres: the Abbey, home to the Company of Ten, a well-respected amateur company; the Maltings Arts Theatre and the Alban Arena, both of which serve up a diet of drama ...

The Cathedral of St Albans in Hertfordshire has a claim to be the most ancient of all Britain’s churches. The story of the settlement it serves can be traced back archaeologically into the Iron Age.

As St Albans Cathedral's longest serving active guide, who is spending his 46th Christmas ... who bought his memorial brass in 1349 - which the Abbey still has - after being taken ill in Europe ...

"Abbot John did that in spades - he was a real champion of the Abbey," Mr ... "He put St Albans back on the map in a big way," Mr De Silva said. The cathedral guide said he had been "just thrilled ...

St Albans Abbey has been confirmed as one of England's early Norman cathedrals after experts uncovered foundations of the early church. Remains forming part of the early Norman abbey have been ...

The story of Britain's first saint and the role the cathedral has played in the nation's history is told in an interactive journey A £7m welcome centre at St Albans Abbey that tells the story of ...

Created by the renowned scribe, the Benedictine monk, Matthew Paris of St. Albans Abbey in England, the manuscript chronicles the life of St. Alban, the first Christian martyr in England.