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St Albans
St Albans (Hertfordshire)
St Albans

St Albans shown within Hertfordshire
Population 64,038 [1]
OS grid reference TL148073
District St Albans
Shire county Hertfordshire
Region East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ST ALBANS
Postcode district AL1, AL2, AL3, AL4
Dialling code 01727
Police Hertfordshire
Fire Hertfordshire
Ambulance East of England
European Parliament East of England
UK Parliament St Albans
List of places: UK • England • Hertfordshire

Coordinates: 51°45′18″N 0°20′10″W / 51.755, -0.336

St Albans is the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans in southern Hertfordshire, England, around 22 miles (35 km) north of central London. Hertfordshire (ˈhɑːtfədʃə(r, abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government Naming The district's irregular sounding name reflects its diverse nature with two main urban areas and several villages typically districts with the status of cities are known Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London Hertfordshire (ˈhɑːtfədʃə(r, abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one The East of England is one of the nine official Regions of England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The AL postcode area, also known as the St Albans postcode area, is a group of ten postal districts in central Hertfordshire which are subdivisions of five Post towns The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Hertfordshire Constabulary is the Home Office Police force responsible for policing the county of Hertfordshire in England. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the Statutory fire and rescue service for the County of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS Ambulance services in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, East of England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election St Albans is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of settlements in the ceremonial county of Hertfordshire, England. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Naming The district's irregular sounding name reflects its diverse nature with two main urban areas and several villages typically districts with the status of cities are known Hertfordshire (ˈhɑːtfədʃə(r, abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. It was originally named Verlamion by the Ancient British, Catuvellauni tribe. The Belgae were a group of tribes living in northern Gaul in the 1st century BC and later also attested in Britain. The Catuvellauni were a Celtic Belgic tribe or state of south-eastern Britain before the Roman conquest. It was the first major town on the old Roman road of Watling Street for travellers heading north and became the Roman city of Verulamium. Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410 Watling Street is the name given to an Ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern Verulamium was the third-largest city in Roman Britain. It was sited in the southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire. After the Roman withdrawal, and prior to becoming known as St Albans, the town was called Verlamchester or Wæclingacaester.

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A map of St Albans from 1944
A map of St Albans from 1944

Apart from its historic core, St Albans is highly suburban in character, with much of its housing stock built in the inter-war years and during post-war expansion. South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. Now entirely surrounded by the Metropolitan Green Belt, it is seeing significant 'infill' development and pressure to relax the Green Belt restrictions. In United Kingdom town planning, the Green belt is a policy for controlling urban growth

St Albans District (which also includes Harpenden) has house prices considerably above the national average. Harpenden is a town in the City and District of St Albans of Hertfordshire in the South East of England. The most recent figures give an average house price of £328,820[2] against a national average of £199,184. St Albans city, according to figures from Nationwide Building Society, is currently considered to be the most expensive place to live in the UK outside Central London. [3][2] This is largely due to fast commuting to London, especially the City, by train. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically The local road transport network is another factor: St Albans is at the meeting point of the A5183 (the old A5 or Watling Street) and the A1081 (the old A6); the M25 runs east-west just south of the city; and both the M1, only a few miles to the west, and the A1(M), five miles (8 km) to the east, can provide fast connections to London and the north. The A5183 road is the A5 road in disguise It covers the road from Junction 9 of the M1 motorway to Edgware in London, largely along Watling Watling Street is the name given to an Ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern The A1081 road in Hertfordshire, England broadly follows and replaces the former route of the A6 south of Luton in Bedfordshire. To see information about the M25 motorway under construction in Ireland, see N25 road. The M1 is a major south – north Motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where

The council estimates that 20% of the working population travel to London to work, while local business provides 46,000 jobs of which around 46% are filled by inward commuters. The local economy is made up mainly of offices, small enterprises, retailing and tourism-based enterprises, 80% of which employ fewer than 10 staff. In the working population, 33% are employed in professional and managerial occupations. Self-employment in Hertfordshire runs at 15% of the workforce, compared with a UK average of 12%. Hertfordshire (ˈhɑːtfədʃə(r, abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of

Arms of St Albans City and District Council
Arms of St Albans City and District Council

There are two railway stations in St Albans. "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. The City Station is about 820 yards (750 m)[4] east of the city centre and is served by the Thameslink railway line, with trains (operated since April 2006 by First Capital Connect) to Bedford, Luton, London Luton Airport, London, Sutton, Wimbledon, London Gatwick Airport, and Brighton. St Albans railway station is one of two railway stations in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Thameslink is a fifty-station line in the British railway system running north to south from Bedford to Brighton through the Snow Hill tunnel A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another First Capital Connect (FCC is a passenger train operating company in England that began operations on the National Rail network on 1 April 2006 Bedford is the County town of Bedfordshire, England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the Bedford borough Luton ( is a large town in the east of England, 32 miles (51 kilometres north of London. London Luton Airport (previously called Luton International Airport) is an International airport located on the edge of the Town of Luton London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Sutton is the principal town in the London Borough of Sutton. Wimbledon is a Suburb of London, part of the London Borough of Merton and located south west of Charing Cross. Gatwick Airport is London 's second largest Airport and the second busiest airport in the United Kingdom after Heathrow. Brighton ( is a town on the south coast of England and with its neighbour Hove, forms the city of Brighton and Hove. The Abbey Station is about half a mile (1 km)[4] south of the city centre and is served by the "Abbey Flyer", operated by London Midland. St Albans Abbey railway station serves the town of St Albans, in Hertfordshire, England, being situated about 1 km south of the town centre in the The St Albans Abbey Branch Line is a railway line from Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey. London Midland is a Train operating company in the United Kingdom. A single train runs between St Albans and Watford Junction, starting a new round trip every 45 minutes during most of the day. Watford Junction station is a railway station in Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. This line is a historical accident, the result of the Earl of Verulam refusing to sell land to the railway company then driving North from Watford. Until 1964, there was a third station, St Albans (London Road), which served a former branch line to Hatfield. St Albans London Road was one of several railway stations in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The Great Northern Railway (GNR was a British railway company established by the London & York Railway Act of 1846 Hatfield railway station serves the town of Hatfield in Hertfordshire. East Midlands Mainline 'intercity' services run through at speed from places such as Leicester, Nottingham, Lincoln, Sheffield and Leeds. East Midlands Trains ( EMT) is a train operating company operating in the United Kingdom. Leicester (ˈlɛstə is the largest city and Unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and is the traditional Nottingham ( is a city in the Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. Lincoln (ˈlɪŋkən is a Cathedral city and County town of Lincolnshire, England. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England They do not stop so connections have to be made at Luton or St Pancras International. Luton ( is a large town in the east of England, 32 miles (51 kilometres north of London. St Pancras railway station is a major railway station situated in the St Pancras area of Central London between the British Library and King's Cross Uno buses route S4 and Green Line route 724 are the city's major bus services. Uno bus route S4 is a local bus service in St Albans, linking Cottonmill (Maynard Drive to St Albans city centre (and at business hours St Albans railway station Green Line route 724 is a high-profile limited-stop express Bus service currently operated by Arriva Shires & Essex as part of the large Green Line Coaches

There is easy access to London Luton Airport by both rail and road. London Luton Airport (previously called Luton International Airport) is an International airport located on the edge of the Town of Luton London Heathrow Airport is around a 30 to 45 minute road journey.

GCSE results for District schools show 63% of pupils achieving 5 A* - C grades, against a national average of around 46%. Schools include St Albans School, Francis Bacon School, St Albans High School for Girls, St Albans Girls' School (generally referred to as STAGS), Sandringham School, Beaumont School, Loreto College, Verulam School, Nicholas Breakspear School, St Columba's College and Townsend School. History By c1100 the School had built for itself such a reputation that the Norman scholar Geoffrey de Gorham applied for the post of Master Francis Bacon School is a mixed sex state school located in St Albans in South Hertfordshire. St Albans High School is a private (independent Church of England girls' Day school founded in 1889 for girls aged 4 to 18 located in the city of St Albans For schools of the same name please see St Albans School St Albans Girls' School, usually referred to as STAGS, is a girls secondary school in Sandringham School is a secondary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Beaumont School is a state maintained mixed school located in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Loreto College is an 11-18 Voluntary Aided Comprehensive Catholic Girls' school located near the centre of St Albans, Hertfordshire, which achieved Specialist Verulam School is a state secondary school for boys in St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK Nicholas Breakspear RC School is situated on the rural fringe of St Albans, an old Roman city in Hertfordshire, England. St Columba's College, is a Catholic Independent school for boys at King Harry Lane St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Townsend C of E School is a Voluntary aided school based in St

The Norman Cathedral & Abbey Church tower
The Norman Cathedral & Abbey Church tower

The centre of the city suffers significant road traffic congestion because of the city's many small surrounding streets, high car use, inadequate roads, poor take-up and provision of local public transport, to persuade motorists to drive around rather than through the centre. The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. The council estimates that 75% of traffic entering the city is through-traffic. Naming The district's irregular sounding name reflects its diverse nature with two main urban areas and several villages typically districts with the status of cities are known From 2004 the problem was heavily exacerbated by a bungled series of road works, prompting severe criticism of Hertfordshire County Council's Hertfordshire Highways agency. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Hertfordshire (ˈhɑːtfədʃə(r, abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of A County council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a County. In 2006 the Agency received further criticism for their incompetence and lack of accountability in the multi-million pound overspend and late delivery of works to the St Peter's Street area.

A street market is held in Market Place and St Peter's Street on Wednesdays and Saturdays, as it has been for many hundreds of years. A Street market is an outdoor Market such as traditionally held in a Market square in a Market town, and are often held only on particular days of the week There is also a monthly farmers' market, normally on the second Sunday, and a French market every four months.

St Albans is one of several places that, by repute, has the most pubs per square mile in the country (Edinburgh, Norwich, Nottingham, Otley and Rochdale are other claimants). Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. History Roman The Romans had their regional capital at Venta Icenorum on the river to the south which is near modern-day Caistor St Edmund Nottingham ( is a city in the Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. Otley is a Market town in the Metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, by the River Wharfe. Rochdale is a large Market town in Greater Manchester, England It also claims to have the oldest pub in England (in which Sir Walter Raleigh is said to have stayed), named Ye Olde Fighting Cocks (Nottingham again providing a counter-claimant in Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem). Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh (c 1552 – 29 October 1618 was a famed English writer Poet, Soldier, Courtier and Explorer Ye Olde Fighting Cocks is a Public house in St Albans, Hertfordshire, which is one of several that lay claim to being the oldest in Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem is one of the 20 Public houses (including three in Nottingham) which claim to be the oldest drinking establishment in England.

The main free local weekly newspapers are The Herts Advertiser, and the St Albans and Harpenden Review. The sister title of the Review is the paid-for St Albans Observer, which also has an edition for Harpenden. The Herts Advertiser celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2005. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

History

Main article: History of St Albans
The 15th century Clock Tower
The 15th century Clock Tower
The west end of the Cathedral & Abbey Church
The west end of the Cathedral & Abbey Church
Ye Olde Fighting Cocks public house
Ye Olde Fighting Cocks public house
The Old Town Hall and Market Place, viewed from St Peter's Street
The Old Town Hall and Market Place, viewed from St Peter's Street
Kingsbury watermill
Kingsbury watermill

The St Albans area has a long history of settlement. St Albans is in southern Hertfordshire, England around 22 miles (35km north of London, beside the site of a Catuvellauni settlement and the The Celtic Catuvellauni tribe had a settlement at Prae Hill a mile or so to the west. The Catuvellauni were a Celtic Belgic tribe or state of south-eastern Britain before the Roman conquest. The Roman town of Verulamium, second-largest town in Roman Britain after Londinium, was built alongside this in the valley of the River Ver a little nearer to the present town centre. Verulamium was the third-largest city in Roman Britain. It was sited in the southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire. This article covers the history of London during the Roman period from around 47 AD when the Roman city of Londinium was founded The River Ver is a River in Hertfordshire, England The river begins in the grounds of Markyate Cell and flows south for 12 miles (20 km alongside

The mediaeval town grew up on the hill to the east of this around the Benedictine foundation of St Albans Abbey. Benedictine refers to the Spirituality and Consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in St Albans Cathedral (formerly St Albans Abbey, officially The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban) is an Anglican church at This is the spot where tradition has it that St Alban, the first British Christian martyr, was beheaded sometime before AD 324. Saint Alban was the first British Christian Martyr. Along with his fellow Saints Julius and Aaron, Alban is one of three martyrs remembered Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings Events By Place Roman Empire July 3 — Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, forcing him It was, at one time, the principal abbey in England and the first draft of Magna Carta was drawn up there, reflecting its political importance. An abbey (from Latin abbatia derived from Syriac abba "father" is a Christian Monastery or Magna Carta ( Latin for Great Charter, literally " Great Paper " also called Magna Carta Libertatum ( Great Charter of Freedoms The Abbey Church, now St Albans Cathedral (formally the Cathedral & Abbey Church of St Alban but still known locally as The Abbey) became the parish church when it was bought by the local people in 1553, soon after the priory was dissolved in 1539. St Albans Cathedral (formerly St Albans Abbey, officially The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban) is an Anglican church at The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the formal process between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded It was made a cathedral in 1877 when the City Charter was granted. There is evidence that the original site was somewhat higher up the hill than the present building and there had certainly been successive abbeys before the current building was started in 1077.

St Albans School, a public school which occupies a site to the west of the Abbey and which includes the 14th century Abbey Gateway, was founded in AD 948 and is the only school in the English-speaking world to have educated a Pope (Adrian IV). History By c1100 the School had built for itself such a reputation that the Norman scholar Geoffrey de Gorham applied for the post of Master The term public school has two distinct (and virtually opposite meanings depending on the location of usage in the United States, Australia and History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and Pope Adrian IV (or Hadrian IV – c 1100&ndash 1 September, 1159) born Nicholas Breakspear or Breakspeare, was Pope It numbered amongst its buildings until comparatively recently a converted former hat factory, a link with the town's industrial past. Nearby Luton was also a notable centre for the hat making industry. Luton ( is a large town in the east of England, 32 miles (51 kilometres north of London.

The road between the Abbey and the school, running down to the River Ver and Verulamium park (on part of the site of Roman Verulamium), is called Abbey Mill Lane. The River Ver is a River in Hertfordshire, England The river begins in the grounds of Markyate Cell and flows south for 12 miles (20 km alongside Verulamium Park is a Park in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Set in over 100 acres of beautiful parkland Verulamium Park was purchased from the Earl of On this road are the palaces of the Bishops of St Albans and Hertford. The Bishop of St Albans is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of St The Bishop of Hertford is an Episcopal title given to Suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of St Albans, which is within the The Fighting Cocks public house is at the Verulamium Park end of this road. Ye Olde Fighting Cocks is a Public house in St Albans, Hertfordshire, which is one of several that lay claim to being the oldest in Also on the River Ver is Kingsbury watermill, which is now maintained as a museum.

The growth of St Albans was generally slow before the 20th century, reflecting its status as a rural market town, a pilgrimage site, and the first overnight coaching stop of the route to and from London - a fact which also accounts for its many inns, many dating from Tudor times. Rural areas can be large and isolated (also referred to as "the country" and/or "the countryside over the course of time London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. In the inter-war years it became a popular centre for the electronics industry. Electronics refers to the flow of charge (moving Electrons through Nonmetal conductors (mainly Semiconductors, whereas electrical In the post-World War II years it was expanded significantly as part of the post-War redistribution of population out of Greater London that also saw the creation of new towns. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. A new town, planned community or planned city is a City, Town, or Community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically

The city today shows evidence of building and excavation from all periods of its history and it is a tourist destination. Notable buildings include the Abbey and the early 15th century Clock Tower (pictured). The clock tower is one of only two similar towers in England; it is also the site of an Eleanor cross, which was pulled down in 1703 due to neglect, replaced by the town pump. The Eleanor crosses were 12 lavishly decorated stone monuments of which three survive intact in a line down part of the east of England. A fountain was erected in its place in 1874, now relocated to Victoria Place. The popular singer Donovan is rumoured to have learnt to play the guitar outside the Clock Tower. Donovan ( Donovan Phillips Leitch, born 10 May 1946 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Singer-songwriter and guitarist

Running into St Albans from the south is Holywell Hill (generally pronounced "holly-well hill"), its name taken from the story of St Alban: legend has it that his severed head rolled down the hill from the execution site and into a well at the bottom (some versions have a well springing from the site at which the head stopped).

The mixed character of St Albans and proximity to London has made it a popular filming location. The Abbey and Fishpool Street areas were used for the pilot episode of the 1960s' ecclesiastical TV comedy All Gas and Gaiters. All Gas and Gaiters is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971 The area of Romeland, directly north of the Abbey Gateway and the walls of the Abbey and school grounds, can be seen masquerading as part of an Oxford college in some episodes of Inspector Morse (and several local pubs also appear). Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse is a Fictional character in a series of thirteen Detective novels by British Author Colin Fishpool Street, running from Romeland to St Michael's village, stood in for Hastings in some episodes of Foyle's War. Hastings is a town on the coast of East Sussex in England; it is also the administrative centre for the Borough of the same name Foyle's War is a British detective Television programme created by screen-writer and author Anthony Horowitz, and commissioned Life Begins was filmed largely in and around St Albans. Life Begins is a British Television Drama broadcast on ITV, starring Caroline Quentin and Alexander Armstrong The Lady Chapel in the Abbey itself was used as a location for at least one scene in Sean Connery's 1995 film First Knight, whilst the nave of the Abbey was used during a coronation scene as a substitute for Westminster Abbey in Johnny English starring Rowan Atkinson. Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25 1930) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and BAFTA Award -winning Scottish First Knight is a 1995 Film based on Arthurian legend. The principal characters are Lancelot (played by Richard Gere The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large mainly Gothic church Johnny English is a British comic Film Parodying the James Bond Secret agent genre released in 2003 Rowan Atkinson (born 6 January 1955 is an English Comedian, actor and writer famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder The 19th century gatehouse of the former prison near the mainline station appeared in the title sequence of the TV series Porridge, starring Ronnie Barker. St Albans railway station is one of two railway stations in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Porridge was a British situation comedy that was broadcast on BBC1 from 1973 to 1977 running for three series two Christmas specials as well as Ronald William George Barker, OBE (25 September 1929 &ndash 3 October 2005 was an English actor and Comedian, best known for his roles as Norman Stanley Fletcher The 2001 film Birthday Girl starring Ben Chaplin and Nicole Kidman was also partly filmed in St Albans. Birthday Girl is a 2001 British Film Four -backed film featuring Nicole Kidman as a Russian Mail-order bride. Ben Chaplin (born 31 July 1970) is an English Actor. Biography Early life Chaplin one of four children was More recently, several scenes from the upcoming film Incendiary, starring Michelle Williams, Ewan McGregor and Matthew Macfadyen, were filmed in St Albans, focusing in particular on the Abbey and the Abbey Gateway. Incendiary is a film currently in production and targeted for release in 2008. Michelle Ingrid Williams (born September 9 1980 is an Academy Award -nominated American actress. Ewan Gordon McGregor (born 31 March 1971 ˌjuːən məˈgrɛgər is a Scottish Actor, who has had significant success in mainstream indie and art Matthew Macfadyen (born 17 October 1974 is a British Actor, known for his role as MI5 agent Tom Quinn in the BBC Television

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In December 2006, Sport England published a survey which revealed that residents of St Albans were the 9th most active in England in sports and other fitness activities. This article is about the Italian town For the Danish island see Fanø. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Nyíregyháza (IPA /ɲireɟhazɒ/ approximate pronunciation "nyee-rayd'y-haa-zoh" is a city in North-east Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Nevers ( Latin: Noviodunum, later Nevirnum and Nebirnum) is a commune of central France, the Préfecture This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The city of Odense (Danish ˈoð̞ˀn̩sə) is the fourth largest city in Denmark. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Worms (voɐms is a City in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine River Nieuwleusen ( Low Saxon: Ni'jlusen) is a town in the Dutch Province of Overijssel with 5913 inhabitants as of 1 January The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands This article is about the city For the upazila or district or the administrative division see Sylhet Sadar Upazila or Sylhet District or Sylhet Division ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially History The ship was launched on the River Clyde on Saturday 6th May 2000 Sport England is the brand name for the English Sports Council and is a Non-departmental public body under the Department for 26. 8% of the population participate at least 3 times a week for 30 minutes. [5]

St Albans is home to one of the country's oldest and finest indoor skateparks, the Pioneer Skatepark in Heathlands Drive, next to the former fire station. A skatepark is a purpose-built Recreational environment for Skateboarders to ride and develop their technique Its ramps are available to all skateboarders and inliners. Skateboarding is the act of riding and performing tricks using a Skateboard. Inline skates (often called by the trade name Rollerblade) are a type of roller skate used for Inline skating. A new outside mini ramp was built in March 2005.

The local football team is St Albans City FC: its stadium is on the edge of Clarence Park and the team won promotion from the Conference South League in 2005-06. St Albans City FC (nicknamed The Saints) is a football club based in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Conference South (currently billed as Blue Square South for sponsorship reasons is one of the second divisions of the Football Conference in England, taking It played in the Nationwide Conference Division of the Football Conference for the 2006-07 season, but finished at the bottom of the table and was relegated. Conference National (currently named the Blue Square Premier for sponsorship reasons is the top division of the Football Conference. Organisation The Football Conference stands at the top of the National League System (NLS a comprehensive structure linking together over 50 different leagues under the [6]

St Albans Centurions rugby league club play at Colney Heath; they play in the Rugby League Conference Premier South division. St Albans Centurions is a Rugby league club based in St Albans, Hertfordshire. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games Colney Heath is a large village south-east of St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. The Rugby League Conference (RLC (also known as the Co-operative Rugby League Conference as a result of sponsorship from the Co-operative Group, is a series of regionally There is also the Old Albanian Rugby Football Club, a rugby union club which has a large facility known as the Old Albanian sports complex or the Woollam Playing Fields to the north of the city centre and which is also the home of the Saracens A team and Zurich A League and OA Saints Women's Rugby Club (formally St Albans Women's RFC). Old Albanian Rugby Football Club (OAs is a rugby club based in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short The Saracens Rugby Football Club, also known as Saracens FC or usually just Saracens, are a professional Rugby union team based in Watford, St Albans RFC play at Boggymead Spring in Smallford, and Rugby Club (formerly Old Verulamians) play at Cotlandswick in London Colney. London Colney is a Village in Hertfordshire, England. It is located to the north of London at Junction 22 of the M25 motorway.

St Albans is also home to St Albans Hockey Club,[7] based in Clarence Park. Clarence Park is a park containing a multi-use Stadium in St Albans, England. The club is represented at National league level by both women's and men's teams, as well as other local league competitions. The club's nickname is The Tangerines.

Clarence Park also plays host to St Albans Cricket Club. [8] The club currently runs four Saturday sides, playing in the Saracens Hertfordshire Cricket League and also two Sunday sides in the Chess Valley Cricket League.

St. Albans is also home to a community of traceurs from around Hertfordshire. Parkour (sometimes abbreviated to PK) or l'art du déplacement (the art of movement is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently [9]

St Albans was once home to the then most prestigious steeplechase in England. The Great St Albans chase attracted the best horses and riders from across Britain and Ireland in the 1830s and was held in such high esteem that when it clashed with the 1837 Grand National the top horses and riders chose to bypass Aintree. The 1837 Grand Liverpool Steeplechase was the second of three unofficial annual precursors of a Handicap Steeple-chase later to become known as the Grand National Steeplechase Aintree is a Village and Civil parish in Sefton, Merseyside. It lies between Walton and Maghull on the A59 Without warning the race was discontinued in 1839 and was quickly forgotten. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common

Schools

The secondary schools in the area are:

Independent

St Albans is the location of two campuses of Oaklands College and of a campus of the University of Hertfordshire. Beaumont School is a state maintained mixed school located in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Francis Bacon School is a mixed sex state school located in St Albans in South Hertfordshire. Loreto College is an 11-18 Voluntary Aided Comprehensive Catholic Girls' school located near the centre of St Albans, Hertfordshire, which achieved Specialist Marlborough School is a secondary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Nicholas Breakspear RC School is situated on the rural fringe of St Albans, an old Roman city in Hertfordshire, England. Sandringham School is a secondary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire. For schools of the same name please see St Albans School St Albans Girls' School, usually referred to as STAGS, is a girls secondary school in Townsend C of E School is a Voluntary aided school based in St Verulam School is a state secondary school for boys in St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK St Albans High School is a private (independent Church of England girls' Day school founded in 1889 for girls aged 4 to 18 located in the city of St Albans History By c1100 the School had built for itself such a reputation that the Norman scholar Geoffrey de Gorham applied for the post of Master St Columba's College, is a Catholic Independent school for boys at King Harry Lane St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Oaklands College is a Further education college in Hertfordshire, England in the United Kingdom. The University of Hertfordshire is a modern university based largely in Hatfield, in the county of Hertfordshire, England, from which the university

Trivia

Notable people

See also

Nearby towns & villages

Notes and references

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics, 2001 Census, Key Statistics for HCC Settlements #. Crown copyright. Table KS01 Usual resident population (numbers)
  2. ^ a b BBC News—UK House Prices—3 December 2007
  3. ^ Nationwide—2006 City Movers and Shakers—1 January 2007
  4. ^ a b The imperial figure was calculated from an original value given in metric. We (Мы is a Dystopian novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin completed in 1921. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 who used the Pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer Nineteen Eighty-Four (also titled 1984) by George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) is a 1949 English Novel Ayn Rand (ˈaɪn ˈrænd &ndash March 6 1982 born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум was a Russian born American Anthem is a Dystopian fiction Novella by Ayn Rand, first published in 1938 Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 &ndash 22 November 1963 was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. Brave New World is a 1932 Novel by Aldous Huxley. Set in the London of AD 2540 (632 A St Albans is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Sopwell Priory (also known as Sopwell Nunnery) was built in c Sopwell House is an historic country house now a 128 room luxury hotel situated just south of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Abbots Langley is a large village in the English county of Hertfordshire. Borehamwood (sometimes referred to as Boreham Wood) is a town in southern Hertfordshire, situated 16 miles / 25km north of London. Bricket Wood is a village in the county of Hertfordshire, England, approximately half a mile from St Albans. Chiswell Green is a village in St Albans, Hertfordshire with a population of approximately 2800 in the City and District of St Albans. Colney Street is a village in the English county of Hertfordshire. Elstree is a Village in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire on the A5, north of London. Harpenden is a town in the City and District of St Albans of Hertfordshire in the South East of England. Hatfield, originally Bishop's Hatfield, is in the Welwyn Hatfield district of Hertfordshire, in the south of England. Hemel Hempstead is a Town in Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom with a Population of 81143 at the United Kingdom Census London Colney is a Village in Hertfordshire, England. It is located to the north of London at Junction 22 of the M25 motorway. Luton ( is a large town in the east of England, 32 miles (51 kilometres north of London. Park Street is a village in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Location Park Street is situated approximately 2½ miles south of St Albans along Radlett is a large village located north of London in the county of Hertfordshire between St Albans and Elstree on Watling Street Redbourn (or occasionally Redbourne) is a village in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, lying on Watling Street, roughly 5 miles from St Albans St Stephens is a former village which lies at the bottom of Holywell Hill in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Watford (ˈwɒtfəd) is a town and district in Hertfordshire, England, situated 19 miles (30 km northwest of London Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  5. ^ Sport England—Active People Survey
  6. ^ Football Conference—Blue Square Premier Table
  7. ^ St Albans Hockey Club
  8. ^ St Albans Cricket Club
  9. ^ Hertfordshire Parkour

External links

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