Verulamium

Worth seeing in and around Verulamium

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   St Albans Cathedral

   St Albans Cathedral, officially the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, also known as "the Abbey", is a Church of England cathedral in St Albans, England. Much of its architecture dates from Norman times.

   800 m · cathedral in St Albans, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Diocese of St Albans

   The Diocese of St Albans forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England and is part of the wider Church of England, in turn part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The diocese is home to more than 1.6 million people and comprises the historic Counties of Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, or in terms of local government areas, Bedfordshire, Luton, Hertfordshire and parts of the London Borough of Barnet.

   1 km · diocese of the Church of England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Clarence Park, St Albans

   Clarence Park is an association football stadium and surrounding public park in St Albans, Hertfordshire, which serves as the home ground for Isthmian League Premier Division club St Albans City. The park is also home to a number of other sports facilities, including a cricket ground and bowls club.

   2.1 km · sports venue and park in St Albans, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Building Research Establishment

   The Building Research Establishment is a centre of building science in the United Kingdom, owned by charitable organisation the BRE Trust. It is a former UK government national laboratory, previously called Building Research Station, that was privatised in 1997.

   5.7 km · centre of building science in the United Kingdom, owned by charitable organisation the BRE Trust · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Sopwell Priory

   Sopwell Priory was a Benedictine nunnery founded around 1140 on the site of an ancient hermitage in Sopwell, Hertfordshire, England. After the Dissolution, the priory was torn down and a Tudor manor house constructed in its place.

   1.5 km · monastery in Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Roman Theatre of Verulamium

   The Roman Theatre at St Albans, Hertfordshire, England is an excavated site within the Roman walled city of Verulamium. Although there are other Roman theatres in Britain, the one at Verulamium is claimed to be the only example of its kind, being a theatre with a stage rather than an amphitheatre.

   500 m · ancient Roman theatre in St Albans, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Parish Church of St Mary

   St Mary's Church is an active Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England. The building is Grade I listed.

   5.9 km · church in Redbourn, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Gorhambury House

   Gorhambury House is a Palladian-style house near St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. It was built between 1777 and 1784 to replace Old Gorhambury House, which was left to fall into ruin.

   2.5 km · country house in St Michael, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   All Saints Pastoral Centre

   All Saints Pastoral Centre is a complex of buildings at London Colney on the southern outskirts of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. It was built as a convent for the Anglican Society of All Saints Sisters of the Poor.

   5.6 km · building in London Colney, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    The Cock

    The Cock is a public house in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. The grade II listed building dates back to around 1600 and has some timber framing.

    1.3 km · public house in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Verulamium

Airports

London Luton (LTN), 14 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 32 km · London Stansted (STN), 43 km

Stations

St Albans City railway station, 1.8 km · St Albans Abbey railway station, 1 km · Bricket Wood railway station, 4.9 km · Park Street railway station, 2.9 km · How Wood railway station, 3.7 km

• London, Essex → Verulamium

  31 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £3.5–5
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• London → Verulamium

  31 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £3.5–5
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Verulamium

  133 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £14–18
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