Walking St Albans, England - Cathedral, City Centre & Train Station

A first-person perspective walk tour of St Albans City Centre in the county of Hertfordshire, England. The tour starts outside St Albans Cathedral, then to the high street filled with shops, bars and restaurants, and then onto St Albans City train station - which has a journey time of 20 minutes into Central London.
St Albans is a city in Hertfordshire, England and the major urban area in the City and District of St Albans. It lies east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, about 20 miles (32 km) north-northwest of central London, 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Welwyn Garden City and 11 miles (18 km) south-southeast of Luton. St Albans was the first major town on the old Roman road of Watling Street for travellers heading north, and it became the Roman city of Verulamium. It is a historic market town and is now a dormitory town within the London commuter belt and the Greater London Built-up Area. The city has a population of 58,000. - from Wikipedia
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ROUTE MAP*:
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ROUTE TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Abbey Mill Lane
11:23 High Street
11:41 Market Place
12:41 Christopher Place
14:03 French Row
14:49 High Street
15:30 Chequer Street
17:22 St Peter's Street
21:51 Catherine Street
22:27 St Peter's Street
28:50 Hatfield Road
29:46 St Peter's Street
33:02 Victoria Street (Junction with: Beaconsfield Road 39:08)
41:25 Station Way
42:26 Sumpter Yard
42:57 Holywell Hill
SIGHTS TIMESTAMPS:
02:15, 04:56, 10:29, 42:26 St Albans Cathedral (The Cathedral & Abbey Church of Saint Alban)
02:21, 04:06 The Great Gateway of the Monastery
11:30 The Clock Tower
12:32 Christopher Place Shopping Centre
15:18 The Peahen - Bar & Restaurant
17:06 The Maltings Shopping Centre
17:44, 32:37 St Albans Museum + Gallery
22:48 War Memorial
24:08, 26:54 St Peter's Church
39:13 Trinity United Reformed Church
41:46 St Albans City Train Station
42:46 White Hart Hotel (dating back to 1470)
43:28 Clarion Collection Hotel (grade II listed building, built in 1911 by Samuel Ryder, donor of golf’s prestigious Ryder Cup)
43:46 Cafe Rouge (old Ryder Seed Hall)
44:54 Holywell Lodge (Grade II listed building)
45:23 Torrington Hall (Victorian Grade II listed Mansion, built in 1882)
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[@Tibbarus]

I've walked most of these areas and streets lots of times. Living far away now and makes me very Homesick 🙂 Thanks for the tour. Saved you as a favourite. 👍

[@playerone6765]

I’m 12 years old and I’ve lived here all my life. I guess I never really stopped to appreciate what an absolutely beautiful city I live in!

[@moricodm1531]

Yo bro I have a question does St Albans city station have barriers?

[@h.b16]

You are so lucky. I’m from Canada and I spent a semester at U of H and I loved going to St Albans to hang out and study.

[@cert176]

Who else has literally walked the exact steps this man has?

[@danieljames2015]

Walked up the first hill past the Public School and Cathedral every day from St Columbus College to the Town ( Bunking off School). Memories from the Seventies. Hasn't changed much.

[@auroradiaz9897]

Lovely place and people. I used to live here 17yrs ago. Wish to see the place again and catch up with some friends before the world ends 😁

[@grahamrudd9183]

I used to live in St Albans way back in the 1960s residing at 319 Hatfield Road and attending Beaumont Secondary School... A beautiful town which holds many fond memories for me...

[@leonardreeves1747]

I grew up in London Colney always loved my trips into St.Albans with my mum as a child. In my teens I lived there before I moved abroad. I really do miss St.Albans, I grew up there!❤❤

[@catchercat_yt3503]

I lived in St. Albans for 10 years, and this video almost made me cry, because Nowadays I’m stuck in the United States, though I’ve always remained British and I’m dying to find a way back to the isles, back to my true home. Thank you so much for giving me this taste of home! I remember every street, every part of the cathedral, I even remember market day in the city centre on Wednesdays! Thanks again for this, you have made my day.

[@watchedwalker]

CatcherCat_YT, my pleasure, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@saudade72]

Total immersion in St Albans as if I were there. Highly talented.

[@SalsaBravaAcademiadeBaile]

Wonderfull i used to teach Salsa Classes in St. Albans. Very nice people and friends.

[@robwebb4346]

I lived in St Albans from 1979 to 1983. Good to see it is still as I remember. Such a lot of character and history.

[@the51project]

I used to live in Abbey Mill Lane - bottom of the path where you began walking, also Alma Cut, off the street near the train station. Been living in Australia the last ten years now. Miss St. Albans - lovely place to live. Looking back, I had some of the happiest years of my life there. Thanks - brought a tear to my eye watching your walk - so familiar. Thank you.

[@ChattyWalkswithAngela]

Awww, that captures the look and feel of a British town so well, lovely walk, as always:)

[@watchedwalker]

Thank you :)

[@battlingphoenix3847]

“Roman “ you mean, this was a Roman occupied town the anglos were driven out and killed

[@akilgeci2266]

Lived for a year at the french row.... i walked every inch of that town. I wouldnt change it with any other place... everything is perfect ... i hope in the future i’ll move again there.

[@sashaboo72]

I was brought up here. It’s so beautiful and historic. I miss it so much but it’s just to expensive for me to buy a property here.☹️

[@Arnel_A67]

wow so good to see old structures of England. 👍😊💕

[@watchedwalker]

Thanks Arnel, yes, there are some very impressive old buildings :)

[@boondoggle6]

A lovely walk through a beautiful cathedral city, the extra footage at the very end was well worth the wait - such amazing and varied architecture. Many thanks for a relaxing little film.

[@watchedwalker]

I'm pleased you enjoyed it :)

[@suzyhazelwood9942]

OMG... I was literally crying all the way through this video!!😭 I lived in St Albans in the early 70's up to the age of 5... I feel quite homesick. I've been wanting to return for many years, but haven't been able to yet... it was déjà vu all the way for me! I remember well the weekly shopping trips my Mother and I did in the town, a lot of the time I was seeing it all from my pushchair! 😅 There was a Sainsbury's a bit like the Harrods Food Hall, in the sense that you had to ask for food over the counter... the smell of a cheese or fresh fish stall, still reminds me today of that very old style grocery store. It was the last Sainsbury's to be be transformed into a modern supermarket. I was also amazed to see how much like Norwich it is, which is where I live now. You uncovered a mystery for me, as to why I have always felt very at home in Norwich. It all makes sense now, there are a lot of striking similarities. I always thought it was a baby memory of living in London a few years before, but it makes more sense I would remember St Albans more. I think you even walked through the park where I tripped over a tree root and landed on a big stone and broke my arm... first time I understood what real pain was! Apart from that, I had really happy memories of living in that town. Thanks for taking me back! My older brother watches your videos too, I know he'll be thrilled to see this. 🤩 👏 👍

[@watchedwalker]

Wow, that's so great to hear Suzy, I love hearing how the video brought back those memories for you - there's nothing quite like those childhood memories! Thanks for sharing them with us - I hope your brother enjoys it too :)

[@sashaboo72]

Wow! You look like your only in your 20s!

[@susanmartinez1346]

I love the old buildings!! So beautifully constructed. Thank you for sharing this.

[@saurabhthakur100]

What an amazing town near London. I have been there once, absolutely loved it!

[@peterg957]

Lived in St Albans way back in the 1960s... 319 Hatfield road and went to Beaumont Secondary School... Happy Days...

[@atjans]

Finally found a good video from St. Albans that bring back memories...(Specially the pubs and old buildings) I used to live and study Fine Arts there in mid 90`s. Lovely historical town! So nice on a sunny day! Thank you!

[@kdean9537]

Wonderful!...just made a cup of tea, so I'm going to relax and enjoy this wonderful walk!😊 Thank you...take care!

[@watchedwalker]

Nice, I hope you enjoy it!

[@kdean9537]

@@watchedwalker Just finished watching...spotted the two eyes 😊 Really lovely walk, thanks for the bonus footage! 👍 I just love the architecture, the detail is really beautiful, I never get tired of looking at all the buildings, there is so much to see! ...thank you for the walk...take care!

[@watchedwalker]

Thanks k Dean, I had to include that bonus footage, the buildings along that road looked far too good not to :)

[@h.b16]

Thank you for making this video. I’m from Canada andi spent a semester at U of H and I loved going to St Albans to hang out and study. I miss it a lot.

[@kanwalrasheed1507]

Vow The bell still in my mind I hv been in search of many clocks to hv this soothing nd relaxing tone,very nice video

[@flala2261]

3:24 private all-boys secondary school (St Albans School) next to St Albans Cathedral is the oldest secondary school in Hertfordshire & *Stephen Hawking* went there! 🪐 🚀🛸🛰👽 Other alumni are *Mike Newell* (who directed Four Weddings & A Funeral, High Fidelity, Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire) , and Ed MacFarlane of indie band *Friendly Fires*

[@LUOES]

carm and traditional buildings .. beautiful

[@johnorchin8567]

St Albans offers the best of both worlds, being a somewhat sleepy English cathedral town/city. Yet only twenty miles, and twenty or so minutes from central London. Who could ask for more?

[@avpfilms27]

Awesome!!

[@mqyx]

I've never taken the time to appreciate how amazing my town is

[@colinhazell6259]

Very good!

[@FarthingHall]

The only medieval clock tower in the country and you walked straight passed it, incredible.

[@watchedwalker]

Andy, blame the lorry for being parked there!

[@isabelleprod8215]

J'adore👌sympathique cette ville

[@EASYTIGER10]

Great video! I'd love to visit St Albans sometime. To be honest it's always just been the name of a station on the way to London, not somewhere I'd ever thought of visiting. But your video may have changed that...

[@Alexandre-cr2if]

Great！Continue filming small UK towns and villages if you can :) loved it！

[@watchedwalker]

Thanks Alexandre, I will aim to do more when I can :)

[@abertolucci9780]

How quaint!

[@eduardoburghos]

excelente video

[@watchedwalker]

Thanks Eduardo

[@belenfernandezprieto4764]

I like it

[@yeomanricsei5829]

Thanks

[@parrotyee]

Is it really a town if it has a city centre?

[@worldgrill]

Another wonderful video, thank you! So grateful you are getting out of the city for a "rustic ramble"! This is an Anglo-File's from the US dream, a walk around a local market town that we may never get to see or know anything about. Again, great job and God speed!!

[@watchedwalker]

Robert, thanks a lot, it’s appreciated! Filming places like this make a nice change, I plan to do more around the country when I can.

[@worldgrill]

Thanks again and maybe a future suggestion(if you can), would love to see some of these smaller towns at the holidays all decorated up!! Then maybe some fun holiday window shopping in the local stores. Love the UK at the holidays and Bravo to you!!

[@watchedwalker]

Great suggestions Robert! :)

[@muttt.whopull3252]

My great, great, great, great (not sure how many greats) grandfather lived in one of those cottages at the beginning by the Fighting Cocks pub, he used to swill pigs out on the land in front of the Abbey. Nice to have had money in the family😂!!!!

[@watchedwalker]

How interesting! What a great bit of history :)

[@rogerthornewell]

Thanks for making an interesting video I know this area while having grown-up in Luton however I've been overseas for many years would there be any chance of doing a walk around Luton interesting to see what it looks like now thanks again

[@watchedwalker]

Cheers Roger, I've had a few requests for Luton, keep an eye out over the next few weeks.

[@naiyahp]

I meant St Albans and did you know that St Albans is known for a lot of things I love verulainium park because I like to go to the playground

[@abdiaxmed7031]

watched walker iam request to record video oxford city and cambridge please make me iam so love those cities

[@watchedwalker]

They are on my list for sure - how soon I visit depends on how well these videos outside of London do :)

[@abdiaxmed7031]

@@watchedwalker thanks i wait you

[@ShushaSofia]

I swear they are prettier than the Mediterranean. I get crap for that opinion, but that is how I see it. 😐

[@WannaWalk]

Hello mate, for some reason sound it's a lot better. More sharpen. Are you using some mic or something? Pretty cool, I will watch it full at night on big tv 😉 Great work as usual.

[@watchedwalker]

Cheers pal - the audio was just from Osmo Pocket in-built mics.

[@Mr-uz2ws]

Where's the nicest place to live Hertfordshire Cambridge or York?

[@reiwasaru]

could you walk in hemel hempstead that would be cool and good video

[@watchedwalker]

rei, if I'm ever over that way I will make one :)

[@naiyahp]

Damn why haven’t I subscribed to your channel yet until now And I didn’t know you live in the uh

[@naiyahp]

Hi I meant to say I also live in the uk

[@jasongoulden2938]

I predicted it would be worse than this when it comes to busyness I grew up in ware during the 80s and my mum used to come here for an Art shop and kept me waiting for 2hours in and outside the shop while she picked her pastels or whatever else always thought it was a strange kind of place to be honest was never really a regular visitor once I became independent.

[@Mr-uz2ws]

Have you got a walk of Cambridge? & York?

[@watchedwalker]

No, not yet.

[@normandavies7603]

Add captions to make it much more enjoyable. Thank you.

[@watchedwalker]

Norman, the trouble is not everyone wants captions - I could end up losing more viewers than I gain!

[@lilikekawati9646]

bagus

[@naiyahp]

I’m from St Albans so I live here in at Albans but I’m not allowed to say what I look like or what’s my address DONT ASK

[@koreatravel2065]

Looking at the video, I want to take a walk.

[@watchedwalker]

KT, it's a lovely city to walk around :)

[@hasank86]

👍 Hasan Lahore, Pakistan

[@nialwestwood]

This is a city ?????

[@yeghor]

Prevalence of houses with red bricks agitated me and made me jittery. Red bricks give the houses an early-industrial era feel, as if they belong to a time when they used to mine and burn coal for heating. Thanks for the video.

[@watchedwalker]

You’re welcome Yeghor - I hope you’re over the red bricks :/

[@SanaKhan-pf7yd]

Pl show Baker Street in London

[@watchedwalker]

Sana, search for Baker Street on my channel, I've done a walk there :)

[@SanaKhan-pf7yd]

@@watchedwalker thanx for the reply.

[@naiyahp]

Uk

[@normandavies7603]

This could be a very good video if we could just know where in the city we were. Surely a person with your skills could keep us up-dated as to what we are watching. Thank you for a very good video, could be better if we knew where we were.

[@watchedwalker]

Norman, are the details in the video description not enough?

[@hamzazahud4188]

Plz Cape Town walk

[@watchedwalker]

Sure, if you sponsor me!

[@gorehound3414]

You wouldn’t expect there to be terrible knife crime here but there is

[@ashrafalrashedy8557]

Is it a lot?

[@tabitha4135]

lol 😆 no there isn’t !

[@matthewkent8796]

Saint Albans is too posh for me to live.