St. Albans is an attractive market and cathedral town in Hertfordshire.
The history and attractiveness of the town, together with excellent road and rail links, makes St Albans a highly desirable town to live in, as well as being popular with tourists and visitors.
In Roman Britain, St Albans was called Verulamium and was Britain's third largest Roman City. St Albans is named after Britain's first Christian martyr.
The city is full of historic buildings with St Albans Cathedral being particularly impressive.
Schools
St. Albans has many excellent schools which are a reason why many people choose to live in the area. Moving home for families often includes taking into consideration catchment areas for schools. To help guide you through this process please see the link below for up to date information on school admissions policies.
http://www.hertsdirect.org/scholearn/schadd/
Although the admissions policies for schools are complex and distance from your home isn’t the exclusive basis for decisions regarding admission, please see the link below to calculate the distance of nearby schools to your desired property.
http://www.upmystreet.com/local/schools-in-al1-3ub.html
Transport
Another major attraction of St. Albans as an area is its excellent transport links.
The town is situated on junctions of the M25, M1 and A1(M), providing convenience to motorway users.
The high speed train links into London enable commuters to reach Kings Cross St. Pancras in around 20 minutes. There are two train stations in St. Albans:
‘St. Albans City Station’ is the main train station in St. Albans and provides high speed services to London, Brighton (via Gatwick Airport), Luton and Bedford. For those commuting to London, the service usually stops at St. Pancras, Farringdon, City Thameslink, Blackfriars and London Bridge. There is also a line to Ashford and Sevenoaks. Please click on the link below for detailed information of train times.
http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/Main.php?sEvent=StationInfo&crs_code=SAC
St. Albans Abbey Station provides train services to Watford Junction . The journey time from the station to Watford Junction is 16 minutes. There are five intermediate stations: Park Street, How Wood, Bricket Wood, Garston and Watford North.
