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About St Albans
St Albans is a busy little market town which
is a popluar choice for those who wish to commute to London, only a 20 minute train
ride away. As well as being home to the cathedral of St Alban and the roman ruins
of Verulamium, St Albans boasts a grade II listed town hall, and a clock tower which
dates back to the turn of the 15th century.
The town has been the birth-place or home to quite a few notable people: philosoper
Francis Bacon, Ali G and Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen, Pope Adrian IV, singer
David Essex, physicist Stephen Hawking, comedy actor Benny Hill, film director Stanley
Kubrick, lyricist Tim Rice, and founder of The Ryder Cup Samuel Ryder.
If golf is your game then you certainly won't be disappointed. The town is surrounded
by top quality courses, with the Verulam Golf Club being only a 10 minute walk from The Goat
Inn.
If you like shopping, as well as a wide range of stores, St Albans has an open air
market which takes place every Saturday and Wednesday on St Albans' central
Avenue - St Peter's Street. Or you could be on London's famous Oxford Street in
25 minutes.
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