St Albans is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, 20 miles north-west of London, 8 miles south-west of Welwyn Garden City and 11 miles south-east of Luton.
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20 Facts About St Albans
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St Albans was the first major town on the old Roman road of Watling Street for travellers heading north and became the Roman city of Verulamium.
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St Albans has two tiers of local government, at district and county level: St Albans City and District Council and Hertfordshire County Council.
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The main part of the urban area of St Albans is an unparished area, directly administered by St Albans City and District Council.
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In 1898 the parish of St Albans absorbed St Michael Urban, St Peter Urban and Sandridge Urban so the parish and borough occupied the same area.
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St Albans is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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St Albans is well served by local buses, with links to local villages and major towns run by Arriva, Uno, Red Eagle, Sullivan Buses and several small operators.
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St Albans is home to Trestle Theatre Company, who have been creating professional, physical storytelling theatre since 1981.
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Furthermore, St Albans is home to many music acts such as Enter Shikari, The Zombies, Trash Boat, Friendly Fires and Your Demise.
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St Albans is home to one of the country's oldest indoor skateparks, the Pioneer Skatepark in Heathlands Drive, next to the former fire station.
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St Albans is additionally home to a community of traceurs from around Hertfordshire.
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St Albans was once home to the then most prestigious steeplechase in England.
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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.
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St Albans ran a very successful packet seeds business in the 1890s which at one time he ran from a packing warehouse on Holywell Hill .
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St Albans is buried in Hatfield Road Cemetery, where in July 2012 the Olympic Torch Relay passed by to honour him.
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St Albans has many state primary and secondary schools, and a number of independent schools.
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