Local Places of Interest

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Hatfield House
Where Elizabethan history began. The magnificent Jacobean house is the home of the Marquess of Salisbury. The finest organic gardens to be found in the country. Collection of model soldiers, park trails, restaurant and shops.
www.hatfield-house.co.uk

Knebworth House
Home of the Lytton family since 1490. Beautiful formal gardens including a Jekyll herb garden, planted maze, wilderness walks and a deer park.
www.knebworthhouse.com

St. Albans Abbey
Officially called "The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St. Alban", this impressive building is situated on the execution site of Britain's first Christian martyr, St. Alban.
www.stalbanscathedral.org.uk

St. Albans - Verulamium
Verulamium Museum, an insight into everyday life in Roman Britain, is built on the site of one of the major cities in Roman Britain and contains some of the finest Roman mosaics and wall plasters outside the Mediterranean.
www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk

St. Albans - The Gardens of the Rose
The flagship gardens of the National Rose Society. 30,000 roses on display in magnificent surroundings.
www.rnrs.org/the_garden_of_the_rose.html

Shaw's Corner, Ayot St. Lawrence
An Edwardian villa, the home of George Bernard Shaw from 1906 until his death in 1950. At the bottom of the garden is the revolving hut where Shaw found the peace he needed to write.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/places/shawscorner/

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