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Verulamium W Onslow Road Stanhope Road and old platform – all that A1057 o Fore St Grimston Fleetville Castle Road Wilkin’s Green Lane St Audre y's part of Route 61 of the Sustrans National Cycle Ver-Colne Valley Walk Camp Road Morrisons Ellenbrook o St A lbans South School remains of the former d Bardwell Rd Cemetery A1057 s School Park S ignal Box St A lban & Network. ST ALBANS Station, now a A Belmont Hill St Stephen GREEN v HOLYWELL HILL Watson’sWalk Oakdene Way N A1(M) Church St ST ALBANS RING Bishops Hatfield Route continues to Alma School Alban Way Ashley Road GREEN Road Grade II listed building. A1057 S ite of the . Pinewood Close Girls School Welham Green RING c The Alban Way has a smooth surface, suitable for C Breakspear Ave. s Coach Mews Holy Well h e r Originally called to Entrance a C LONDON ROAD r r a Hedley Road Hadle y Wood London i

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for commuting, leisure and a safer route to many Road c ST ALBANS arcon e e i S mallford St Peter's GREEN M n Swimming / S ports Wa e station in Scotland. a RING n L schools and the University of Hertfordshire. School y ne La Lyon Way n Col y Heath e Alban Way HATFIELD RD Station Road re Ashley Road N ast H yde Halt Smallford Station G St A lbans Dellfield ’s 1 Acrewood Way n old platform 2 A bbe y Theatre A bbe y Station Springfield Cambridge Road i The Alban Way is 6 / miles long (about 40 minutes’ Hill End ilk ramp Alban Way Firwood Avenue C ranbrook W cycling or 3hours walking). It runs between Prospect Road Road Garden of Rest Dellfield Ashle y Road Hill End Lane Drive College Lane Riverside Road Hill End Station Alban Way Industrial Estate Russet old platform Cottonmill Lane in St Albans and Wrestlers Bridge Camp Rd Drive A lban Park Cottonmill Lane in Hatfield, providing a safe link between these two St Albans Abbey Ver-Colne Valley Walk London Road Trail St Albans Abbey forms the heart old station The Camp historic towns, with access to many amenities and Cornwall Rd lose Camp Heath Lane of the historic city of St Albans. Sainsbury's Sopwell N unnery t C Nicholas Alban Way Blackberry facilities. Watercress en School A rch Following the departure of the Green S pace ri LONDON ROAD Camp Cycle Route Breakspear Wildlife O Milepost

Griffiths Way School S mallford Station Sadlier Road Sadlier Trestle Romans from the ancient town Association old platform For most of its length, the Alban Way runs along the of Verulamium, the Abbey was Leyland A rts Base Mentmore Rd Organ Watling C hase Avenue Cell Barnes Lane Smallford Lane former route of the Hatfield to St Albans branch founded in the fourth century and Museum Bramley Timberland Trail A llotments Camp Rd Way Drive U niversity of was one of England’s greatest ST ALBANS Princess Diana S mallford Pit line of the Great Northern Railway. Opened in Halford’s GREEN Boleyn Dr. A414 Hertfordshire RING London Road Hixberry Lane abbeys until the dissolution of Fishing Fishing 1865, the line was used for freight and passenger Avenue Camp Road A1001 College Lane the monasteries in the sixteenth Alban Way Lake London Road station was one of the main Lake services until it was closed and dismantled in 1969. century, after which it fell into passenger stations on the old railway line. The A llotments The A bbe y Way Cunningham disrepair until its restoration at the NCN 6/61 to grade II listed building now houses a nursery. School Cottonmill Lane River Ver Smallford Pit Part of the Alban Way between end of the nineteenth century. Start/Finish Berners Drive Near the old station, the Alban Way passes These fields and private Cottonmill Lane and Sutton Road is From the city, follow any of the This is the official under a huge railway bridge carrying today’s Windermere Windermere Highfield Lane fishing lake have been start of the St Grasmere Road School Highfield used by the St Albans Green Ring a yellow roads on the map to reach mainline rail traffic. The created from a former the Alban Way. Albans end of to S pinne y Thirlmere Drive landfill site. Please keep to continuous walking and cycling route the Alban Way, at Watford Maze Park Watercress Beds A1081 LONDON ROAD the paths in this area. (approx. 9km long) that encircles Leyland Avenue. River Ver Just off Riverside Road and just Cell Barnes Lane Drakes Drive Way Hill End Lane the city Centre. The route primarily Frobisher Road by the access ramp up onto the The River Ver is Hill End Lane leads enhances existing cycling and walking Alban Way is the Watercress a chalk river, an Starlight to Hixberry Lane, Lane Wildlife Association Local internationally St Vincent Drive routes and extends from Townsend a pleasant off-road Nature Reserve. Maintained rare Biodiversity A414 in the north to Fleetville in the east, route to the village by volunteers, this small space Action Plan habitat. of Tyttenhanger. Sopwell in the south and into Verulam provides an urban sanctuary Chalk rivers flow Admirals Walk Estate to the west. for wildlife on the site of former from underground Hill End Lane watercress beds and includes aquifers and are a butterfly meadow, woodland, typified by good traffic-free route wetlands and an orchard. Mile House Lane traffic-free route to London Colne y A414 water quality and to London Colne y Samuel Ryder steady temperatures. to London Drakes Drive Academy Emmaus Colney Heath

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Hatfield Ave A1(M) to The route goes over Wrestlers’ to Fielder Centre Tesco All users please follow the Alban Way code of conduct. Ste venage Bridge and joins the Great Alban Way Feedback Homestead Rd walking & cycling COMET WAY North Way cycle route, Route If you have any comments concerning the Alban

Mosquito Way Road North Great Walkers Birchwood Avenue 12 of the National Cycle Way, contact St Albans City & District Council: Network, which goes north to Tel: 01727 866100 • Take care along the trail, remember cycles are very quiet Birchwood and you may not hear them coming. B Email: [email protected] In 1934, the De Havilland School u Stanborough Lakes, Welwyn

l l • Please keep dogs under control and clear up all dog mess. The Alban Way aircraft company set up its S Garden City & . or Pedal Point (see below) for Hatfield section. t Birchwood a g • Please keep the Alban Way tidy, take your litter home.

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r many remarkable planes, Wellfield Rd e Route continues to Pedal Point • Please do not pick the wildflowers. Alban Way e A1001 Crawford Rd n Welwyn Garden C ity including the Mosquito, Hatfield Business Park Ryde The one point of contact for all issues relating to • Do not wander onto adjacent private land. Wrestlers’ Bridge The Ryde Ste venage, north Trident, Comet Racer (right) Great North Rd cycling in the area: and Tiger Moth (left). Way Tel: 01707 357551 Cyclists Tamblin Way www.welhat.gov.uk/pedalpoint The airfield has been Police Ground Lane Parkview • Please be considerate to other users and allow plenty of Station HATFIELD ROAD redeveloped to provide Email: [email protected] room when passing. St A lbans commercial, residential and Hatfield • Fit a bell to warn others, considerately, of your approach, Museum Mosquito leisure facilities, as well HERTFORD ROAD Dating back to Saxon St Albans Cycle Campaign don’t assume pedestrians can hear or see you. as a new campus for the Lemsford Rd St Albans Rd E times, the village of Working for cycling in St Albans district. • Take special care when approaching all junctions. Hatfield O aklands College University of Hertfordshire. Alban Way Hatfield Hatfield was first known Contact us for help or information on all aspects Cycle Centre Old Hertford Rd • Make sure your bike is in good order. District Lemsford Road Halt W as Hetfelle. Always of cycling: www.stacc.org.uk old platform el ST PETER'S STREETCouncil Hatfield Aerodrome lfi important because of el Horse Riders Marketplace Offices d St Albans Rd its position on the Great WelHatCycling • Horse riding is permitted along the Alban Way Ver ulam School St A lbans C lock A lban A rena Countess A nne North Road, Hatfield from Hill End Lane to Ellenbrook. Tower Working to improve cycling in Welwyn and School C larence Ellenbrook School grew rapidly in the late Old Town Hall to Brampton Road ST ALBANS O akwood U niversity of St Albans Rd E Hatfield, plus social rides every month. For HIGH ST Victoria Park GREEN Park C inema Lemsford Rd The Common Luton RING School Hertfordshire Bishop nineteenth century, with Misuse Beaumont Avenue Roe Green HATFIELD RD further details see: www.welhatcycling.org.uk Street Square St Albans Rd W the development of fast Loreto School Clarence Road De Havilland Campus To report criminal activity or misuse of the Alban Way The Maltings Town Centre Upper Marlborough Rd Fleetville Park St railway links with London Fleetville GREAT NORTH ROAD Beaconsfield Rd contact the Community Team at St Albans Police Station Ver ulamium Upper Lattimore Road Community Welwyn Hatfield Activity Map City LONDON RD COMET WAY Marketplace and the north. Abbey Mill Lane Centre Tel: 01727 796042. Museum St A lbans C ity Beaumont The Blackberry Arch The Asda Hatfield Station Addiktion Cycles ay This shows walking and cycling routes in the Cathedral & Centre Beaconsfield Road Station School created by local sculptor Galleria sw The town grew even faster en Welwyn Hatfield area - available from Pedal Point, A bbe y C hurch Rock & Road Elm Drive O aklands College ue in the twentieth century, Other Walking & Cycling Maps Fleetville Diane Maclean in 1998. Q French Horn Lane of St A lban Victoria St Beechwood Avenue The Galleria or Hatfield Cycle Centre. School ST ALBANS RD W CAVENDISH WAY Alban Way fuelled by the aircraft Marlborough Rd Visit Countryside Management Service (CMS) Hart Road Oakwood Drive Q Roe Green Lane ue Woodstock Road South Blackberry Arch e Links Drive industry and the post-war www.hertslink.org/cms/getactive for copies of other A bbe y nsw Howe Dell Hertfordshire County Council School Albert Street Pageant Road Camp Rd ay demand for new housing, Station Way Granville Road free maps in this series including: HATFIELD ROAD Ellenbrook Lane A1001 Cavendish Way and was developed as one For Hertfordshire County Council cycling Sopwell Lane Lattimore Road N The Abbey Way The Nickey Line The Ayots Verulamium W Onslow information see: www.hertsdirect.org/cycleweb Road Stanhope Road A1057 of London’s new towns. o Fore St Grimston Fleetville Castle Road Wilkin’s Green Lane St Audre y's Ver-Colne Valley Walk Morrisons Ellenbrook o The The Great North Way St A lbans South School d Bardwell Rd Cemetery A1057 s School Park S ignal Box St A lban & ST ALBANS A Other information Belmont Hill St Stephen GREEN v HOLYWELL HILL Watson’sWalk Oakdene Way N A1(M) Church St ST ALBANS RING Bishops Hatfield Route continues to Alma School Alban Way Ashley Road GREEN Road A1057 The Galleria For information about the local area visit the S ite of the . Pinewood Close Girls School Welham Green RING c C Breakspear Ave. s Coach Mews Holy Well h e Hatfield Galleria contains shops, South Mimms Tourist Information Centre, St Albans in the r to Entrance a C LONDON ROAD r r a Hedley Road eateries and leisure facilities, Hadle y Wood London Old Town Hall - Tel: 01727 864511, i

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St A lbans Dellfield ’s Acrewood Way n old platform A bbe y Theatre A bbe y Station Springfield Cambridge Road i Old Hatfield has many historic Hill End ilk ramp Alban Way Firwood Avenue C ranbrook W Children’s Useful contacts: Prospect Road Road Garden of Rest Cycle stands Rail station Field Alban Way buildings, including the Old Palace, Play area Traffic free cycle path Dellfield Ashle y Road Hill End Lane Drive College Lane Riverside Road Hill End Station Alban Way built in 1497, whose most famous St Albans Abbey - Tel: 01727 860780 Industrial Estate Russet old platform Camp Rd Drive Pub / Restaurant resident was Princess Elizabeth. It A lban Park Cycle shop Bus stops Park Footpath Signed on-road cycle route www.stalbanscathedral.org.uk Cottonmill Lane Refreshments Ver-Colne Valley Walk was here, in 1558, that she learned Abbey Line Trail London Road old station Hatfield House - Tel: 01727 287010 The Camp National Cycle she had become Queen, following Cornwall Rd Car park Supermarket Residential Bridleway Suggested route lose Camp Colney Heath Lane Network route the death of Queen Mary. www.hatfield-house.co.uk Sainsbury's Sopwell N unnery t C Nicholas Alban Way Blackberry Watercress en School A rch Green S pace ri LONDON ROAD Camp Cycle Route Breakspear Wildlife O Milepost Tourist Byway open The Old Palace sits in the grounds of Museum of St Albans - Tel: 01727 819340

Griffiths Way School S mallford Station Local cycle route School Commercial Cycle / pedestrian road crossing Sadlier Road Sadlier Trestle Association Information to all traffic Hatfield House, completed in 1611 as A rts Base old platform Boundary Mile Post www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk Leyland Organ Avenue Mentmore Rd Watling C hase Public Minor / the seat of the Cecil family and still Cell Barnes Lane Bramley Smallford Lane Sustrans Milepost Museum Building Bridge Museum Timberland Trail This cast iron milepost marks Leisure Centre Main road home to Lord and Lady Salisbury. A Verulamium Museum - Tel: 01727 751810 A llotments Camp Rd Way Drive U niversity of ST ALBANS Princess Diana S mallford Pit the boundary between St Albans stunning Jacobean house, Hatfield www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk Halford’s GREEN Boleyn Dr. A414 Hertfordshire RING Hixberry Lane and Welwyn Hatfield. There are Seating Arts Centre Toilet Lake / River Motorway Railway ST A L B A N S Fishing Fishing House sits in its own Great Park and C Y C L E C A M P A I G N Avenue Camp Road A1001 College Lane Sustrans - Tel: 0117 929 0888 Alban Way Lake Lake many mileposts like this along the has magnificent gardens, nature www.sustrans.org.uk Map / photography / leaflet design by Stephen Wragg: A llotments National Cycle Network, a 6,000- trails and a national collection of Wragg Art House & St Albans Cycle Campaign member: www.wah.co.uk. ST A L B A N S CYCL E C A M PAIGN The A bbe y Way Cunningham NCN 6/61 to Watford mile backbone of cycle and walking Additional photos from Roger Taylor Collection, River Ver School model soldiers. Countryside Management Service (CMS) Cottonmill Lane Scale 1:10,000 Steve Ballard and The Watercress Wildlife Association. 6.5 mile traffic free route between Berners Drive routes around the UK, co-ordinated 100 metres Tel 01992 588433 www.hertslink.org/cms Historical information about the former railway line is based on: Windermere Windermere by Sustrans. Highfield Lane The Hatfield to St Albans Branch Line by R Taylor and B Anderson (Oakwood Press). St Albans & Hatfield Grasmere Road School Highfield 1/4 mile The 5th edition December 2015 © WAH 2015 to S pinne y Watford Thirlmere Drive Maze Park A1081 LONDON ROAD

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