St Alban's Way

Hertfordshire, Gtr London

Alban was Britain’s first saint and martyr and the destination of his shrine has an awesome feeling, having had almost two millennia of devotion paid to it.

You begin at St Paul’s Cathedral, then along the River Thames to Westminster Abbey, across the Royal Parks, passing by the Tyburn Convent that to this day demonstrates living devotion to previous martyrs like Alban, then to the Paddington Basin from which you follow Regent’s Canal and climb Primrose Hill and on to Hampstead Heath, Parliament Hill, through the Hampstead Heath extension to pass St Jude’s on the Hill and join the Dollis Valley Green Walk.

Then the London Outer Orbital Path, then the Watling Chase Timberland Trail, the Moor Mill and River Ver, and the Ver Valley walk to New Barnes Mill, then the river path to Holywell Hill, before reaching St Albans Cathedral. ( British Pilgrimage Trust)

(August 2026)

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Details:

Path Type:	Other Paths
Attributes:	Pilgrimage
Start:	TQ321811 - St Paul's Cathedral, London, Gtr London
Finish:	TL144071 - St Alban's Cathedral, Hertfordshire
Open Date:	2019
Web Sites:	St Alban's Way - website British Pilgrimage Trust - St Alban's Way

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