St Albans /sənt ˈɔːlbənz/, /seɪn.../ is a city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield about 19 miles (31 km) north-northwest of London, 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Welwyn Garden City, and 11 miles (18 km) south-southeast of Luton. 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. It is an historic market town and is now a dormitory town within the London commuter belt.
Population: 84,561
Latitude: 51° 45' 0.00" N
Longitude: 0° 19' 59.99" E
Ruislip Lido (/ˈraɪslɪp ˈlaɪdoʊ/ RY-slip LY-doh) is a reservoir and artificial beach in Ruislip, within the London Borough of Hillingdon, situated between Ruislip Common, Ruislip Woods (a Site of Special Scientific Interest), and Poors Field.
The Post Office Research Station at Dollis Hill, London, was first established in 1925 and opened by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald in 1933.
Maida Vale is a London Underground station in Maida Vale in inner north-west London.
The King Alfred School is a co-educational independent school in Hampstead in North West London.
The Isokon building on Lawn Road, Hampstead, London, is a concrete block of 34 flats designed by architect Wells Coates for Molly and Jack Pritchard. They opened on 9 July 1934 as an experiment in minimalist urban living. Most of the flats had very …
The India Office Records are a very large collection of documents relating to the administration of India from 1600 to 1947, the period spanning Company and British rule in India.
Grim's Dyke (sometimes called Graeme's Dyke until late 1891) is the name of a house and estate located in Harrow Weald, in northwest London, England, built from 1870 to 1872 by Richard Norman Shaw, and named after the nearby pre-historic earthwork k…
Enfield Town railway station is the most central of several stations in Enfield (north London). It is the terminus of the line served by Abellio Greater Anglia from Liverpool Street, one of the Lea Valley Lines. The station, and all trains serving i…
Dollis Hill is a London Underground station at Dollis Hill near to Willesden and Gladstone Park of the London Borough of Brent.
The City of London Cemetery and Crematorium is a cemetery and crematorium in the north east of London.
Chase Farm Hospital is a hospital in Gordon Hill, near Enfield, north London, run by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust as part of the British National Health Service.
Belsize Park is a London Underground station in Belsize Park, north-west London. It is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line, between Chalk Farm and Hampstead stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2. It stands at the northern end of Haverstock Hi…
Beal High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Redbridge, Greater London, England. Beal High School specialises in subjects both media and arts The school begins at Year 7 and continues with compu…
The Working Men's College (or WMC), being among the earliest adult education institutions established in the United Kingdom, is Europe's oldest extant centre for adult education, and perhaps one of its smallest.
Wood Siding railway station was a small halt in Bernwood Forest, Buckinghamshire, England.
The Wood Green ricin plot was a 2002 alleged bioterrorism plot to attack the London Underground with ricin poison. The planned attack had connections with al-Qaeda.
Union Chapel is a working church, live entertainment venue and charity drop-in centre for the homeless in Islington, London, England.
Stonor Park is an historic country house and private deer park situated in a valley in the Chiltern Hills at Stonor, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England, close to the county boundary with Buckinghamshire. The hou…