Hawk Apartments,
The Cathedral Quarter, St Albans

Located in the Cathedral Quarter of historic St. Albans, the Hawk Apartments offer contemporary one and two bedroom serviced apartments minutes from St. Albans Abbey. The apartments are less than five minutes walk from the main centre which boasts a good selection of cafes, bars and restaurants as well as two shopping centres: Christophers Place and The Maltings.

These luxury apartments are available in a range of sizes and layouts with either double or twin rooms. All have a main bathroom with both bath and shower (2 bed apartments also have an en suite shower room), fully equipped kitchen, and a comfortable sitting/dining room.

Features include LCD TVs with DVD player, complimentary broadband (and WiFi) internet, and most apartments benefit from views of the cathedral.

NB. Photos are typical of apartments as they are individually styled.

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Situated 22 miles north of central London in the Metropolitan green belt, St Albans is Hertfordshire's oldest town which has been shaped by 2000 years of human occupation.

After the Roman conquest of Britain in AD 43, it developed as the city of Verulamium, becoming one of the largest towns in Roman Britain. Built mainly of wood, it was destroyed during the revolt of Boudicca in AD 60-61 but was rebuilt to feature many impressive town houses and public buildings. The town was then encircled by gated walls in AD 275.

The Abbey Church became St Albans Cathedral when the City Charter was granted in 1877. There is evidence that the original site was somewhat higher up the hill than the present building and there had certainly been successive abbeys before the current building was started in 1077.

The 1920s and 30s saw the development of the electrical, aircraft and printing industries which were further stimulated during the Second World War. It also became home to Ryder and Son seed merchants, and Samuel Ryder later founded the Ryder cup golfing trophy.

Today, St Albans has continued to develop as a popular commuter town. There are two railway stations; the City Station is about half a mile east of the city centre with trains to Luton Airport, London and Gatwick. The Abbey Station is less than a mile south of the centre with a service between St Albans and Watford Junction on the West Coast mainline. London Heathrow Airport is around a 30 to 45 minute motorway journey.

A street market is held in Market Place and St Peter's Street on Wednesdays and Saturdays, as it has been for many hundreds of years. There is also a farmers' market, on the second Sunday of every month.