Alban Way Stone Arch Bridge – Alban Way Railway Bridge loop from Wick Local Nature Reserve

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Alban Way Stone Arch Bridge – Alban Way Railway Bridge loop from Wick Local Nature Reserve

Moderate

155

runners

Alban Way Stone Arch Bridge – Alban Way Railway Bridge loop from Wick Local Nature Reserve

00:50

8.07km

30m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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311 m

Hill End Garden of Rest

Highlight • Natural

This area of the Park was used a cemetery for patients and staff of Hill End Hospital and later Cell Barnes Hospital which did not have its own burial ground. Investigations into the cemetery site uncovered some of the several hundred numbered grave markers, which have become overgrown or buried over the years. Over the past few years the Trust has worked to improve the site to ensure it is a fitting memorial to those people who have been buried here. Part of the site has now been designated as a Hertfordshire Wildlife Site.

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1.01 km

Alban Way – Fleetville

Highlight • Cycleway

This was a stop once for Highfield Park (Fleetville area of St.Albans)

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2.30 km

Alban Way Stone Arch Bridge

Highlight • Cycleway

Located on the way from Hatfield to St. Albans via Alban way.

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2.36 km

Alban Way Railway Bridge

Highlight • Monument

The Alban Way is a cycle path in Hertfordshire, England, that has been constructed along the route of the former Hatfield to St Albans railway line. It runs from St Albans, close to St Albans Abbey railway station and the site of Roman Verulamium, through Fleetville and Smallford to Hatfield, ending close to Hatfield railway station. It is 7.5 miles (12.1 km) long.

Part of National Cycle Network route 61, which runs from the River Thames at Maidenhead to the River Lea in Ware, the Alban Way is fully tarmacked throughout making it usable all year round. The section from Welwyn Garden City to Ware is called the Cole Green Way.

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2.83 km

View of River Ver and Watercress Beds

Highlight • Natural

Picture postcard view especially on a summers day

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2.89 km

Sopwell Nunnery Green Space

Highlight • Trail

The reserve contains number of important habitats, notably: a shallow lake that was once a watercress bed, now called The Mere, a boggy area, also once a watercress bed, an orchard containing a wide variety of fruit trees, a butterfly garden, small wooded glades and ponds.
You are likely to see many birds, waterfowl and insects, and if you’re lucky you might see something more exotic, for instance, a Kingfisher, Water rail, Little grebe or Muntjac deer.

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2.93 km