St Albans Local Information
Practical local information for St Albans: bin collection days, parking, council tax bands and planning, each one linked back to the official source.
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Harpenden Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Harpenden
Harpenden roadworks: St Michaels Street (now, until 8 Nov) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
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Harpenden
Harpenden Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Harpenden weather today: fog, 8°C by day and 0°C overnight, with a 0% chance of rain and winds up to 6 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
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St Albans Petrol Prices: Cheapest Unleaded and Diesel Today
Cheapest petrol in St Albans today: unleaded from 149.9p and diesel from 184.9p a litre, across 15 forecourts within 8 miles. Updated every morning from the...
Weather
St Albans Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
St Albans weather today: fog, 9°C by day and 2°C overnight, with a 0% chance of rain and winds up to 6 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
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St Albans Roadworks This Week: A414 Both Ways and M1 J6-J8
A414 shut both ways 8pm to 6am at Park Street Mon 9 to Wed 11 Nov; M1 northbound J6 to J8 shuts Tue 10 and Thu 12 Nov. Holywell Hill proposed from 14 Nov.
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St Albans planning: Local Plan adopted, 15,045 homes
St Albans adopted its new Local Plan on 9 September, replacing the 1994 plan: 15,045 homes by 2041 on twelve strategic sites, which Green Belt goes.
Bins
St Albans Bin Collection Days: Bins Out by 5am, Round 1 or 2
How to find your St Albans or Harpenden bin day, what time bins go out, how far Christmas pushes collections back, garden waste, bulky items and missed bins.
Parking
Parking in St Albans: the bays that only charge for 2 hours
Every St Albans and Harpenden car park tariff, Sunday charges, which bays are free and when, the weekday car park free for three hours and blue badge rules.
Council tax
St Albans council tax bands 2026/27: all 10 parish rates
Band A to H charges for all ten St Albans parish areas in 2026/27, from St Michael at £2,360.52 to Colney Heath at £2,498.45 on Band D. Updated November 2026.
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St Albans trains to London: 21 minutes to St Pancras
The fastest St Albans City train reaches St Pancras in 21 minutes, with 10 trains an hour. Times both ways, last trains, London Bridge and contactless fares.
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St Albans house prices: £605,000, dearest in Herts
The middle St Albans home sold for £605,000 in the year to June, the highest in Hertfordshire. Prices by ward, AL postcode, property type and street.
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Things to do in St Albans: free museum, £3 Roman theatre
A free museum in the old Town Hall, a Roman theatre for £3 and a 175-acre park with five Green Flags between them. Prices and opening times checked this week.
Bins
St Albans Christmas bin collections 2026: up to 4 days late
St Albans collections run up to four days behind over Christmas 2026 and do not return to normal until Monday 18 January 2027. Last year's revised dates, day by day.
Recycling
St Albans tip opening times: shut Tue and Wed, 10 to 5.30
Opening times for St Albans tip on Ronsons Way and Harpenden's Dark Lane site, the two days each shuts, the free ePass, what they take and Christmas closures.
Schools
St Albans school term dates 2026/27: half term 26 to 30 Oct
Hertfordshire schools break for Christmas on Friday 18 December and return 4 January. Every 2026/27 and 2027/28 holiday, plus each big school's INSET days.
Schools
St Albans October half term 2026: dates and what's on
Herts schools break 26 to 30 October 2026. Museum workshops from £6.50, a Roman emperor at Verulamium, Willows Pumpkin Festival from £20.95, Odyssey films.
Trains
St Albans Christmas trains 2026: no line closure listed yet
National Rail's Christmas 2026 works list names no closure on the St Albans line. No trains on 25 December, few on Boxing Day, and trains run on Monday 28 December.