Explore Saint Albans at your own pace

Beneath the charming facade of St Albans lies a landscape scarred by two bloody battles and stained by the secrets of centuries. Most pedestrians walk past these historic walls unaware that they are treading over the ghosts of rebels and forgotten kings.

This self-guided audio tour peels back the layers of time to reveal the scandals that history books omitted. Follow the path from The Boot to The White Lion and The Old Kings Arms to uncover the city that hides in plain sight.

What dark secret was whispered in the shadows of the tavern before the uprising began? Why does the silence in this alleyway feel like a warning? Did the local innkeeper actually betray the crown for a pocket of gold?

Photo: Gary Houston, Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Tour details

Duration: 35 minutes, entirely at your own pace

Distance: around 1.4 km (0.8 miles)

Stops: 6 landmarks, including The White Lion, St Albans, Hare and Hounds, St Albans, The Old Kings Arms

Audio: up to 15 minutes of narration

Starts at: The White Lion, St Albans

Map data by Mapbox and OpenStreetMap contributors

How it works

Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.

Download the free AudaTours app on your phone and enter the code.

Download the tour once and the whole thing works offline.

Walk to the first stop and press play. The audio for each landmark starts automatically as you approach it, so your phone can stay in your pocket.

There is no fixed date and no start time. The date you pick at checkout does not matter, and the tour stays on your phone permanently, so you can use it whenever you next visit and walk it again as often as you like.

What is included

Professionally narrated audio that plays automatically at each stop

An interactive map showing the walking route between landmarks

Full offline access once downloaded, so you need no data or signal

Freedom to start, pause and resume whenever you like

Lifetime access - your code never expires

Where you will stop

The White Lion, St Albans

Hare and Hounds, St Albans

The Old Kings Arms

Fleur de Lys, St Albans

The Boot, St Albans

The Cock, St Albans

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What is AudaTours?

AudaTours turns a walk through a city into a story. Our guides bring landmarks to life with the history, the scandals and the detail you would never get from a plaque.

Immersive: real stories about the places in front of you, not a dry commentary

Offline: download once and use it with no data, anywhere

At your own pace: start, pause and resume whenever you want

Accurate: every story is built from verified historical sources and checked before release

Good to know

This is a self-guided audio tour on your own phone. There is no in-person guide.

It does not include entry to any building or site along the route.

The landmarks on the tour are not affiliated with AudaTours.

You need a smartphone with Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 16 or later.

Bring headphones and start with a charged phone.

Who it suits

Solo travellers, couples, families and small groups who would rather explore on their own schedule than follow a guide and a fixed departure time. It suits a first visit, and it suits anyone who has already seen the famous sights and wants to know what actually happened in them.

Image credits

Photos: Gary Houston (Wikimedia Commons, public domain).

Description supplied by the event organiser.