If you are wondering what to do while waiting for your car, we have compiled a list of nearby things to do if you aren't familiar with the local area:
Transport to London
St Albans City train station (50 min walk, 8 min taxi)
- 29 mins to Kings Cross
Hatfield train station (1hr walk, 10 min taxi)
- 30 mins to Kings Cross
The Galleria, Hatfield (5 mins Taxi, 30 mins walk)
Outlet brands GANT, M&S, GAP, Clarks, Le Creuset and many more! A wide choice of cafes & restaurants, a nine-screen cinema and a giant indoor adventure. Restaurants inside:
- Burger King
- Cafe Giardino
- Caffe Nero
- Costa Coffee
- Harvester
- McDonald's
- Pizza Express
- Prezzo
- Subway
- The Real China
https://www.thegalleria.co.uk/
St Albans Town Centre (10 mins Taxi, 45 mins walk)
St Albans has been a shopping destination for hundreds of years. Our street market’s roots extend back to the 9th Century. These days, the city is brimming with popular high street names and services and a delightful collection of specialist and independent stores and boutiques specialising in jewellery, fashion, beauty, home style and gifts.
The old train line (5 mins)
At the end of Lyon Way (The estate that R-Tec is located on) there is a picturesque ex-railway line that has been repaved into a cycle track/footpath. If it's sunny, it's a wonderful place to take a walk. If you go left, the path leads under a bridge and all the way to the Galleria shopping centre, or further into St Albans if you go right. It's a 5-minute walk from R-Tec to the bottom of the road, but from there you could walk for an hour or more with views of the countryside, Horses, a fishing lake all under the cover of trees.
Google map link:
https://goo.gl/maps/U67G82kRWQeQDmSh6
Smallford Farm shop (5 mins)
The newly-opened Smallford Farm Shop is a great place to grab food and drink, as well as locally-grown groceries, snacks and gifts.
01727747340
https://www.smallfordfarmshop.com/
Pubs
The Three Horseshoes (Smallford) (10 mins walk)
https://www.vintageinn.co.uk/restaurants/east/thethreehorseshoesstalbans/restaurantsfood#/
The Plough, Smallford (17 mins walk)
https://www.ploughstalbans.com/
Speckled Hen (St Albans) (20 mins walk)
https://www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk/pubs/hertfordshire/speckled-hen/menu/main-menu