Flora and Fauna (Tour)

This tour looks at how plants, animals, and religious symbols recur across St Albans over many centuries. In stained glass, stone carving, and decoration around the cathedra and shrine, images of flora and fauna appear again and again, carrying meaning rather than ornament. Holywell, emerging from the site of St Alban’s execution, provides a clear anchor for these ideas - linking landscape, belief, and long history. The walk offers a grounded way to see how symbols have been used, reused, and understood over time in a place shaped by continuity as much as change.