‘Charming’ city crowned best place to move to in 2025 — but there’s one big drawback Hop on a Thameslink service at St Pancras and ride just 26 miles north of Central London and you’ll find the small city of St Albans.
I attended Bernard’s Heath Junior School (rated Good by Ofsted) before going to St Albans Girls School (rated Outstanding by Ofsted) – one of the many single sex schools in the area.
In fact, a study by View Homes has just crowned St Albans the UK’s best city to move to in 2025, citing its transport links, plethora of restaurants and proximity to the capital.
But as someone born and raised there, and who commuted the 20 minutes into London from St Albans City Station every day in her early twenties – I’ll never go back.
Named as the most expensive city for first-time buyers outside of London, the overall average asking price of a property in St Albans is £640,312.
