Postcard poem submitted in Hitchin's UK Town of Culture 2028 bid
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Postcard poem submitted in Hitchin's UK Town of Culture 2028 bid
• Hitchin has officially entered the competition to become the UK Town of Culture 2028 by submitting a digital postcard poem to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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 | Herts Advertiser · today 1,500-home mega development marks latest plan in new Hemel scheme• A major new 1,500-home "garden community" could take shape named North Hemel Hempstead. |
 | Herts Advertiser · today From difficult beginnings to teacher and a life rebuilt through determination• A man who experienced housing instability during his teenage years has spoken about the positive impact a youth charity had on his journey to independence. |
 | The Comet - News (Hertfordshire) · today Former village pub in North Hertfordshire could become family home• There are plans to turn The Cricketers, a former pub in Ickleford near Hitchin, into a family home. |
 | Herts Advertiser - Sport · today St Albans parkrun results: 23 personal bests at event number 685• St Albans parkrun welcomed 286 participants for its 685th event at Verulamium Park. |
 | St Albans Cathedral events RSS feed · today World Voices Festival - The Concert• Join us for World Voices Festival 2026, one extraordinary night of contemporary choral music at St Albans Cathedral. |
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St Albans grew up beside the River Ver, whose course once protected part of Roman Verulamium's defensive walls.
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