East of England
Hertfordshire
City & District of St. Albans

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks is a pub in , , England. It is one of several pubs that lay claim to being the oldest in England, claiming to have been in business since 793 AD.
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  • Type: Pub
  • Description: pub in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “The Fighting Cocks Public House” and “Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, St Albans”
  • Address: 16 Abbey Mill Lane, St Albans, AL3 4HE

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Albans Cathedral and Verulamium.

Church
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, officially the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, also known as "the Abbey", is a Church of England cathedral in , England. is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Ye Olde Fighting Cocks.

Archaeological site
Photo: Rob Hinkley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a town in Roman Britain. It was sited southwest of the modern city of in , . The major ancient Roman route Watling Street passed through the city, but was realigned in medieval times to bring trade to St Albans. is situated 2,900 feet northwest of Ye Olde Fighting Cocks.

Park
Photo: Peter Jeffery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a in , . Set in over 100 acres of parkland, was purchased from the Earl of Verulam in 1929 by the then City Corporation. is situated 1,200 feet west of Ye Olde Fighting Cocks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Albans and St Stephens.

Photo: Przsak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an cathedral city to the north of , in the county of . Its rich Roman and Medieval history means it is much more worth a visit than the typical commuter suburb.

Suburb
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St Albans is a cathedral city in , England, east of and west of , 20 miles north-west of , 8 miles south-west of and 11 miles south-east of .

Village
Photo: Hogweard, CC BY 2.5.
is a village, on the southern outskirts of , in the parish of St Stephen and district of the City of St Albans in .

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks

Latitude
51.74903° or 51° 44′ 57″ north
Longitude
-0.34698° or 0° 20′ 49″ west
Open location code
9C3XPMX3+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 165812148
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­pub
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q8050759
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Norwegian Bokmål—“Ye Olde Fighting Cocks” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Ye Olde Fighting Cocks”
  • Catalan: “The Fighting Cocks Public House”
  • Catalan: “Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, St Albans”
  • Catalan: “Ye Olde Fighting Cocks”
  • Japanese: “ジ・オールド・ファイティングコックス”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ye Olde Fighting Cocks”
  • Norwegian: “Ye Olde Fighting Cocks”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Heron Island and St Albans Abbey.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ye Olde Fighting Cocks”. Photo: Legis, Public domain.