Free family trail around the grounds of St Albans Cathedral where visitors follow the nativity story and meet Christmas characters, including a festive donkey.
St Albans Cathedral is running its Live Nativity Trail on Saturday 12 December, from 12:00pm to 3:00pm. It's a free family trail around the Cathedral grounds, and it's one of the Christmas events the Cathedral puts on each year.
How it works is simple: you pick up a trail map at any of the stops and then set off around the grounds. The map takes you through the nativity story, and along the way you'll meet characters from the Christmas story brought to life, including a festive donkey. It's the kind of thing that works well with kids, as you're moving from one stop to the next rather than sitting in one place.
It's worth keeping in mind where this is. The Cathedral describes itself as the oldest site of continuous Christian worship in Britain, and it's a place of worship, music, learning, heritage and events. The trail is part of its wider Christmas programme, so it's one of several things they have going on around the city during the season.
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The trail starts at Sumpter Yard, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, AL1 1BY. It runs from 12:00pm to 3:00pm on Saturday 12 December, and it's free with no booking required.
