What’s On

 

St Albans has a Community Governance Review (CGR) currently under way and this will decide whether the city centre needs a local parish/town council. . See our Local Government Reorganisation page for more on this.​

The Civic Society strongly supports provision of a parish council (ie a town/city council) for central St Albans. We believe it would play a key role in protecting the character and heritage of St Albans by influencing decisions made by a unitary authority headquartered elsewhere and by managing some local assets and functions.

For that reason, our focus for the start of 2026 will be on campaigning for a YES vote for a
parish/town council and working with partners on what we think its future shape and functions should be.

The first events in 2026 were a series of well-attended public meetings across central St Albans and the committee continues to complete follow-up work and to identify events and speakers for the next stages.

What’s On for 2026

Our programme for 2026 started with the Community Governance public meetings programme.  These have now concluded other events will be announced shortly.

No events are found.

Past Events

Exhibition of prints and water colours

Start date: 7 April 2023
End date: 9 April 2023
Time: 12:00 pm
Location: Lower Red Lion, Fishpool Street

Geraint John, President Emeritus of the Civic Society,  has been sketching and producing water colours for many years. Come along to this exhibition to view local scenes and other places.    

Developing the Local Plan and City Centre Vision

Date: 9 March 2023
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Jubilee Centre, Catherine Street, St Albans AL3 5BU

Chris White, Leader of the Council will give a talk

Talk by Austin Trueman

Date: 16 February 2023
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Jubilee Centre, Catherine Street, St Albans AL3 5BU

Austin Trueman, one of our corporate members, is a structural engineer with a long standing practice in St Albans. His work involves a huge variety of projects, including Hindu temples in India and North London, the extension of Verulamium Museum and residential properties in the Conservation Area. He will give a talk about his work […]