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St. Peters Street, ST. ALBANS, AL1 3LD

Entertainment and exhibition centre, originally known as the City Hall, designed by Sir Frederick Gibbert. It opened in 1968 and is locally listed.

1960s magistrates' court in Civic Close.

1960s building housing the local Magistrates' Courts.

The seven roundels depict the coats of arms of the city of St Albans itself (top) and of its twin towns and cities, from top right to bottom left as follows: Nevers, France. Nevers in Burgundy is, like St Albans, a cathedral city with Roman origins, and the link was established in 1974. Nyíregyháza, Hungary - twinned in 1996. Odense, Denmark. The link between the two cities dates to 1948 and was suggested by Count Scheel, a Danish citizen who had lived in St Albans for many years. Odense has a church of St Alban and King Canute/Knut of England and Denmark is said to have taken an arm of St Alban to Denmark as a holy relic. Sylhet municipality, Bangladesh (the country is not named on the roundel). This is a community-led friendship link rather than a formal town twinning, and began in 1988. There is a significant Bangladeshi community originating from Sylhet in St Albans. Fano, Italy. This seaside town has, like St Albans, a significant Roman heritage. The link dates from 1998. Worms, Germany. This cathedral city on the Rhine has important Roman and medieval remains. See the St Albans city website here https://www.stalbans.gov.uk/councillors-mayoralty-and-town-twinning .

1980s building housing St Albans District Council.

Looking up Civic Close, with Hertfordshire House on the left and part of the CCOS South development beyond. CCOS South is a large mixed use development being constructed in Victoria Street on the site of the former police station (see Image). The acronym stands for City Centre Centre Opportunity Site, and is phase 1 of a proposed redevelopment of much of the whole between St Peter's Street and Bricket Road.

Former early 17th Century barn originally situated on the Brocket Park estate at Waterend, east of Wheathampstead, reconstructed here in 1938 to be used as a restaurant and function. The site was enlarged in 1964 by the addition of Little Barn, a 16th Century barn from Little Hormead, near Buntingford. It was later acquired by the Wetherspoon chain in 2004 and following refurbishment was re-opened as a pub the following year. Grade II listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1347162.

A Wetherspoons public house, St Albans.