Town Hall Tours

St Albans Museum + Gallery is running a guided tour of its own building on Wednesday 4 November, starting at 10.30am. It's called Mayors, Magistrates & Museums, and it takes you through the restored town hall that now houses the museum. The tour is run in partnership with St Albans Tour Guides, so you'll have a guide leading the way.

Along the route, the guide opens up the different functions and features of the building's historic spaces. You'll see the Assembly Room, which used to host glittering galas and balls, and hear about the hidden stories of this local landmark. The tour finishes in the Cells below, where prisoners were once held — and that's the one part to keep in mind: the Cells can only be accessed via a set of steps.

If you're into this kind of thing, St Albans Tour Guides do a wide range of walks through the city's history too, from Coaching Inns and Fishpool Street to Verulamium and its ghosts and ghouls, so this is a good way to get a feel for how they work. The tour itself takes around an hour.

It's free, but you have to book in advance, and each tour is limited to 15 people, so it's worth getting your name down early if you want a spot. That's 10.30am on 4 November at St Albans Museum + Gallery.