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Shire Hall is a former municipal building in Castle Hill in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. It was the headquarters of Cambridgeshire County Council from 1932 until 2021, when the council moved to New Shire Hall at Alconbury Weald , some 23 miles from Cambridge.
Cambridgeshire County Council was created in 1889 [1] and was previously based at various premises in the county town of Cambridge, notably including County Hall, Cambridge from 1914 to 1932 [2] and Shire Hall, Cambridge from 1932 to 2021. [3]
The council says Shire Hall in Cambridge could bring an annual return of £3m for developers.
A county hall or shire hall is a common name given to a building that houses the seat of local government for a county. The location of the county hall has usually denoted the county town . In the case of Surrey , England, when county boundaries changed the county hall remained in Kingston upon Thames . [ 1 ]
In 2021 the council vacated Shire Hall and left Cambridge, moving to New Shire Hall at Alconbury Weald in the parish of The Stukeleys, north-west of Huntingdon. [18] The first committee meeting to be held at New Shire Hall was in September 2021. [19] An official opening ceremony for New Shire Hall was held on 8 July 2022. [20]
15 demolished in 1931 to provide a car park for Shire Hall. 17 – 19 built by Samuel and Mary Fellows in 1731. [4] The poet Henry Kirke White lived in No. 17. Both properties were demolished in 1931 to provide a car park for Shire Hall. 23. County House. Grade II. [5]
In 2018, Cambridgeshire County Council decided to vacate its former headquarters at Shire Hall, Cambridge and move to a new building at Alconbury Weald. [9] The new building was named "New Shire Hall", with the council's first committee meeting there being held in September 2021. [10] In the 2021 Census, Alconbury Weald had a population of ...
The New Shire Hall may refer to: The New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald, which replaced the Old Shire Hall, Cambridge; The New Shire Hall, Bury St Edmunds, which replaced the Old Shire Hall, Bury St Edmunds; The new Shire Hall, Shinfield Park, which replaced the Old Shire Hall, Reading