Events
Throughout the year, we offer a range of events for members and non-members. These include regular speaker evenings covering topical interests – for example we have included subjects varying from preserving the green belt to youth interests in St. Albans. Our events programme is currently suspended but a series of online speaker meetings will commence shortly. We look forward to resuming a full events programme in 2021.
There is an Annual General Meeting (usually held in June) when all members are invited to give their views on past and future happenings in our city.
Perhaps the highlight of the year is our Awards Evening where we celebrate best practice in current architecture and design – for both buildings and our green spaces.
Additionally, we participate in the St Albans Residents First Weekend and Heritage Open Days, and arrange visits to other interesting and historic towns.
Upcoming Events
There are no upcoming events.
Past Events
This year’s AGM will be held online via Zoom. Members should request login details by emailing stalbanscivicsociety@gmail.com
Following the formal business, there will be a talk by Daisy Cooper MP
St Albans District Council, in co-operation with the Business Improvement District (BID), Conservation 50 and the Civic Society, are looking to develop a new vision for St Albans’ city centre – the last City Centre Vision document dates back to 2009 and much has happened since then. Although devastating in so many ways, Covid-19 pandemic gives us an opportunity to look at new priorities for the city centre which should focus on the public’s health and well-being as well as economic revival.
This online conference will invite a panel of experts to present ideas on the future of city centres and, following the conference, it is planned to hold a public consultation on what the future of St Albans’ city centre should look like.
To register please click on this link
Join us for an interactive fun local history quiz for the Alban Weekend. Hosted online by Tim Boatswain.
Click here for info on how to join the quiz for free
This talk has been cancelled and a new date will be arranged later in the year
Greening the City is the theme of our talks for 2020
The concluding presentation in our series is by John Milligan (Milligan Knight Architects) and a joint event with Hertfordshire Architectural Association
This talk has been cancelled and a new date will be arranged later in the year
Greening the City is the theme of our talks for 2020
In the third of this series of talks, our speaker is Johanna Gibbons (J & L Gibbons LLP).
The Council is now consulting residents on this major development on the old Police Station site and we are holding a meeting to outline our views on the three proposals.
This meeting has been cancelled in response to advice from Government on the spread of coronavirus
This talk has been cancelled and a new date will be arranged later in the year
Greening the City is the theme of our talks for 2020.
In this month’s talk we hear from Sara Croft of The Woodland Trust
Greening the City is the theme of our talks for 2020.
In the first of these talks we hear from Cllr Chris White (Leader of the Council and Portfolio Holder for the Environment)
PLEASE NOTE: this talk starts at 8.30pm
In a reaction to the excessively ornate mainstream style of the Victorian era – described by art historian Nicholas Pevsner as “vulgarity in detail” – the Arts and Crafts movement promoted traditional craftsmanship, using simple forms, often medieval and romantic. This study day comprises three talks exploring the Arts and Crafts movement which emerged in Britain in the last decades of the 19th century. Proponents of the movement were also strong advocates of economic and social reform, bemoaning the rise of the industrial age. These talks aim to explore origins and influences of the movement in relation to other key figures and movements, and include, where possible, links to St Albans.
This Study Day is a partnership between Conservation 50 and the Cathedral. Price: £25 Click here to book
Speakers: The Dean The Very Reverend Dr Jeffrey John and architect Andy Davey