Thousands of people are expected to throng the City Centre for the St Albans Spring Festival – our free street event with live entertainment for all.
The Festival is on Sunday 17 May from noon until 6pm with St Peter’s Street closed to traffic to allow for a safe and vibrant atmosphere.
Among the attractions will be live music, roving street performers and around 100 stalls selling takeaway food, drink and other products. There will also be a wealth of activities including games, sports and arts and crafts.
To ensure accessibility, British Sign Language interpreters will be in attendance. There will also be ramps for wheelchair users, priority seating and Age Friendly ambassadors on hand.
The Council’s events team are organising the Festival which is sponsored by Code Ninjas St Albans as well as St Albans and Harpenden Specsavers.
Click on the button below to access the Enjoy St Albans website for more information and a programme timetable.
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 Elections for 22 of the 56 seats on St Albans City and District Council took place on Thursday 7 May.
You can see the full results for each ward by clicking the button below.
The political composition of the Council is now: Liberal Democrats, 44 seats; Conservatives, five; Green Party, three; Labour, two; and Independents, two.
Photo: Returning Officer Amanda Foley with some of the election count staff.
Everyone is welcome at Age Without Limits Day – an event that celebrates older people and highlights the activities available to them.
The drop-in event is being held at Trestle Arts Base, Russet Drive, St Albans, on Wednesday 10 June from 10am to 3pm.
There will be skincare, nutrition and wellbeing advice; personal trainers and later life planning; will writing services; a fashion styling session and much more.
The event is part of the Age Friendly St Albans District initiative and is supported by the Council and Communities 1st.
For more information email welcome@communities1st.org.uk or call 01727 649900.
Hertfordshire County Council’s Environmental Improvement Grant has had its most successful year yet with over £40,000 awarded in 2025/26
The grant scheme supports a broad range of projects in support of the new Hertfordshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy.
In the last year, grant-supported projects planted 17,000 trees, created and restored ponds, planted wildflower seeds and contributed to the restoration of areas of grassland.
To explore whether you could secure support for your nature enhancement project, click on the button below or email cms@hertfordshire.gov.uk.
We currently have garages available to rent throughout the District.
And we are working to make more available, so if one is not available in your desired area, it could be soon.
Garages are currently for vehicles only, but a proposed change to rental terms will allow general storage as well from later this year.
To apply for a garage, log on to your MyStAlbans account and look for the appropriate form. If you do not have an account, click on the button below to set one up.
If you’re on our garage waiting list, please keep checking your emails to see if you have been offered one.
You now need to register for a free ePass to visit Hertfordshire County Council's recycling centres.
Registering your vehicle is a simple process which takes less than two minutes.
You can then just turn up and recycle as the ePass is linked to your car registration which will be automatically recognised at all of the County Council’s 16 recycling centres. It will be valid for three years.
Anyone who attends on foot should bring proof of address.
Alban Community Energy is a newly-formed group with the mission of installing community-owned solar panels across St Albans District.
In doing so, they aim to reduce energy bills for local buildings and reinvest profits into community projects.
ACE are hosting a screening of the film Power Station at the Odyssey Cinema, St Albans, on Monday 15 June.
The film documents an inspiring campaign by two activists to bring solar power to every home on their London street. It will be followed by a panel Q&A exploring the question: what does a people-powered energy transition look like in St Albans District?
A Google map showing public rights of way in Hertfordshire has now been viewed more than five million times.
The map, provided by Hertfordshire County Council, can be easily loaded onto your smartphone, making it simple to follow your position on a map as you go.
It’s perfect way to find and follow routes close to your home and to explore more than 3,000 kilometres of footpaths across the county.
Rights of way are a valuable asset, providing endless opportunities for people to get out and active in the countryside. Click on the button below to try out the map.
Join us and make a difference to your community!
We are currently recruiting for a range of exciting opportunities within our Parking Services Team including Civil Enforcement Officers, a CEO Supervisor and an Assistant Manager.
These roles play an important part in keeping our roads safe and accessible for everyone in our community.
We also have vacancies in other departments. These include a Community Engagement Support Officer, Technical Officers (Housing) and a Graduate Planning Officer.
To apply and for more information on other job opportunities, click on the button below.
More than 50 people took part in the ancient custom of Beating the Bounds with St Albans Mayor, Cllr Teresa Heritage.
The Mayor led a procession in bright and windy weather along the historic boundaries of the City in a ceremony that dates back to 1327.
The ceremony was devised to allow people to pass on knowledge of where the City’s boundaries lay and assert their rights as citizens.
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The Renters' Rights Act has come into force - bringing major changes to the private rental market affecting both tenants and landlords.
This includes an end to 'no-fault' evictions meaning landlords can no longer evict tenants without a valid legal reason.
Fixed-term contracts have been abolished allowing tenants to move with two months' notice.
The new law also means rent can only be increased once a year with landlords having to comply with many other new legal obligations.
Click on the button below for more information.
Our Landlord Forum offers private landlords and letting agents a chance to network, learn new information and discuss housing issues.
You can now book a place at our next forum which is being held on Tuesday 2 June, 7pm to 8.30pm, at the Civic Centre in St Albans.
The meeting will include a questions and answers session with an expert panel on the Renters’ Rights Act.
There will also be a briefing by our Mosaic Lettings team on new incentives to sign up to our help-to-let scheme.
Half-term family fun, Tuesday 26 May to Friday 29 May 2026
At St Albans Museum + Gallery, families can enjoy a range of art and craft workshops, including colourful polymer clay making, young gardeners’ activities with seed bombs and bug hotels, family printing workshops, and Museum Minis with stories, crafts and trails for younger visitors.
Meanwhile, Verulamium Museum is hosting Archaeology for Families, sessions where children can learn how archaeologists study material unearthed from the ground.
Bookable activities can be reserved in advance, with full details available on St Albans Museums website.
Religion in Verulamium: Curators Talk, Wednesday 27 May, 7pm to 8pm with a Q&A afterwards, Verulamium Museum, £10
Join Anthony Divey and Sara Rumberg, co-curators of the Religion in Verulamium: Tolerance and Fusion display as they explore Roman and Celtic religious beliefs in the region 2,000 years ago. Discover how Roman tolerance allowed different faiths, from Celtic traditions to early Christianity, to exist side by side.
A Growing City: Commercial Gardening in St Albans, until Monday 31 August, Keeper’s Galleries, St Albans Museum + Gallery, Free
From cucumbers to orchids, there is a nursery, garden centre or business for everyone in this exhibition. Come and discover how St Albans has been the base for internationally known names such as Ryders’ Seeds and Sanders’ Orchids, local favourites including Ayletts and Carpenters and forgotten gems like the New Zealand Nursery.
Relaunching, Friday 22 May, Landing Gallery, St Albans Museum + Gallery
Have you ever wanted to choose what you see on display in your local museum?
With Objects on Demand, you can do that. St Albans Museums has been collecting objects and specimens since the 1890s and we hold over 65,000 objects in safekeeping.
This collection spans archaeology, natural histories, social history, art, costume and all sorts of curiosities relating to the District.
What will you choose? Visit the Landing Gallery from Friday 22 May or click on the button below to make your selection.
 St Albans Healthy Hub is your local centre for health and wellbeing information, advice and support.
You can get help with many issues including how to lose weight, quit smoking, cut down on alcohol, become more active and manage money.
The organisations involved include Citizens Advice, Communities 1st, Mind in Mid Herts and many more. You can find more information on the Healthy Hub webpages.
Everyone Active’s Rhys Hallidey is holding exercise-to-music classes at the Caledon Community Centre in London Colney every Monday.
This is a great way to get fit, meet new people and have fun.
Everyone Active offers a wide range of keep fit classes at venues around the District as part of its active communities programme.
Locations include Redbourn, Wheathampstead, London Colney, Bricket Wood, Harpenden and St Albans.
The sessions – including zumba, chair yoga, pilates and senior ballet – are open to residents of all abilities in a welcoming environment with experienced instructors on hand.
You can find out more information including a timetable of events by clicking the button below.
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