New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald, County hall in Alconbury Weald, England.
New Shire Hall is the main administrative building of Cambridgeshire County Council, located on Emery Crescent in Alconbury Weald, a planned development north of Huntingdon. The building was purpose-built to bring together council staff under one roof, replacing several older and more scattered offices.
Cambridgeshire County Council was founded in 1889 and worked from various offices over the following decades. In 2021, the council moved into this new building, leaving behind its former premises for good.
New Shire Hall sits at the heart of Alconbury Weald, a planned community built on a former RAF base, and serves as the civic anchor of the whole development. Walking around the area, you can see how a military site is slowly being turned into a place where people live and work.
The building is in Alconbury Weald, a developing area that is easiest to reach by car, as public transport connections are still limited. If you need to visit for a specific matter, it is worth contacting the county council beforehand to make sure the right team is available.
The land the building stands on was part of Huntingdonshire until 1974, when a national reorganization moved it into Cambridgeshire. This means the county council is now based on land that only became part of its own county within living memory.
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