Manchester Town Hall is a Victorian, Neo-gothic municipal building in Manchester, England. It is the ceremonial headquarters of Manchester City Council and houses a number of local government departments. The building faces Albert Square to the north and St Peter's Square to the south, with Manchester Cenotaph facing its southern entrance. Both the building and the adjacent Albert square have been closed since 2018 for refurbishment and are scheduled to be reopened in summer 2026.
Manchester Town Hall
The original Manchester Town Hall
Detail of façades by Alfred Waterhouse
Cross section drawing by Waterhouse
In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre, guildhall, or municipal building is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses the city or town council, its associated departments, and their employees. It also usually functions as the base of the mayor of a city, town, borough, county or shire, and of the executive arm of the municipality.
Moorabbin Town Hall in Victoria, Australia.
Palazzo Senatorio, seat of the municipality of Rome. It has been a town hall since AD 1144, making it the oldest town hall in the world.
New York City Hall, the oldest continuous seat of local government in the United States, completed in 1812
A consolidated town hall, police, and fire station in South Palm Beach, Florida