Is It True

[fudgefudge]

All town halls in cities are on a High st

[Mamyalynne]

Doubt it - ours isn't.

[grasscarp]

No - not our either.

[Old_Geezer]

I would doubt all cities had a street named High Street. I'm prepared to be proven wrong, but it would seem a strange legal obligation.

[Buenchico]

Sheffield has a High Street but its Town Hall is on Surrey Street.

Norwich has a Town Hall but no High Street.

Brighton has a High Street but its Town Hall isn't there.

[bazwillrun]

no they arent

[tonyav]

No, ours is on Lichfield Street although there is a High Street.

[Baldric]

No.

[Hopkirk]

Are any?

[Canary42]

No, it's not true.

[Dodger666]

Birmingham Council House is in Victoria Square. High Street is about 180mtrs long and full of shops.

[ToraToraTora]

nope, mine isn't

[andy-hughes]

I would think it is just coincidence.

A main street would often be called the High Street, and as a matter of course, official buildings would be built on or around it, but I don't think it is compulsory.

It's a similar myth to the idea that all cities must have a cathedral - most do, but the Royal Charter decrees City status, not a cathedral.

[wolf63]

We don't have a Town Hall. What is the definition of a Town Hall?

[shoota]

Surely it would be a 'city hall'....?