Town Hall

Shimla


Shimla's half-timbered old town hall building originally dates from 1908–10, but has been so restored that it looks essentially new.

Officially reopened in November 2018, it looks especially attractive when floodlit at night, but at the time of research, visitors were still unable to go inside.


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1. Gaiety Theatre

0.03 MILES

Lovingly restored between 2004 and 2009 and hoping for Unesco status, this remarkable 320-seater theatre opened in 1877, originally as part of a bigger…

2. The Ridge

0.12 MILES

Along the central ridgetop, this broad pedestrian esplanade diverges from The Mall at Scandal Point, guarded by a fancifully hatted policeman. Thronged…

3. Ripon Hospital

0.13 MILES

One of Shimla's most atmospheric timber-framed buildings, the green-and-white Ripon Hospital building (1885) has a couple of exterior wooden stair-spirals…

4. Christ Church

0.16 MILES

This 1840s square-towered church would turn few heads in an English market town but in Shimla it's a treasured landmark, prominent at The Ridge's east end.

5. Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara

0.17 MILES

This major Sikh temple isn't a particular attraction but makes a useful landmark beside busy Cart Rd below the bazaar area.

6. Bantony

0.23 MILES

Whimsical and photogenically dilapidated, this 1880 red-brick mansion looks like a place for a Scooby Doo adventure. There's a wobbly central spire-turret…

7. Rothney Castle

0.37 MILES

On the way up to the Jakhu temple, you can peep through the gates to see the glass verandas of this 19th-century mansion that was built for colonial…

8. Kali Bari Mandir

0.39 MILES

The Bengali hut–style Kali Bari Mandir enshrines an image of Kali as Shyamala.

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