[10] King George V and Queen Mary made an official visit to Mansfield on 25 June 1914, and did so again on 11 July 1928, and on both occasions attended receptions in front of the town hall.

[11] The town hall ceased to be the local seat of government when the new council relocated to Mansfield Civic Centre,[4] which was opened by Princess Anne in 1986.

[4][15] The local competitive swimmer, Rebecca Adlington, who won gold medals for each of the 400 and 800-metre freestyle swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, was welcomed home to Mansfield by thousands of people who lined the streets to applaud as she passed by in an open top bus and then appeared at a ceremony at the town hall in August 2008.

[17] After heavy rain on 4 April 2012 dislodged roof tiles, the ceiling of the council chamber part-collapsed during a 60-year anniversary celebration for Chad, the local Mansfield newspaper.

[18] To allow wider remedial works to start on the structure, Mansfield BID (Business Improvement District), based at the old Town Hall since inception in 2010, moved out in 2015, together with some remaining council administrators.

[22][23][24] In October 2021, the council announced a plan to create a new community hub in the old town hall, intending to relocate their own staff together with other local parties having vested interests in the Civic Centre and the area.

[26] 2023 saw the council's priorities change, no longer intending to relocate staff into the building, having acquired a £20million grant from central government towards the cost of converting the nearby old art deco-styled former Co-Operative store, closed since 2020,[27] into a multi-agency hub with space sub-let to partner organisations such as police, social services, Jobcentre Plus and the local college;[28] the college subsequently planned to occupy the former Debenhams store, closed since 2021, in a modern shopping precinct.