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Village Amenities

Village Hall

Lower End, Bubbenhall, Warwickshire, CV8 3BW

which was built during 1986 and officially opened in 1987. It has recently undergone substantial modernisation, including a new kitchen complete with new units and work surfaces, an industrial standard cooker/hob and a restaurant standard dish-washer.

Whether you are a resident of the village or a visitor from outside the area, we welcome you to the hall and recreation field.

This section of the website details the facilities available, how to make a booking (assuming the hall is available), and who to contact.

The Village Hall is situated at the bottom of Lower End: see the map

It is a well used multi-purpose facility. The organisations page will show you a lot of what goes on there

Village Hall Facilities

Bubbenhall Village Hall is a modern purpose-built hall  adjacent to the large village recreation ground.  It is safely situated in a quiet part of the village and has convenient and plentiful car-parking.

A welcoming lobby leads into a large main hall with a sprung wooden floor which is ideal for dancing. The hall dimensions are 11.8m by 9.1m (39ft by 30ft), and 2.6m (8ft 6in) high.

The hall is licensed and equipped for 100 people,  cinema or meeting-style and can accommodate 80 people for social events.  It is well-heated with gas boilers and radiators as well as electric wall heaters.

We can also provide a licensed bar for your event – if this is of interest, please contact us to discuss your requirements.

There is also an adventure playground just outside the village hall, and a youth space behind the hall.

(click on photos for a larger image)

Hall and entrance

 

Ladies, gents and accessible toilets are accessed via the entrance hall, together with gents showers and changing rooms.

Kitchen

There is a large, well-equipped kitchen with a dual fuel range cooker, microwave, fridges, freezer and heated trolleys. There is a commercial dishwasher and crockery and cutlery for 100 people.

There is also a small separate kitchen which may be used as a bar

The Following groups meet regularly in the Village Hall

GROUP MEETS CONTACT
Sarah Cooke School of Dance Every Monday 16:15 to 21:15 Sarah Cooke – 024 7651 1387
Brownies Every Tuesday 17:30 to 19:00 Beverley Suffell – 01788 813674
Sarah Cooke School of Dance Every Wednesday 14:15 to 21:15 Sarah Cooke – 024 7651 1387
Drama Tots Every Tuesday 10:00 to 12:00 Sam Thompson – 07793 973541
Rainbows Every Thursday 17:30 to 18:30 Margaret Robinson – 024 7630 5931
Irish Dancing Every Friday 17:30 to 19:00 Katie Martin – 07932 359413
Guides Every Tuesday 19:00 to 20:00 Stephanie Mason –
Breakfast in the Village Hall Occasional Saturday 09:00 to 11:00
Football Training sessions Every Sunday 09:00 to 11:30 Wayne Goddard – 07803 325472
Spiritual Awareness & Development Group Every Thursday 7pm to 9pm
Cycling Club Every Monday 10:00 to 13:00 Alison Walker –

Village Hall Committee

Bubbenhall Village Hall is a registered charity (No: 503111). The Constitution requires that the Village Hall Committee of Management shall consist, when complete, of 16 persons: 5 elected members and 11 Representative members. In addition 2 Co-opted Members may be appointed.

The committee meets about ten times a year. The next meeting will be on the at in the .

Currently the Committee of Management consists of the following:

Elected Members:

Vice Chair Gail Haynes
Trustee Alan Roe
Treasurer Jeanette Tipper
Chairman Roy Perry
Mark Holt
Bob Cragg
Cate Poolton

Representative Members:

Brownies
Entertainments Group Judith Chettle
Guides
Parish Council Jan Lucas
Rainbows Margaret Robinson
St Giles

Co-opted Members:

Sharon Spencer
Amy Alexakis

Village Hall History

The year 2021 marks the Centenary of Village Halls Services in the UK: many village halls having been established in the 1920s. The present Village Hall in Bubbenhall was built in 1986 but prior to that village residents made active use of the Reading Room that was established during the reign of Queen Victoria in 1876. So a village hall facility has a history here spanning almost 150 years. That history and the many fascinating characters who played a part in it has recently been documented in a book by local resident Alan Roe (see right). It is entitled From Reading Room to Village Hall: Windows on Bubbenhall History and is being sold in a limited edition to raise fund for Cancer Research.

Details on how to acquire a copy can be obtained from:

The Management Committee of the Village Hall plans to make an entry in the national Village Halls Domesday Book 2021 that is being prepared to mark the Centenary.

Alan Roe was interviewed on a podcast broadcast by ACRE on 12th March 2021: https://thevillagehallspodcast.com/episodes/

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