Broad Hinton Village Hall

31/05/2026

Air Source Heat Pumps
The final stage of the Air Source Heat Pump installation is complete. Cages have been installed to keep the equipment outside secure.

29/05/2026

June Hirings
Sunday 7th 11am-4:30pm Baby Shower
Wednesday 10th 8am-11pm Family Wake - Resident
Saturday 13th 1pm-6pm Baby Shower
In addition to when there are regular hirers using the car park, please leave the car park clear at these times for one-off hirers.

28/05/2026

Projector & Screen
The old projector and manual screen aren’t easy to use. We’ve listened to community hirers’ feedback and we’re investing in new equipment. We’re aiming for a ceiling-mounted projector and motorised screen (above the proscenium arch), incorporating a hearing loop to assist those using hearing aids.

The improved equipment will benefit groups such as Ridgeway Ladies, be used at social events such as the Beer Festival to display sponsors’ adverts and any event with a guest speaker. We hope it may also generate new hirers.

The parish council have generously agreed to grant us £1,000 towards the project and one of our trustees, Mark Miller is on the hunt for grant funding too.

27/05/2026

If you’re new to the community, in any of our three villages, and would like to come along to our Social Event this coming Friday for drinks and a chat, do join us. Come and say hello at 7:30pm and meet a few people, we’d love to see you.

There will be a few trustees there and we’ll be welcoming many of our volunteers too.

23/05/2026

Volunteer Social Event this coming Friday 29th May 7:30pm
We’ll be welcoming many of our current volunteers to the Village Hall for drinks and a chat.

If you’re new to the community, in any of our three villages, and would like to come along and say hello and meet a few people, do join us then, we’d love to see you.

21/05/2026

Parking
The village hall car park is primarily for our hirers to use. Recently, attendees at 9:30 Pilates classes have struggled to park. At school morning drop-off time, people are arriving for Pilates quite soon after 9am so we’d be grateful if the car park is clear by then. There are 9:30 classes running on Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays. The Post Office is open from 9am on Tuesdays and the car park is used by their customers too.

As we all know only too well, parking is in short supply near the school and the village hall. That’s why we have a reciprocal arrangement with our lovely school – parents and carers can use the village hall car park at drop-off and collection times. In return, weekend or evening hirers sometimes use the small school car park for overspill parking.

Thanks everyone, for your understanding and cooperation.

19/05/2026

May 300 Club Winners
£50 270 Wendy Reardon Smith
£25 217 Chris Horan
£20 84 Geoff Martin
£20 204 Chris Ladd
£10 266 Keith Saile

17/05/2026

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ONE WEEK TO GO!!!!

To our next Farmer's Market at Broad Hinton Village Hall, Sunday 24th May - open 11:00 - 13:00.

We’ll be selling Pete's micro Bakery bread on our own stall - we're all set with food retail training certificates, insurance, gloves and tongs, and paper bags.

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We have a few new traders…

Berkshire Trout - small artisan producer based in Hungerford, operating a chalk stream trout farm with heritage dating to 1907, selling fresh, cold smoked, hot smoked, and gravadlax trout products direct to consumers (Hungerford)
Cards by Crazy Cat - bespoke cards which can be personalised
English Village Flowers - Wiltshire-grown, nature-friendly seasonal flowers (Avebury)
Natalie Purdue - seedlings, young crops and dried rabbit manure (Wroughton) - https://www.instagram.com/buzzy_fluff_and_onion_puff

As well as our regulars…

Amy Levin - all natural chocolatier (Burderop)
Bolts Deli - natural dog and cat treats (Calne)
Broad Hinton Farmers Market (us) - freshly baked sourdough, loafs and focaccia from Pete's micro Bakery (Chisledon)
Harts Hill Honey - locally produced honey and bees wax crafted products (East Kennett)
Grove Farm Stitchcombe - locally reared beef, pork, lamb and venison, eggs, cheese and pies (Marlborough)
Pipp & Co - fresh artisan doughnuts and muesli (Swindon)
Refill Station RWB - eco-friendly refills of household goods including cleaning, kitchen, toiletries, and other household items (Royal Wootton Bassett)
D & P Salter - homemade pickles, preserves and cakes (Winterbourne Bassett)
Sewing Allsorts - sustainably sewn and eco friendly Items to reduce landfill waste from materials sourced locally (Marlborough)
Sugar Garden Boutique - retro and traditional sweet shop (Royal Wootton Bassett)�
Treebitz - wooden products such as bread, cheese, chopping boards, bowls, key pegs, mirrors, frames etc.. all from locally sourced and sustainable wood (Kennet Valley)

16/05/2026

Special Advantageous Hiring Rates
We’ve introduced reduced rates for groups or people trying out new activities which benefit the community and are held at least monthly:
£1 per hour for the first six sessions.
50% discount for the next six sessions.

A great example of this is Phil’s Shed, a Men’s Mental Health Club. They’ve already held two successful sessions in the village hall, benefitting from this arrangement. So if you have an idea for an activity, contact us at [email protected].

13/05/2026

New Cycle Stands
Great news for people who’d like to cycle to the village hall. There’s now somewhere to secure your bike safely.