Conveniently situated on the Somerset/Dorset border Milborne Port Village Hall is the ideal venue for regular events and all those special occasions, theatre, sport, social and exhibition events. With a well equipped kitchen, a large hall, reception area and smaller meeting rooms available for hire it can provide the perfect setting for all occasions.

Seating can be provided for up to 200 guests and the reception area, kitchen facilities and a stage area for live entertainment provide all that is needed for wedding receptions, parties, dances, discos, and other social and family events.

The Main Hall and Camelot Room are fully licensed for all Theatrical and Musical performances, film shows, indoor sporting events, and including the sale of alcohol. Milborne Port Village Hall is run as a Charity Trust that provides a fully licensed hall available to local people, visitors, and organisations as economically as possible but at the same time keeping the hall financially sound for the future.

Regular activities that the hall is utilised for include:

• Tiny Talk Baby Signing
• Sherborne Vale Dog Training Club
• Milborne Port Opera
• University of the 3rd Age
• Toddlers
• Short Mat Bowls
• Gardeners Club
• Badminton Club
• Keep Fit and Martial Arts
• Bingo
• Anniversaries
• Parties
• Weddings
• Elections
• Dinners

Details of the Village Hall facilities on offer can be found by clicking on the Navigation Bar above. Click here for the Standard Conditions of Hire, Availability and Booking Forms.

Rates:

Please note that the total length of time of hire must include time allowed for the setting up, as well as the clearance of the event. We would also ask that you take all of the rubbish generated by the event home with you. This saves on costs, enabling us to keep the hire prices down for future events.

• The Main Hall – £14.00p/h
• The Camelot Suite or Mezzanine Level – £9.00p/h

History

The Village Hall is situated adjacent to the 5-acre Memorial Playing Field that was opened in June 1955. The original building on the site was the old cricket pavilion that was carried by hand from the old cricket field and is still in use today. Tennis Courts and a children’s play area have been added over the years.

The ‘new’ Village Hall was built as a community project in 1982 and the project won a BBC sponsored competition that saw the Radio 1 Road Show being broadcast from Milborne Port with Paul Burnett and other famous DJ’s celebrities in attendance. In June 1993, the hall was host to the BBC’s “Any Questions” featuring Ted Heath, Roy Hattersley, and Jonathon Porritt, with Jonathan Dimbleby in the Chair.

Due to the popularity of locally staged events and, in particular, the efforts of the Milborne Port Opera and their Gilbert & Sullivan productions, the stage and Camelot Room were added in 2001.

The Hall has continued to be a significant village asset that is well utilised by local and other private hirers. The Management Committee are dedicated to securing a positive future for the hall and to maintaining and updating the facilities appropriate to a modern village amenity.