Hire Information

If you are interested in hiring the new hall please email, or call the Booking Clerk.

Highwood Village Hall Booking Clerk: Tracy Stringer

Tel: 07305 580 329
Email: enquiries@highwoodvillagehall.org

Facilities

The Village Hall is a multi-functional single storey building incorporating main hall, kitchen, reception area and toilet facilities and we can comfortably accomodate 60 people based on our car park with 26 lined out car parking spaces plus additional parking between the bays and upto 3 vehicles on the approach access drive of the hall.  There is disabled access, disabled parking spaces, toilets, hearing loop, baby changing facilities and shower, undercover cycle store and community garden incorporating a mini orchard and wildflowers.  In the near future there will also be a play park in the field behind the hall.

The main hall is 128 m2. It has oak flooring which is underfloor heated and is naturally light with full length double aspect windows.

There is a reverse cycle air conditioner that can give additional heat or cooling if required. The ceiling down lighters can be dimmed for ambient lighting.

We have our own chairs and tables that are included within the cost of your hire. We have black cushioned banqueting chairs along with 15 Gopak Premier white laminate folding tables 1830 x 685 mm and also 17 lightweight all purpose tables with a brown laminate.  The building has FREE Wi-Fi.

The reception area has café tables and chairs for 12 with a serving hatch to the fully equipped kitchen.

The stainless steel kitchen has a six burner electric range, a refrigerator, fridge, freezer, microwave, hot water urn, six pint teapot, crockery and cutlery.

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Prices

Please note that the minimum booking is two hours and times are to include set-up and clear-up times.

From April 2026 our new hire rates will become live. Any bookings from the 1st April will be charged at the following:

Residents*Non Residents Commercial
Monday to Friday£15.00 Per Hour£22.00 Per Hour£50.00 Per Hour
Weekends£20.00 Per Hour£35.00 Per Hour£50.00 Per Hour
Residents*Non ResidentsCommercial

*To qualify for the residents rate, you must live within the Highwood Parish which covers Highwood, Cooksmill Green, Edney Common, Loves Green & Radley Green.

We also offer reduced rates if you should fall into one of the following categories:

Local Organisations

This is for organisations who are based in Highwood and include registered charities or those who provide a club or service to the residents of Highwood

Regular Users

This rate is applicable for anyone who books more than 12 sessions per year.

For full details please contact our booking clark or use the contact form

Excluded Activities

Unfortunately we have to restrict some usage in our hall and have listed the activities which we cannot cover below:

For full details please contact our booking clark or use the contact form

Abseiling

Elastic Ropes

Martial arts of fighting sports of any kind

Skateboarding

Airborne lanterns of any kind

Fireworks or Explosive items or Bonfire events

Motorised Fair Ground Rides

Ski or Winter Sports

Aerial Activities of any kind

Fire Walking

Play Inflatables

Trampolining

Bicycles other than for normal road use

League Football, American Football or Australian Rules

Professional Sport of any kind

Underground activities of any kind

Cables or wires

Go Karting or Electric Cars

Racing of Time Trials other than on foot

Weaponry

Climbing of any kind

Gymnastics

Rugby

Wires

Contact Sports

Horse, Donkey or Pony Riding of any kind

Rollerblades or Rollerskates

Water activities

Dry Slope Skiing

Landboarding, kites or flyboads of any kind

Ropes (other than Tug of War)

Weight Lifting

Our current booking diary as follows:

January 2026

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1
2
  • Catch Up Cafe
3
4
  • Holly Strutt Sound Bath
5
  • Iyengar Yoga with Claire
  • Table Tennis-Alison
  • Pilates- Sue Giltnane
6
  • Iyengar Yoga- Denise Mehlman
  • Iyengar Yoga- Susan Long
  • Childrens Dance Class-Courtenay
  • Iyengar Yoga
7
  • Essex Tai Chi
  • Childrens Dance Classes
  • Martin- Table Tennis
8
  • Fire extinguisher service
  • Pilates- Sue Giltnane
9
  • Iyengar Yoga- Susan Long
  • Metanoia Mediation
10
11
  • Courtenay-Dance Classes
  • Sinead Wareham- 1st birthday party
12
  • Iyengar Yoga with Claire
  • Table Tennis-Alison
  • Pilates-Sue
13
  • Iyengar Yoga- Denise Mehlman
  • Iyengar Yoga- Susan Long
  • Childrens Dance Class-Courtenay
  • Iyengar Yoga
14
  • Essex Tai Chi
  • Childrens Dance Classes
15
  • hall viewing and fire extinguisher service
  • Highwood Hub
  • Pilates- Sue Giltnane
16
  • Iyengar Yoga- Susan Long
17
  • Jessica Harding- Kids Birthday Party
18
  • Time for Dance
19
  • Iyengar Yoga with Claire
  • Table Tennis-Alison
  • Pilates-Sue
  • Highwood Parish Council Meeting
20
  • Iyengar Yoga- Denise Mehlman
  • Iyengar Yoga- Susan Long
  • Childrens Dance Class-Courtenay
  • Iyengar Yoga
21
  • Essex Tai Chi
  • Childrens Dance Classes
  • Susan Long- Yoga
22
  • Hatha Yoga-Sarah Sadler
  • Pilates- Sue Giltnane
23
  • Iyengar Yoga- Susan Long
24
  • Sue Giltnane- Pilates
  • Seema Gohil- Family Gathering
25
  • Sophie Elliott-child's birthday party
26
  • Iyengar Yoga with Claire
  • Table Tennis-Alison
  • Pilates-Sue
27
  • Iyengar Yoga- Denise Mehlman
  • Iyengar Yoga- Susan Long
  • Childrens Dance Class-Courtenay
  • Iyengar Yoga
28
  • Essex Tai Chi
  • Childrens Dance Classes
  • Martin- Table Tennis
29
  • Hall viewing
  • Hatha Yoga-Sarah Sadler
  • Pilates- Sue Giltnane
30
  • Iyengar Yoga- Susan Long
  • Jo Bushell-Yin Yoga
31
  • Scrap Booking-Magali

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    Please be aware, we do not allow childrens parties to run after 6pm.