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Facilities
The hall is an old Victorian building, in the centre of South Stoke village. It is a pretty and quaint building, with refurbishment carried out in 2023 to 2024. However, due to the age and location, parking is difficult, and disabled access is limited. See Parking and Accessibility.
After hire, all equipment and facilities to be cleaned and tidied, and left in their places as found. The hall is to be vacated by 10pm at the latest. Any rubbish, waste or recycling from your event to be removed by the hirer please.
Floorplan
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This is not to scale.
Main Hall

The main area of the hall is approx 5m wide and 9.5m long.
Furniture available in the hall:
60 chairs, 10 large folding rectangular tables, 8 small square folding tables.
Modern audio visual system, with large screen, and speakers. Suitable for playing DVDs, connecting smartphones, tablets or laptops via bluetooth, or via HDMI cable.
High speed fibre broadband, providing Wifi for hirers and users of the hall.

The stage area (accessed via steps) is 5m wide and 6m long. The stage can be separated from the main hall by sliding, folding doors.
Kitchen
The kitchen is suitable for preparing teas and coffees etc.
It has a domestic electric cooker (4 rings), under-counter fridge, double sink, microwave, kettle, water heating urn, etc.
Crockery, cutlery, glasses etc for at least 60 people. (Please verify there are sufficient quantities in advance if you intend to use these).
There is a small serving hatch between the kitchen and the main hall.
Toilet
A single disabled toilet, refurbished since 2020.
Garden
Small Room
Not currently available to hire. This is upstairs from the lobby by the kitchen. Currently used for storage.
Hall Hire Fees
To hire the village hall, the fees are £15 per hour (or part hour). The fee includes all listed facilities except for the upstairs small room.
Parking
Parking can be difficult in the village. The hall does not have any dedicated parking. Parking immediatly outside is on a steep hill, where there are a minimal number of spaces. There are a few more parking spaces on the road in the centre of the village. The village does not have parking spaces for a large number of visitors at events in the hall. Please do NOT park in the car park of the nearby Packhorse pub.
Please park considerately. Please avoid blocking driveways and ensure there is enough space for large vehicles to pass your parked car.
Accessibility
Unfortunately, due to the age and location of the building, disabled access is possible but tricky.
There is level access from the road into the hall via the porch.
The toilet is up 4 steps from the hall, via the stage. The toilet can be accessed level from the hall by going around the outside of the building from the front entrance to the rear entrance.
The kitchen is down 4 steps from the hall.
The garden is down 9 steps from the hallway next to the kitchen.
Equipment Hire
The following equipment is available for hire away from the village hall, to parishioners only (those living in South Stoke and Midford). The listed fee is per hire, not per item. All items to be collected and returned clean by the hirer. Please use the contact form to enquire about equipment hire.
These equipment hire fees do not apply when you hire the village hall: all equipment listed is included in hall hire.
Equipment | Hire fee |
---|---|
Large fold-out tables – up to 6 | £10 |
Small fold-out tables – up to 8 | £10 |
Glasses – wine glasses and regular tumbers | £10 |
Swan 10 litre water boiler / urn for use at events outside the village hall | £10 |