Calendar and Events

2025 Village Hall Bookings and Activities

Our upcoming events and regular bookings are detailed below – for more information about village hall bookings, please use our contact us form or get in touch with Helen on 01300 341777/07455 165746 [email protected]

Regular weekly bookings:

Mondays: 

19.00 – 20.00 – Boot Camp ([email protected])

Tuesdays:  

10.30 – 12.30 Drop by for Coffee and Chat 

12.30 – 14.00 Community lunch on third Tuesday of the month. Please book – contact Sonia Newman at [email protected]

18.00 – 19.30 Table Tennis Club – no need to book, just drop in

Wednesdays:  

10.00 – 12.30 Pilates (2 x one hour sessions) with Carole Bradshaw, telephone 01300 341861 or email [email protected] 

Thursdays:

09.30 – 12.30 Watercolour Painting with Norma Coward, contact [email protected]   

Fridays: 

11.00 – 12.00 Strength and Balance with Sally Cunningham, telephone 01300 341092, [email protected] 

2026 Dates for the diary

Wednesday 28th January – Grimstone Down – A prehistoric Landscape

7.30 pm – A talk by Claire Pinder, Senior Archaeologist, Dorset Council – doors and bar open at 7.00 pm

Above the Sydling Valley lie 100 acres of earthworks that are the prehistoric settlement of Grimstone Down.  Claire Pinder will give us a fascinating insight into what is known about this large and ancient site. After a short interval to refill your glasses, Andrew Grassby will speak about carving the nearby Jackmans Cross.

Sunday 3rd May – Duck Race

Sunday 24th and Monday 25th May – Open Gardens.  Just to give you a flavour of our annual event and our beautiful gardens , here’s a virtual browse round Open Gardens 2020, filmed when the event was cancelled because of the Covid pandemic. 

Friday 19th June to Sunday 21st June – Giants Head Marathon

Past events

Open Gardens 2020 – Just to give you a flavour of our annual event, here’s a virtual browse round some of our lovely gardens filmed in 2020 when Open Gardens was cancelled because of the Covid pandemic.