Village Halls
Chillerton Village Hall
Chillerton and Gatcombe Community Association CGCA are responsible two buildings in the village: The Village Hall and the Gallybagger formally known as the Reading Room.
Contact Details
My name is Julia Laursen and I am the first contact for any bookings for the Village Hall.
Email is julialaursen.cgpc@gmail.com
The Village Hall
We rent this out for sessions of morning afternoon and evening
Each session is currently charged at £20 if you live in either Chillerton and Gatcombe and £25 for hirers outside of the Village.
The hall has disabled access, heating, a fully fitted and equipped kitchen, toilet with baby change facilities, outside fenced garden. It can be used for a maximum of 60 people
Current Timetable of Activities
Current Timetable of Activities (Summer 2025)
We have a number of regular users of the hall, a wood wind group, band practice, a fitness class and a church group. However, these are not open to the public generally but via the hirers who book it. It is used for regular monthly meetings by the Parish Council and the horticultural society and is used as a polling station for general and local elections.
Also:
Our biggest regular event is the Village Market. This is on the first Saturday of every month.
About the Gallybagger:
This is a building that was gifted to the ‘people of Chillerton’ for their leisure and entertainment” in 1933 by the Seely family. It has undergone a recent refurbishment and has a licenced bar, snooker and pool tables, also darts and other games, WiFi and music.
It has a garden which has seating and parasols in fine weather.
The bar is open on Thursday & Friday evenings 7-11 pm (on Folk, Bingo and Quiz nights) and Saturday evenings 7-11 pm. The bar serves a large selection of drinks, along with bar snacks.
We also have a snooker and billiards team who play and practice on Monday evenings during the season. The snooker and pool tables are open for use to everyone at other opening times.
The hire arrangement costs are the same as the village hall.
It is used alternate Monday afternoons by a Craft group and a Whist group, both of which are open to anyone who wishes to attend, usually for a small attendance fee to cover hire costs.
We have a monthly quiz night on the second Friday of the month and prize bingo on the last Friday of the month. There is also a Folk night on the 2nd and last Thursdays of the month. All of these events are open to the public.
Shalfleet Village Hall
Contact Details
Website:- www.shalfleetvillagehall.org.uk
Email:- shalfleet.hall@gmail.com
Phone:- 07541 856934
Bookings secretary & enquiries:- Michael Beavis (Direct mobile)
What Are Your Future Plans?
- We plan to install Wifi later this year (December) when Wightfibre install their Fiber Optic cables in Shalfleet. This will be an added service for our hirers. It will also allow internet enabled control programming of our heating – helping with energy efficiency. It should attract more hirers for meetings etc.
- We are looking to install a “Brown Sign” to promote St. Michael’s 11th Century Church and Shalfleet Village Hall.
- We are investigating a stylised village map.
- We are exploring our charitable status.
Porchfield and Newtown Village Hall
Contact Details
My name is Prue Osborne, I am the treasurer of the Village Hall Committee. We can be contacted here pandvh@gmail.com
Website: porchfieldvillagehall.org.uk
Current Timetable of Activities
The hall committee run a “Tea and Chat” afternoon once a month, offering a welcoming place to chat, eat cake, take part in a general knowledge quiz and raffle, and we try to run a monthly event: Bingo, Quiz, Beetle Drive, skittles. The committee facilitate a Toddler Group, music groups, a craft group, a ladies group, exercise group and the hall is used by three bands for practice nights.