Village Hall Complex
The Village Hall Complex can lay justifiable claim to be the centre of the community. Many clubs make use of their facilities from Theatre to Football. It comprises a collection of halls, rooms & sporting facilities as listed below. Principal among them is the Orpen Memorial Hall which was built from money left in Osmond Orpen’s will in 1938. Osmond was a respected local resident and you can find out more about him from the Rose Growing & Orpen Close history pages on this site.
The Village Hall Complex:
- Main Hall which can accommodate 150 standing or 120 seated in a theatre-style layout.
- John Lampon Hall which can accommodate 60. This hall can be divided into 2 rooms (known as Joyce Lucking & Ernest Blackwell rooms), each with up to 30 people.
- Social Club Room is available for hire during the day.
- Lorkin Daniell field and,
- MUGA – multi-use games area.
How To Book
To book any of the Halls, you can use our Online Booking System.
You can also contact the Hall Administrator, Victoria Beckwith-Cole by email at hall-[email protected] or phone 07434 949631, at any reasonable time.
If you are not sure where the Orpen Memorial Hall is you can find it using google maps.
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- Conditions of Letting. (MS Word)
Recent news items
The following news items reference one, or more, of the facilities at the Village Hall Complex, to read the whole article please click on the heading…
- New Accessible Toilet at Orpen Hall/Daniel Lorkin Field - West Bergholt's Orpen Hall/Daniel Lorkin Field boasts excellent facilities, now including a brand-new external Accessible Toilet catering for all. The toilet is designed with ramps and accessible features, and it even provides baby changing facilities for added convenience. Visitors can… …
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- Environment & Highways – 9th March 2023 - The Environment & Highways Committee of West Bergholt Parish Council met on 9th March 2023 with topics including: installation of new signs, Parking, Potential vandalism of signs in School Road, Great British Spring Clean, Problems entering the MUGA/Tennis Courts. Environment Committee Minutes… …
- Cleaner/Caretaker Vacancy & Other News - Other News The first item is about the Cleaner/Caretaker role but, if other news interests you, skip to it with these links: Social Broadband Tariffs; Recycling Centres - Booking System Starts on Monday , and Roadworks. Orpen Hall Needs a… …
- Firewalk Fundraiser for St Helena Hospice - The Firewalk Saw Orpen Hall Car Park Set Alight Along with around 70 others, the Chair of West Bergholt Parish Council did a firewalk in the Orpen Hall car park last week. (See video below). The fundraising event was organised… …
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- Warm Welcoming Space Opens 7th November - West Bergholt Care Network Announce Warm Welcoming Space Opening The Care Network will open the doors to their Warm Welcoming Space project at 9:30am on Monday 7th November. On Monday and Friday each week the social club meeting room at… …
- Environment & Highways 17th March 2022 - Highlights of Environment & Highways Meeting on 17th March 2022 The Environment & Highways Committee of West Bergholt Parish Council met on 17th March 2022 with topics including: Handymen activities,Spraying reed mace in ponds,Weeds on Colchester Road footpath,Trees including Orpen Hall,… …
- Botanical Shenanigans - Replacing Cherry Trees - Simple? Bluebell planting pear tree Writing this article I couldn't, first of all, decide if it should be about Cherry Trees, Oak Trees, Pear Trees or Bluebells; it transpired they all had their part to play along… …
- Environment & Highways 10th February 2022 - Highlights of Environment & Highways Meeting on 13th January 2022 The Environment & Highways Committee of West Bergholt Parish Council met on 10th February 2022 with topics including: Village office,Removal of reed mace & irises from ponds,Orpen Hall tree replacements,Zip wire… …
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- Environment & Highways 13th January 2022 - Highlights of Environment & Highways Meeting on 13th January 2022 The Environment & Highways Committee of West Bergholt Parish Council met on 13th January 2022 with topics including: Village ponds, in particular about weeds and potential pollutants, How the handymen work,Orpen… …
- Environment & Highways 11th November 2021 - Highlights of Environment & Highways Meeting on 11th November 2021 The Environment & Highways Committee of West Bergholt Parish Council met on 11th November 2021 with topics including: Handymen dealing with activities such as fallen branch, to reviewing drainage issues,Potential work… …
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