About The Hall

The Hall was built by the British Legion to a standard design in 1936 on land purchased from Edgar Woods, a farmer in Harpley. The Hall was gifted to the village by the British Legion when they no longer required the building. The Village Hall has played an important role in the community since it was built and a new wing was added in 1996 almost doubling the floor area. At the rear of the hall the land was used for a bowling green for many years until lack of use meant the remaining bowlers joined other clubs in the area.

In addition to being the venue for many events over the years including fetes, quiz nights and music evenings, the hall is used by a number of groups.  It is also used for Parish Council Meetings and as a polling station.

Harpley Village Hall is a key asset for the community and should provide an inclusive range of activities that serve the village. Due to its history the building it is now starting to show a few challenges to maintain the fabric and comfort of this resource.

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The longer term aim in the next three years is to focus on obtaining a full refurbishment or total rebuild of the Hall. Once we have sorted out a few paperwork issues we should be able to share plans with the community and hopefully embark on fundraising to achieve our objective. The intention is to try to retain as many current appearance features as possible while updating the main structure and building services to minimise running costs and increase functionality.     

In the short term we have recently had painting projects to try to maintain the building as well as increasing the number of activities, social events and fundraising activities. If anyone has any suggestions for events or activities you would like to see at the Village Hall or can provide expert advice in these areas, please get in touch.  

If anyone has any additional information such as any old photographs of the hall, please let us know using the feedback page. The Harpley History Group is also busy collecting more information. Contacts and updates will be available shortly.