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The Venue
The Village Hall is the centre of our community. It is used by hundreds of Village people each year for regular group and activity meetings. It is also used for Parties, Discos, Dances, Performances, Receptions, Rural Cinema, etc. as well as for Fetes, Bazaars and local elections. In fact, our Village Hall is licensed (under the Licensing Act 2003) for everything except boxing and wrestling! In May 2008 we were awarded Hallmark 1 and Hallmark 2 quality standards.

It is an ideal venue for people both inside and outside of Ashton Keynes. We have a substantial car park and a bus stop right outside.

The Main Hall has been redecorated and the chairs replaced – just look at the Photo Gallery to see the décor and how a large function can be laid out. The Main Hall caters for 120 people comfortably sitting. More people can attend if there is a mixture of sitting and standing (or dancing). There are 130 upholstered chairs and a further seven with wide bases and arms. We have a number of plastic chairs (both large and small) if required. There are plenty of tables in a variety of sizes.

The Ashton Keynes Room is used primarily by the Preschool. For larger functions we can clear one end of the room for storage a bar and/or presentation of the catering.

Shared facilities include a kitchen, male and female toilets, a separate disabled toilet with baby change facilities. The Hall meets with the current standards and recommendations for disabled access.

We are very happy to recommend caterers and assist in sorting out a bar. A Temporary Event Notice is not required as the Hall is fully licensed.

If you have any questions regarding the venue, contact any of the people listed below.

The telephone number for bookings is 0844 776 0001. The Scale of Charges can be found on the Documents page, together with lots of other useful information.

You can check availability on www.akvh.org.uk - if you are a regular User of the Hall, ask Dave Sheppard for a username & password to the bookings site, then you can make your own bookings.

Contact details are:

Chair: Dave Sheppard (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.); Vice Chair: Libby MacKinnon (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.); Treasurer; Ricahrd Hollamby (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.); Secretary: Ruth Starling (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.); Booking: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or  0844 776 0001. Other Trustees are Daphne Neale, Rowena Adams, Johanna Tipping, Howard Foster and Stuart Harris. The representative on the Parish Council is Malcolm Carter (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).