LEAMINGTON HASTINGS Parish Hall

 

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LEAMINGTON HASTINGS PARISH HALL

 

Leamington Hastings Parish Hall is conveniently located just minutes from the historic town of Rugby, in the heart of Leamington Hastings Parish and located adjacent to Leamington Hastings Primary School. There is a designated parking area outside the hall to accommodate 30+ vehicles.

Leamington Hastings Parish Hall has a large main hall with stage available if required and an adjacent, smaller room. There is a fully equipped kitchen and toilet facilities as well as tennis courts and bowling green.

 

The hall has a number of regular users from both within the parish and from the surrounding area. It is available for hire for parties, dinners, classes, meetings and performances and offers an attractive, affordable venue for up to 70 guests seated or informal gatherings of up to 100.

 

Leamington Hastings Parish Hall is a charity run by a management committee whose members are trustees of the organisation.

*Registered Charity Number 522949

 

Latest News

Pat's Bench

 

A special celebration took place at the Parish Hall this week as ‘Pat’s Bench’ was officially presented. Pat Toole’s dedication to the Parish Hall and the local area, in general, has spanned many decades and this beautiful bench is a recognition of that appreciation for very special man. The following words are from Keith Read’s speech at the presentation.

“Pat, it’s cold so I’ll be brief! But your 50 years of loyal and dedicated service to Leamington Hastings Parish Hall and the wider community cannot go unmarked and, as the current longest-serving Trustee I’ve been asked to say a few words

 

For half a century you have at various times cleaned, cared for, taken bookings for, been chairman of and have nurtured our Parish Hall – and that’s not forgetting the bowling green!

We’ve all seen you striding behind the mower caring for the surface like a father cares for a child. And let’s face it Pat, you helped to conceive and construct our bowling green so you‘ve every right to consider it very much your baby!

Throughout the vast majority of those 50 years of diligent service you were, of course, assisted (and no doubt sometimes guided by) your lovely wife, Sylvia. And today we remember and mark all that she, too, did for the hall and the community.

Those of us who have dabbled in carpentry and wood-turning recognise teak as a tough, hard-wearing, reliable and durable tropical hardwood. It’s not tropical here today, but Pat’s Bench is made from teak – and it is an eminent reflection of the qualities of the man who’s long and loyal service it marks.

So before we all freeze to the ground I’ll ask you to formally inaugurate Pat’s Bench.’

Here are some photos and a video from the presentation. Thank you to all who attended and of course, a heartfelt thank you from all of us in the local community to Pat Toole.

 

 

 

 

The History of Leamington Hastings Parish Hall

 

 

Watch our 90th anniversary video created by some of our wonderful volunteers.

 

Our plans to celebrate the Parish Hall's 90th anniversary in 2020 were sadly cancelled as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic. However the video that we planned would form a key part in those anniversary celebration was completed before the first lock down!

We hope that you enjoy the memories that some of our community's older residents have of the early days of the Parish Hall, the amazing gatherings that took place and the people behind those events.

The video is by no means a definitive history of the Parish Hall. But it does illustrate just how important the hall, the tennis court and the bowling green have been  over the years.  We are indebted to those who volunteered to reminisce on camera and who dug deep into the photo albums for some intriguing pictures from the past.

 

 

 

 

Find Us

 

 

Leamington Hastings Parish Hall is situated in the village of Hill, adjacent to Leamington Hastings CofE Academy

 

Birdingbury Road

Hill, Rugby, CV23 8EA