Opened in September 1998 our new village hall is the result of many years fund raising and planning to achieve a dual use facility for Bayton Village.

Its dual use because the spacious sports hall doubles as the Bayton School Gym and lunch area during term time and is also used by the school for carol services, concerts and plays.

The hall also boasts a large meeting room, used also for private parties, weddings, family celebrations as well as Village groups and Church functions. We have a large kitchen with hatch access to both halls and toilet areas which have seperate disabled facilities. The main hall has an induction loop for those with impared hearing and there are braille markers around the hall. The meeting room has video equipment for cinema evenings or for presentations.

The hall is ajacent to the school playground, recreation ground and church. The land had been donated by Mrs Gurny from Shakenhurst who was a great benifactrice to the village. She looked towards providing amenities for the recreation for the children of Bayton and the Village Hall Committee, which is a registered charity, administers the use of the land and hall in accordance with the terms of her covenant.

The new village hall cost some 200 thousand pounds and was paid for by grants from 20th Century Halls, Action with Communities in Rural England and local fundraising. A further grant from Doostep Greens has resulted in the upgrading of the recreation ground to provide a hard playing space, five a side pitch, walkways, seats, willow shelters and carvings as well as improved lighting.

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