Patcham Memorial Hall

Early in 2017 Patcham Memorial Hall (PMH) was successful in two community fund-raising schemes.
We were awarded funds from the Aviva Community Fund to totally refurbish our toilet facilities, and complete our roof renovations.
August 2017 update
The Hall is currently closed as the toilets are being rebuilt over the summer. There will still be two WCs, with one accommodating wheelchairs and baby-changing facilities, and now not designated as 'gents & ladies'. The pans, sinks and taps are being modernised and the rooms insulated and finished to a better standard to prevent condensation and dampness.
"Normal service" will resume from the beginning of September.

In the meantime can you support us by joining the local Co-operative shop's Community Fund?
If you're a local Co-op shopper, you can nominate us as your local charity to receive 1% of the value of your Co-op shopping - so far we've received about £1100 towards our renovations fund.
The Fundraising tab above tells you more

To hire the hall
Please contact John Williams the Bookings Secretary, to discuss your requirements. He can be emailed on bookingspmh@gmail.com or text your message to 07818 455227 with the date and exact time you want to hire the hall, your name, and details of the event you want to run, as this helps us calculate the hire fee.
For example, A business women's seminar on Thursday 26 June 2014, in the afternoon between 2 and 5pm. Contact is first name, surname; email address/phone number: xxxxxxx
You can also leave a voicemail on that number, please spell your name and repeat any phone numbers.
Either way, you'll be contacted to let you know if the hall is available, and follow up with the paperwork

Or
If you prefer to write a letter, give the details of your hire requirements and send it, with a stamped addressed envelope for a reply. Send it to
PMH Bookings Secretary, Patcham Memorial Hall,
3 Old London Road, Brighton BN1 8XR
Letters can also be put in the Letter Box outside the door, which is emptied every couple of days.

Tariffs, terms and conditions
Please go to the Facilities & Fees page for further details of how we charge and contract hirers.

Patcham Memorial Hall is a charity run by a group of local and appointed trustees

It was originally founded in memory of the local men and women who went to the Great War, and it has been serving the village and parish of Patcham since 1924. It has a fascinating history, including being requisitioned for the war effort in 1939.

Most local people know it as

a dance hall with a wonderful smooth and polished floor
weekly U3A classes and WI meetings
a good-sized venue for children's parties
perfect for Swing and Jive classes, Scottish dancing, French traditional Bals Folk, Fitsteps, and Zumba classes
our local Polling Station, and
a place for regular groups to do local things together

Patcham Memorial Hall is booked out regularly each week or month on specific days to the groups listed above, and others. You'll find a list with contact details on the Regular Groups & Clubs page.

We are happy to hire out the hall any day and time that it is available, from 9am til 11pm, for all sorts of meetings, music and singing sessions, parties and family celebrations, concerts, dances, training and development groups, private and commercial functions.

We have a large single hall that seats 100 people, fully fitted kitchen and cooking spaces, cups and saucers, an easily accessed stage, even fairy lights!
You can see photos of the inside are on the Facilities & Fees page.

Public Documents A copy of our 2012 Constitution, Minutes of the 2016 AGM, held on 1st July 2016, and the annual reports from the Chair and Treasurer presented at the AGM, can be found on this page

Getting here
Our address is 3 Old London Road, Brighton, BN1 8XR
Email patchammemorialhall@gmail.com

We are just off the A23 as it enters the City of Brighton and Hove, and near the southbound exits from the A27 Worthing to Lewes bypass.
The Hall is a white wooden building, tucked next to Patcham House School, half way along on the west side of Old London Road, parallel to the A23. There is lots of parking, though we are in a residential area, so please take that into account.

Local bus 5A from Brighton city centre stops right outside, and just up the road by the Co-operative shop. It's the terminus for the 56 from London Road shops. Longer-distance buses 17, 33, 40, 270 and others from Haywards Heath, Horsham, Gatwick, and other places north of Brighton stop on the main London Road, near the Black Lion / Harvester pub, and at the south end of Old London Road. Here's a link to the bus map.

To get here by train, come to Preston Park Station, direct from Brighton, and stations to/from London. It is about a 15 minute walk north. The 5A and out-of-town buses pass near the station, and are quite frequent.