Reading Room Overview
Shipton's village hall, known as the Reading Room, is a facility at the heart of our community. It is used for village public events and is also bookable for private events for a very reasonable fee, subject to availablity. The hall is used to host regular village coffee mornings, pop-up pubs, film shows and seasonal events - for more details of events please see the village calendar.
The Reading Room underwent a major refurbishment in 2021 and has been designed to support the present and future needs of the village. It's features include:
- a beautifully redesigned main hall with capacity for 120 people (or 66 comfortably for a seated event);
- stackable tables and chairs, configurable to support seated events;
- a fully equipped kitchen area with cookers, hob, refridgerator, freezer, sink and washing-up area, water heaters;
- a well stocked supply of cutlery, crockery, glasses, cooking pans and utensils;
- a servery area from the kitchen to the main hall with security roll-shutters;
- a large television / display screen, licenced for UK terrestrial TV, and capability to support streaming services;
- Broadband network services;
- An entrance hall / cloakroom with 2 adjacent lavatories, (one is fully configured for disabled use) ;
- A storage cupboard with cleaning equipment;
- Central heating, remotely opening roof ventilation windows;
- A patio area at the front, occasionally used in better weather as a street-cafe.
You can read a little of the history of the reading room here.
To book the Reading Room, please ensure you accept the booking fees, have read and understood the hirer's information, and then use the online booking form.
