• Events - News

    COMING TO CRANBORNE!

    Dust off your dancing shoes: The Belters are coming to Cranborne Village Hall on Friday June 20th.

    Dan Baker, Rich Baker, and Chris Pedley have been entertaining dancefloors since 2001, and if there’s one thing they know, it’s how to keep the party grooving. From rock ‘n’ roll bangers, to soul, funk and disco to 80s dance anthems, their setlist is stacked with crowd-pleasers. Straight outta the Dorset countryside, The Belters are reuniting for a proper knees-up to celebrate the start of summer at Cranborne Village Hall.

    Lace up those dancing shoes and come let loose— it’s gonna be a Belter!

    Doors open at 7.30pm and tickets are £10 https://www.facebook.com/thebeltersband

    More info from events@cranbornevillagehall.org.uk or get tickets here: https://buytickets.at/cecilmemorialhall2025

    Funky Fries (https://www.facebook.com/funkyfriesdorset) will be on site throughout the event serving loaded fries with a range of (delicious) toppings

    OR make a night of it – show your ticket confirmation and enjoy special discounts on the other fabulous dining options that Cranborne has to offer:

    o La Fosse, who are doing a ‘pre-event’ menu from 6 – 7.15 https://www.facebook.com/lafosseDorset

    o Get 10% off at The Sheaf of Arrows, Cranborne https://www.facebook.com/sheafofarrows.in.cranborne

    o Get 20% off at Orchard Bay Bakery Pizzas, based at Holwell Farm alongside the Sixpenny Tap Brewery https://www.facebook.com/orchardbay

  • Events - News

    SAVE THE DATE: 20TH JUNE

    Dust off your dancing shoes and put Friday 20th June in your diaries. We’re delighted to announce that The Belters will be coming to Cranborne Village Hall, with their fantastic live party classics from the last 50 years. Let’s all let our hair down!

    All ages welcome. Tickets on sale soon – watch this space. 

    ‘Unashamedly rinsing the best party classics!!!’

  • Events - News

    Hall Re-opening Party

    If you live in in Cranborne, we’d love you to join us on Friday 9th May to celebrate the re-opening of the Village Hall. It’s been a fantastic community effort to get to this point and this is a chance to mark this achievement together. Come to the hall between 6.30pm and 9pm for drinks and nibbles (first drink free!).

  • Events - News - Regular Events

    The Cranborne Craft Café

    Do you sew, knit, crochet, do tapestry, cross stitch, patchwork, quilting, creative mending, or even digital art (or anything similar)? Then please join us at a new community group at Cranborne Village Hall.

    The Cranborne Craft Café is starting on May 13th, 2.30pm to 4.30pm. Bring your latest project with you and have a coffee or tea and a chat. Biscuits (or cake) also available! Your first session is free and it will be £3 after that, just to cover costs.

    Future dates are May 27th, June 10th, June 24th, July 8th, July 22nd.

    Everyone welcome: tell you friends!

  • Events - News

    We’re open!

    After 18 months with the Hall closed, we were so happy to welcome our first event yesterday: a great children’s birthday party complete with bouncy castle.

    And our regular groups are starting up over the next week or two: yoga, pilates, badminton, Local History…and coming soon, the Cranborne Craft Cafe.

    It’s been a real community effort to get here so thank you to everyone who’s helped. Watch this space for details of our re-opening party.

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    What’s coming up at the Hall

    Remember: it’s the Cranborne Duck Race on Saturday 26th April. This is always a brilliant community event and it’s a really important fundraiser for our First School, so please show your support. 

    The Village Hall will be open with lots of stalls and refreshments. And it’ll be a chance for you to find out what’s happening as we re-open.  

    We’ll have lots of information about our regular activities, including badminton, yoga, pilates, Cranborne Local History Society and the Cranborne Craft Café (more news to come!). And we’ll have details on events coming up including our re-opening party on Friday May 9th. 

    And if you have any ideas for ‘Clubs for Cranborne’, then get in touch or come and see us on the 26th. 

    Hope to see you there.

  • Volunteers

    Are you a dab hand with a paintbrush? Can you handle a drill?

    It’s the final countdown!

    Are you a dab hand with a paintbrush? Can you handle a drill? Are you talented at DIY? If so, we need your help.

    It’s only just over a week until our first private hire and we still have lots of jobs to do. Please come along this Saturday between 2pm and 5pm to help with various jobs that need doing.

    Tea and biscuits provided!

    YOUR VILLAGE HALL NEEDS YOU!

    Photo by Sydney Riggs on Unsplash

  • News

    What a night! The Great Big Cranborne Quiz was a huge success!

    What a night! The Great Big Cranborne Quiz was a huge success, with 52 people taking part and a very long reserve list. All our magic number squares sold, with H taking the £100 cash prize.

    In quiz terms, the winning team was “Whips and Levels” from Bellows Cross/Boveridge, with “The JERSies from Penny’s Mead in second place.

    Here are the winners with their trophy and cheese box, both generously donated by The Book & Bucket Cheese Company.

    An amazing £430 was raised for Village Hall funds. Many thanks to the Sheaf of Arrows for their support. The next Great Big Cranborne Quiz will be at the Village Hall on September 13th, so we should be able to fit everyone in. And Annie Noble and family are returning as quizmasters after a gap of over 10 years. So put the date in your diaries!

  • News

    Badminton, Yoga and the Cranborne History Society are coming back to the Hall!

    We’ve been busy getting the Main Hall ready for re-opening and we’re delighted to announce that Badminton Club (Tuesdays), Yoga Group (Wednesdays) and Cranborne History Society (1st Tuesday of the month) are coming back to the Hall, starting w/c 21st April.

    We’ll be announcing other groups and events shortly: watch this space!

    Anyone interested in running an activity or booking an event, please get in touch on hello@cranbornevillagehall.org.uk.

    And check our calendar for what’s happening.

    Yoga Photo by Anupam Mahapatra on Unsplash Badminton Photo by Saif71.com on Unsplash