The covered main entrance, complete with Pommie Pig weathervane

One of the greatest assets to any village is a large and useful hall.  Here at Youlgrave we are truly blessed as we have a very large multi use hall.  The main hall seats 190 people for our very popular annual pantomime.  This is managed by having 'staged' seating which is also used by our very well supported monthly cinema club.  Various plays are put on throughout the year, by visiting groups and our own group, on the large stage which has excellent lighting and sound installations.  The hall is very wheelchair friendly complying with the very latest Health and Safety regulations.

The projection room at Youlgrave Village Hall

It is also used for Welldressing catering, the Monday Club for our older villagers, plus many other functions including attic sales, celebration parties, badminton, painting classes, and general meetings.  Events can be held in the Main Hall, the Social Room or the Committee Room (see hall plan).

Since the hall has been renovated over the last 3 years at a cost of over £200,000 we now have a large well fitted kitchen including large oven, two microwave ovens, large commercial style dish washer, a fridge and a chest freezer all complying with the latest health regulations.

Another plus during the renovations were the fitting of two shower rooms and a large wheelchair accessible toilet, which have made the hall very useful for walking groups and dance groups who hire the half for long weekends.

The Committee Room now a has fitted projection screen.

Looking down Holywell Lane towards the Village Hall

If you wish for any further information, please ring our hall/booking secretary Carol Sutcliffe on 01629 636570.

Included is a diagram of the Village Hall, so that you can check the layout to see if you or your group would like to book.

Photographed above at the grand reopening in December 2006 are Andrew McCloy (Chair, Youlgrave Parish Council), Matthew Parris (keynote speaker), Jan Wilson (Chair, Youlgrave Village Hall Management Committee), Tony Hams (Chair, East Midlands Heritage Lottery Fund), Irene Ratcliffe (Chair, Derbyshire Dales District Council) and the Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin (MP for West Derbyshire).