AKVH - Hall Facilities

Ashton Keynes Village Hall dates back to the early 1900's and lies in the centre of the village with good car parking and internal facilities. The village of Ashton Keynes (the first village on the River Thames) is 12 miles north of Swindon and 5 miles south of Cirencester and is situated within the south western corner of the Cotswold Water Park.

The hireable part of the Village Hall is the Main Hall and the shared facilities, such as the kitchen. It is possible to hire some space in the smaller room at the weekends for storage and/or preparation. The Village Hall complex also includes the local GP surgery and an Annexe which currently houses the Village Shop. The Village Hall has disabled access, disabled parking and separate disabled toilet.

The Village Hall is a licenced premises and can assist in organising a bar and alcohol sales for events.

The Main Hall is 14m long (excluding the stage) and 8.5m wide with a high, beamed ceiling and a serving hatch to the kitchen.

The stage is 5m deep and 7.4m wide with a roped curtain and there is a full lighting box with front, above and rear lighting. A piano is available.

An induction loop is available for use and the hall has mono amplified sound though four wall mounted speakers. Hand-held, static and radio microphones are available for use with this equipment. We have beam-mounted laser projector with HDMI connection from an accessible point. There is 4m x 3m screen electric screen. Smart phones, tablets and laptops can also be connected to provide music through the wall mounted speakers.

The kitchen has two sinks, a fridge, cooker, microwave and water boiler. There is no one-site crockery or cutlery.