West Hill Hall

West Hill Hall West Hill Hall is the home of West Hill Community Association, which hires to the local community. The main Hall is wheelchair accessible.

There has been a community association in the West Hill area of Brighton since 1976 and the activities pursued by the members have been numerous, often depending on the enthusiasm of individual members. There is committee of Trustees who manage the Hall and the Association's activities. West Hill’s cachement area stretches from the south side of Seven Dials down to the clock tower in Queen’s Road

and all roads on the right from the clock tower up D**e Road. All residents are automatically members of West Hill Community Association. West Hill Community Association’s base in Compton Avenue is West Hill Hall, which belonged to the Church until it was offered for sale in 1994. Thanks to the efforts of the then Chair, Sylvia Alexander-Vine, the Association rescued the Hall from the clutches of a property developer, and bought the freehold, financed by fundraising, a small grant from the Single Regeneration Budget, and a sum of money willed to founding member Pam Bean for use in the community. West Hill Hall has thrived as a space for community activities ever since and it is the Association’s intention to keep the Hall available and maintained for continued use. Regular activities can be seen on the timetable on www.westhillwhistler.wordpress.com/1937-2/ and we also hire the Hall out for ad hoc activities to local residents. There are steps into the kitchen. The Association runs a monthly Quiz, two talks a year by invited speakers and an annual Christmas social - all of which are open to residents. Every 30 years or so, it also holds anniversary celebrations for Bright News, a very convenient store in Buckingham Road, owned by our last Chair, Vinod Mashru. It also publishes "The Whistler". A Writers Group met in West Hill for some time and produced some exciting work, including a booklet in 1979 called ‘The West Hill Version’, in an effort to keep people in the area in touch with each other. This included illustrations, crosswords and stories. "The Whistler", the community newspaper published every two months since 1976, developed from the work of these members. It is distributed to every household in the area and is widely read throughout Brighton & Hove. Its aim has always been to maintain and improve communication among the local community, and every effort is made to present a fair and balanced view. "The Whistler" features stories and poems from a diverse range of contributors and our indefatigable regular contributors, the support of local businesses through advertising, donations made via Bright News convenience store and our printer has made it possible for the newspaper to survive for forty years. It has also been published online since 2009.

A reminder this Sunday !!! Come along we'd love to see you !
26/08/2026

A reminder this Sunday !!! Come along we'd love to see you !

19/08/2026

Looking for a family friendly DJ to play at a community hall for a few hours on Sunday 30th August. Can anyone recommend someone local that may be interested? Thank you !

our lovely friends at Thousand 4 £1000 are organising a ceilidh to help support our local migrants - St Mary's Church, 7...
30/07/2026

our lovely friends at Thousand 4 £1000 are organising a ceilidh to help support our local migrants - St Mary's Church, 7th August.

Found keys at West Hill Hall. Pls identify the keyring and they are yours !
28/07/2026

Found keys at West Hill Hall. Pls identify the keyring and they are yours !

25/07/2026

'As individuals we have an impossible backlog, as a collective we stand a chance'

Don't forget we have a fabulous festival today at our local park. Free to enter, donations welcome..
25/07/2026

Don't forget we have a fabulous festival today at our local park.
Free to enter, donations welcome..

'As individuals we have an impossible backlog, as a collective we stand a chance'

An exciting event coming to our hall in Seven Dials this summer! a date for your diary Saturday 15th AUGUST!
17/07/2026

An exciting event coming to our hall in Seven Dials this summer!
a date for your diary Saturday 15th AUGUST!

Hey everyone!Guess what? West Hill Hall is turning 130 (!!), and our beloved WhistlerNewsletter has hit the big 5-0 — ye...
13/07/2026

Hey everyone!

Guess what? West Hill Hall is turning 130 (!!), and our beloved Whistler
Newsletter has hit the big 5-0 — yes, 50 years of keeping us all in the loop. ��
To celebrate these two amazing milestones — and to say a fond farewell to the printed Whistler (don’t worry, it’s going digital but not disappearing!) — we’re throwing a proper community bash:
West Hill Hall Summer Party
�� Sunday 30 August 2026
⏰ 4:00pm – 9:00pm
�� Right here at West Hill Hall
��️ Free for everyone!
Come along for a relaxed, fun afternoon and evening full of nostalgia, music, light refreshments, and great company. Teas and coffee in the afternoon and a subsidised small bar in the evening. There’ll be plenty of memories to share about the Hall and
the Whistler over the decades.

Whether you’ve been part of the Hall since the ‘70s or just moved into the area last month, this is a chance to connect, celebrate, and toast the past — and the future.
So, grab your friends, bring your stories (and maybe an old photo or two!), and let’s make it a day to remember.
See you there — let’s party like it’s 1896… and 1976! ��

highly recommended !
07/07/2026

highly recommended !

02/04/2026

Address

Compton Avenue
Brighton
BN13PS

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 10pm
Tuesday 9am - 10pm
Wednesday 10am - 10pm
Thursday 9am - 10pm
Friday 10am - 10pm
Saturday 8:30am - 10:30pm
Sunday 9am - 6pm

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