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A vibrant, beautiful and historic community building in the charming village of Horningsham, in the heart of the Longleat Estate.

The hall hosts a wonderful schedule of community events and is available to hire for your own event. A large versatile village hall available for hire for parties, plays, talks, dinners, celebrations, weddings, events. For event enquiries contact enquiries

04/11/2026

REMEMBER REMEMBER THE 5TH OF NOVEMBER!!!
🔥🎆Bonfire, fireworks (the low noise variety!), hot dogs, hot chocolate, mulled w**e, b**r, w**e and soft drinks - everything you could possibly want for a traditional village Bonfire Night.

FREE ENTRY
Cards taken at the bar/kitchen

Join us from 5-7pm for a relaxed celebration 🎉

29/10/2026

Milked at dawn. Made by hand. On the shelf at Harrods the next day!!🥛🌍
Just outside Frome, in the creamery, organic Jersey milk is being transformed into gloriously yellow clotted cream, double cream and hand-patted butter. The cream sits on top of the bottles of milk because nobody has homogenised it away.
Meanwhile, the dairy industry is stuck in a race to the bottom: ever-cheaper milk, ever-bigger herds, farms folding by the dozen. But Ivy House Dairy chose a different path:
🌱 Better for the land: Ivy House has 120 organic Jersey cows, grazing clover pastures for most of the year. Nearly 70% of their milk comes from forage, not imported feed.
🐄 Better for the cows: The herd is small enough for the team to know each one and they live outdoors on lush Somerset grass.
📦 Better for all of us: supporting local farms and dairies means short supply chains. Money staying in the local economy, not leaking up the supermarket chain.

Ivy House began as a farm running out of road until Geoff was gifted 20 Jerseys and began to turn things around. Now it supplies Neal's Yard Dairy, Fortnum & Mason, Harrods and local delis, with the whole family still involved in the business.
If we want a countryside with farmers in it, animals that get to live well, and food we can trace to a field, this is what a successful transition looks like.
Come and hear how it's done at Rural Voices this November, with Geoff Bowles and of course a delicious cooked breakfast.
📍 Horningsham Village Hall
📅 9am Saturday 7th November
🎟️ Book on the Horningsham Village Hall website (link in bio)

18/10/2026

VILLAGE COFFEE MORNING TODAY!
Happy Sunday folks! Wondering what the weather is going to do? Trying to remember how to dress for chillier weather?! It's definitely autumn! Come and warm up in the Village Hall with a cup of tea or coffee this morning, chat with friends and neighbours and catch up on the latest gossip/road closures!
See you there.
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14/10/2026

Rural Voices: A DIVERSE FUTURE FOR FARMING
7th November 9am
Horningsham Village Hall

Join us on the first Saturday in November to hear from Geoff Bowles - an inspiring Somerset farmer who refused to let his family farm go under!

Milk prices keep falling. Family farms keep closing. The landscape we live in is changing faster than most of us can follow. So what does it take for a small farm to survive, and even thrive? On 7th November, after our usual delicious cooked breakfast (with some extra special dairy products of course!), Geoff Bowles of will tell the story behind the Jersey cow image on his wonderful milk, cream and butter.

In 1982, Geoff and Kim Bowles moved to Beckington, on the edge of Frome, and started farming a modest herd of Friesians. Within a few years, the maths stopped working. Milk prices dropped, and they could see that carrying on as they were meant giving up farming altogether. Then Geoff’s Uncle John gifted them 20 Jersey cows and a cream separator, and a bold gamble began. Thirty years later, the farm has 120 cows and a loyal following across the south of England.

This month's Rural Voices is all about farming and family, about risk, adaptation and the careful stewarship of precious land. It’s also a chance to ask bigger questions: What does a viable, local food economy look like? What can a small farm teach us about resilience in uncertain times?

This event is part of our “future of the rural” series, exploring what the next chapter of creative, resilient rural life could look like, and how communities like ours can help shape it. Come and hear it first-hand, ask Geoff your questions, and leave with ideas worth acting on.

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Please arrive promptly at 9am for breakfast, the talk will begin at 9.45am.

BOOK NOW! Tickets are £15 or £12.50 for Horningsham residents- All profits go to the Village Hall Regeneration Fund.

https://www.horningshamvillagehall.com/events/geoffbowles

If you need any help with booking please contact [email protected]

09/10/2026

It's that time of year again - the Autumn Supper! We are so pleased that the inimitable Liz Glover will be leading the charge in the kitchen with her army of helpers, cooking up a delicious storm on 21st November. Come and enjoy a scrumptious seasonal feast with your friends and neighbours. There will be 2 courses of tasty, locally produced food available from 6pm with vegetarian/vegan options available on request (just let us know via the booking form).

BOOK VIA THE HORNINGSHAM VILLAGE HALL WEBSITE - https://www.horningshamvillagehall.com/events/autumnsupper26

22/09/2026

Rural Voices
3rd October 2026 - 9am

GROWING TOGETHER: PERMACULTURE FOR LAND AND COMMUNITY
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What if the principles that make a healthy ecosystem — diversity, cooperation, resilience, working with rather than against — are also the principles that make a healthy community?

This month, Rural Voices curator, food artist and researcher Cherry Truluck will host a panel discussion with permaculture practitioner Georgia Hughes and special guests Claire Loder and Jude Rice (co-founders of ) and Laura Corfield (co-founder of ). Keep an eye out for our next post where we'll be telling you more about our panellists! The conversation will explore permaculture in its fullest sense: not just a method for growing food, but a whole way of designing how we live together. They'll explore agroecological growing — building soil, working with natural cycles, designing productive land that regenerates rather than depletes — alongside its lesser-known counterpart, social permaculture: applying the same ethics of care, fair share, and interdependence to how communities organise, share resources, and support one another. Whether you are a permaculture expert or just curious, you'll find lots to inspire you and get you thinking differently about the world around us and how everything is connected.

🌿 Expect a delicious breakfast full of local produce and a wide-ranging discussion on what permaculture can teach us about resilience — in the soil and in the social fabric — and what it might mean for the future of rural life in Horningsham, and beyond.

BOOK NOW on the Horningsham Village Hall website (link in linktree 👆)

19/09/2026

Note: the eagle-eyed among you will notice that this is a repost because it turns your village hall correspondent doesn't know what month it is. For clarity the coffee morning is 10-12 tomorrow - Sunday 20th September!!

Wowee! At our monthly coffee morning tomorrow (Sunday 20th), our friends at are bringing flowers... And not just any flowers, over 100 different dahlia varieties - all grown in Horningsham! All sales will support the Village Hall regeneration fund. 😍 As always, members of the village hall committee will be on hand with tea, coffee and biscuits (Jen is in charge tomorrow!). Come along to meet with your neighbours, pick up some flowers and exchange the latest news/gossip.

05/09/2026

Another wonderful morning at Rural Voices and another sell-out crowd! How fantastic to find out what beauties are lurking in the rafters of Longleat House and the woodlands around the estate thanks to our speaker (and Longleat's head of conservation and research) Dr Tom Lewis.
We feasted on tasty local produce at tables adorned with these stunning flowers arrangements, provided by Horningsham's very own ! Aren't we lucky to be surrounded by such abundance and generosity?!
See you next time for a journey into permaculture! 💚

27/08/2026

Coming up at Horningsham Village Hall in September - Rural Voices on 5th, yoga every Tuesday, coffee morning on 20th and luncheon club on Thursdays. See you soon!

20/07/2026

Looking for a Venue for Your Next Celebration?
Nestled in the beautiful Wiltshire countryside, just minutes from Longleat, Horningsham Village Hall offers a charming and affordable venue for life's special occasions.
Perfect for:
🎂 Children's birthday parties
👶 Baby showers
🥂 Anniversary celebrations
🎉 Family gatherings
🎲 Games nights
🎨 Craft workshops
💍 Wedding receptions
🏘️ Community events
With parking, a fully equipped kitchen, tables and chairs included, access to outdoor space and a children's play area, Horningsham Village Hall provides a flexible and welcoming setting for your event.
A beautiful setting for creating lasting memories.
To enquire about availability visit: www.horningshamvillagehall.com

Address

Water Lane
Horningsham
BA127LL

Telephone

07541 211 732

Website

http://www.horningshamvillagehall.com/

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