Lastingham & Spaunton Village Hall

06/04/2026

SEWING GROUP! A reminder that this starts tomorrow, 2-4pm in the hall.

All very welcome - feel free to stay the whole time or drop in for part of it. You can do any sort of stitching / needlework you wish - knitting, crochet, tapestry, embroidery, felting, darning socks… whatever. You aren’t going to get thrown out even if you just come to sit and chat. We shall make introductions if you don’t know everyone already. We’ll have hot drinks and biscuits, and ask please for a donation of £2 towards the hall.

02/04/2026

Some photos of the completed work on the village hall, with one “before“ photo at the end. We’ve new double-glazed windows, app controllable heaters, and redecoration thanks to a UK Shared Prosperity Fund grant awarded by York & North Yorkshire Combined Authority. We’ve got new curtains, crockery and chairs. Hope you agree that it’s looking great!

27/01/2026

We’ve nearly gotten ourselves through January! That means a week on Saturday is our Boozy Bingo event. 25 places have been booked already so please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you’d like to join us for an evening of clickety clicks and little ducks. BYO!

10/12/2025

Here's the hall featured by North York Moors National Park re our Dark Skies lighting. Thanks to Richard Darn (Dark Skies) and Mike Hawtin (NP) for their help in getting this status. We are now in possession of a glorious plaque like this, but don't seem to have a window large enough to display it in!

28/11/2025

Lastingham & Spaunton Tuesday 9th December around 4:30pm

19/11/2025

Have you booked your place yet?! It's always a good night...

09/11/2025

Here’s a BBC News report about our new Dark Skies Community status.

The three North Yorkshire communities are the latest to be recognised over efforts to reduce light pollution.

22/10/2025

Lastingham is now officially a Dark Skies Friendly Community! And thanks to the project we undertook at the hall with the help of North York Moors National Park. Here's the link to the press release:
https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/about-us/press-office/press-releases/momentum-builds-for-dark-skies-friendly-communities

18/10/2025

What a fabulous evening! Thanks so much to Julie and Gill for taking the lead on Race Night, but all our helpers and everyone who took part too. £571 raised for the hall - a fabulous start to our fundraising year. Tickets now on sale for Call My Bluff Wine Tasting on 22nd November - £25 / head.

08/10/2025

This little bike has been left in our grounds for a few weeks. Does anyone know who owns it? We can find a home for it if needs be but wanted to put a shout out first! We promise it hasn’t been BBQ’d!

16/09/2025

New dark-skies-friendly lights on the hall!
On the initiative of Sustainable Lastingham and with great support from North York Moors National Park and a 75% grant, we’ve had most of our external lights replaced with these. They are warmer and point downwards rather than up:
- Better for stargazing, maintaining this as a designated dark skies area. And a first step in Lastingham becoming at Dark Skies Village.
- Better for the 30% of our widelife that’s nocturnal, including moths that are important pollinators too!
- Better for not wasting electricity by shooting light upwards. And they will use less anyway being LEDs.

And better lighting too - our front door light used to be hidden behind the door when it was open, plunging the steps into darkness.