05/10/2026
Upgrade to toilet facilities
We are happy to announce that works to improve our toilet facilities have now been completed.
This was made possible with grants from The Yorkshire Dales National Park Sustainable Development fund, another from Hudson House and a finally a very generous local source who wish to remain anonymous. Thank you to you all for your incredible support.
We have also committed a significant amount from the Halls reserves to this project. Reserves are built up over the years and held so that such improvements can be made. Thank you to all users of the hall and attendees at concerts who contribute greatly to building our reserves.
For those of you familiar with The Memorial Hall you will know that the toilets could be particularly cold and damp during the winter months and that the ladies’ facilities, in particular, were very cramped.
Following a selection process, we appointed K H Heating Ltd to manage the project for us and carry out all plumbing and heating aspects of the job. They in turn brought in Dales Masonry for extensive building works. Thank you to both companies and all individuals who worked on the project.
Significant amounts of insulation have been incorporated into the walls and ceilings and a dedicated heating zone, separately controlled, established for this area of the building. The wall between the old ladies’ toilets and the cloakroom has been opened up enabling a significantly improved and spacious ladies’ facility to be created. Two spacious cubicles replace the previous single cramped cubicle.
Toilets, urinals, and sinks have all been replaced along with associated dryers and mirrors and tiling replaced where it could not be salvaged.
We are immensely proud with what has been achieved and hope that you will benefit from these improvements when visiting.