West Haddon Village Hall

20/04/2026

Our contractors, CTS, are now in the Village Hall installing the new stage lights 😁 They'll be in for a few days so some regular bookings have had to be cancelled this week - Zumba is still going ahead this evening, but there is no Tae Kwon Do on Wednesday. Thanks again to Northamptonshire Community Foundation for their grant towards this project.

17/04/2026

Tonight at West Haddon Village Hall

10/04/2026

One more sleep! Frothy coffees will be available 🙂

06/04/2026

Next Community Cinema event - this Saturday!

17/03/2026

🤝 Village halls are powered by volunteers

Did you know that 88% of village halls are run entirely by volunteers?

These dedicated people give their time to keep halls open and thriving, creating spaces where communities can meet, socialise and build lasting friendships.

From coffee mornings and clubs to community events, village halls bring people together and help combat loneliness.

This Village Halls Week, we say a big thank you to all the volunteers who make it possible. 💚

16/03/2026

We are excited to announce that we have been awarded a grant of £5,000 from Northamptonshire Community Foundation towards new, modern stage lighting. Grateful thanks as well to West Haddon Players for their work on and significant financial contribution to this project, and to all those who have donated to Showtime. We have now placed the order for the works and will keep you updated.

27/02/2026

Tonight!

23/02/2026

The website is back, but we're still working on the booking enquiry page, so please continue to make booking enquiries by phone or email. In more cheerful news, the Community Cinema showing of Minecraft was a great success, this week we have the West Haddon Players taking us Behind the Curtain, and in April West Haddon Council are hosting a comedy night. It's all going on at the Village Hall!

20/02/2026

Only one sleep to go!

13/02/2026

29/01/2026

Our website is temporarily out of action following a technical upgrade 🙃. You can still make a booking enquiry by:

Emailing [email protected]
Contacting 07743449335 by phone, text or WhatsApp
Sending a FB message to this profile

We are all volunteers fitting VH business into our other commitments so you may not get an instant response - please allow us the usual 48 hours. Thank you for your patience.

10/01/2026

West Haddon Community Cinema is showing The Princess Bride next Saturday 17 January. If you are already a fan, don’t miss this chance to see it on a big screen. If you’ve never heard of the film – which I find hard to believe, because it was mentioned in all of director Rob Reiner’s obituaries following his tragic death a few weeks ago – let me explain why it is the best film ever made, and you should absolutely come and see it.

It has a superb cast. The first thing you’ll say while you’re watching it is ‘Is that the boy from ‘The Wonder Years’?’ and the second thing you’ll say is ‘Is that Columbo?!’ But you’ll also recognise Peter Cook, Mel Smith, Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Wallace Shawn, Christopher Guest, and Chris Sarandon. You may not recognise Billy Crystal and Carol Kane under their many layers of make-up, but you won’t forget them.

You’ll be quoting from this film for weeks, possibly years or decades. The Princess Bride invented memes, thirty years before anyone knew what a meme was. People around you who have seen the film are already quoting it – you just haven’t noticed. The car park in Daventry known as The Pit of Despair? Princess Bride quote. ‘Inconceivable!’? Princess Bride quote. ‘As you wish’? Princess Bride quote. Anyone ever waved you off saying ‘Have fun storming the castle!’? Also a Princess Bride quote. Although maybe that one is just me.

Don’t be put off if you don’t like princesses. It’s not that sort of film. And while yes, she is a bride, the wedding is short, and memorable mainly for the comedic talents of the mighty Mr Cook. The film also includes two of the best sword-fights ever committed to celluloid. And one of the worst special effects, but the story is so good at that point that nobody really cares.

It’s a comedy. It’s an action adventure. It’s a fairy-tale. It is a brilliant, hugely enjoyable film, and it will stay with you.

It is really helpful for the community cinema if you book your tickets in advance, so they know how much popcorn to get in and how many chairs to put out. Details on the poster.

Molly