Hambledon Harvest Lunch – Sun 13th Oct
Coal Yard Christmas Market
Shop, eat & drink at the local artisan market on November 30th from 12pm to 4pm
A bit of background…
The Old Coal Yard is an exclusive space owned by Richard Fields, with 11 independent businesses who offer unique products and services to the local community throughout the year.
A few times a year, the overarching brand team, Coal Yard Creatives, hosts special events and invites other small businesses from the local area, bringing even more amazing artisan products and services to Hambledon, Surrey and the surrounding villages. The creatives bring businesses and the community together in a relaxed setting with delicious food, drink and live music on offer. It’s a great way to support local makers and have a fun afternoon out on your doorstep.
The Christmas Market
The Coal Yard Creatives have hosted a market near Christmas time for a few years now, adding an extra bit of Christmas Sparkle in addition to the other lovely local Christmas events we have going on in the village.
You will also get to stroll in and out of the businesses based at the Coal Yard and meet the owners as well as seeing what they have to offer all year round. There are always special Christmas goodies available for unique gifts or just to treat yourselves!
This year, Hilltop Kitchen will be offering some yummy sweet and savoury snacks and an Acoustic Duo band will be singing some festive songs from 1pm to 3pm for you to sing along with! The Village Spirit Collective will also have some warming tipples to sip as you wander around the market.
Follow the Coal Yard Creatives on Instagram to be kept up to date on the 15 to 20 stalls that will be attending and to find out about more exciting news from the yard. You can also subscribe to their newsletter here or check back on the event page here.
Hambledon Cricket Club- End of Season Extravaganza – Saturday 26th October
Hambledon Cricket Club are hosting their annual dinner on Saturday 26th October at Hambledon Village Hall.
ALL are welcome – there will be live music, plenty of food and drink, as well as a raffle/auction to raise funds for the club.
It would be fantastic to see as many villagers there as possible to support the club and the village, even for one drink and a dance!
Tickets are £30 for adults, £15 for juniors (U14). Check out the link below for more details and to book your tickets now!
Hambledon Art Fair This Weekend!
This weekend sees the return of our fantastic art fair at the Village Hall. With wonderful talented artists and many exhibiting this year for the first time, there will be something for everyone.
Come along to see the annual transformation of the hall, enjoy the fair with its lovely sense of community and take the opportunity to buy an original work of art. .
The fair is open from 10am to 5pm on Saturday, October 5th and 10am to 4pm on Sunday, October 6th. Admission is £2 for adults with under 16s free.
Tea/coffee and homemade cake will be served throughout the weekend.
Our shop needs a roof!
Twenty years ago, the Hambledon Village Trust purchased the shop and the attached Pendle Cottage. This was shortly after the shop had re-opened as a community venture; and the purchase has assured its long-term future.
The 18th century building is now in urgent need of a new roof. Tiles have been falling off, beams need to be strengthened, there is no underlay and what insulation there is has worn thin. The flat roof over the shop frontage, the deli roof and the garage roof also require attention. It is estimated that the work involved will cost in the region of £100,000. This sum is way beyond the financial means of the Trust. Its only income is from the rents charged to the shop and the cottage tenant.
A fund-raising appeal for the roof replacement was launched at the Village Fete in June, asking for donations to be made to a special ring-fenced fund that has been established, via the Hambledon Community Fund, within the Community Foundation for Surrey.
Continue readingHambledon Art Fair 2024 – October 5th and 6th
This year’s art fair is less than two weeks away and everyone at the hall is getting very excited!
In addition to some of our much-valued Hambledon artists, this year we have eight wonderful artists who haven’t exhibited with us before including three from Hambledon/Wormley who have been hiding their lights under bushels as far as the village hall is concerned!
There will be a very varied selection of artwork on display including paintings, drawings, screen prints, textiles, ceramics and jewellery. One jeweller’s work is made from recycled materials. Amongst the exhibitors we are lucky enough to have last year’s Surrey Artist of the Year.
Please do come along to enjoy the fair, see the hall in it’s most beuatiful guise of the year, have a cup of tea and piece of delicious homemade cake (we do that well at the hall!), help to raise much-needed funds for the hall and have the chance to buy a wonderful original artwork.
Open Saturday, October 5th from 10am to 5pm and Sunday, October 6th from 10am to 4pm.
Admission £2, under 16s free.
MacMillan Coffee Morning this Friday at the Village Hall
Please do come along to support this invaluable cause at the Village Hall this Friday, September 27th from 9am to 11am. Chat with friends and neighbours, have a coffee and piece of delicious homemade cake and help us to raise even more than last year!
A Farewell, and Thank You, to Sue Blackman
As the Hambledon Festival Committee announces a record amount raised for good causes over this year’s fete and ball weekend, it is timely to remember a very special village resident who helped start it all.
Many will have been deeply saddened to hear of the death of Sue Blackman who, along with husband Arthur (Ginge), has done so much for the benefit our village and its many activities. Her funeral service will be at St Peter’s Church next Tuesday (Sept 10th) at 2pm.
It was Sue and Ginge who, in 2006, came up with the idea of making greater use of the fete marquee by organising the first-ever Hambledon Gala Ball, to take place in the evening once the biennial fete had been packed away.
