Berners Hall

Woolverstone's village hall

A warm and historic village hall for community events, local gatherings and private hire.

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Berners Hall is the village hall for Woolverstone.

It now offers a welcoming environment for community events and is also available for private hire.

Bookings Sarah Hutton 07754 075684 sarahhutton7@btinternet.com

Steeped in village history

Berners Hall was originally built to substitute for St Michael's Church, Woolverstone, when the church was remodelled in the late 1800s. After that time it is thought to have served as a Reading Room, educating the village population and providing a place for recreation and meetings.

A stone memorial on the front lawn remembers the casualties of two World Wars. The hall remains part of the fabric of Woolverstone: a place to meet, mark occasions and bring village life together.

The front lawn and war memorial outside Berners Hall

The red doors and Berners Hall sign above the entrance

The Men's Room, the WI and village clubs

The Men's Room formed part of the hall. It was a meeting place for village men, who spent evenings playing bar games and enjoying refreshment away from the largely manual work of the time.

Woolverstone WI was founded in 1919, early in the organisation's history. It sadly ceased to exist in 1999, by which time many other village clubs had faded away. One club of note was the Pig Club, whose members shared the meat produced from animals reared by each household.