Startforth Community Centre

Contact the centre

Karen – startforthcentre@gmail.com or 07976 314293

Regular activities and events

This may be subject to change. Please check with the centre.

Click here for full details of regular activities

Weekly

Day	Activity	Time
Monday	Move it or lose it	10am – 11am
Monday	Castle Players	6.30pm – 10pm
Tuesday	Pilates	10am – 11am
Tuesday	Ballet	2.30pm – 3pm
Tuesday	Affinity choir	7pm – 9pm
Wednesday	Lunch club	11.30am – 2pm
Wednesday	Recorder revivalists	4pm – 5.30pm
Wednesday	Keep fit	6pm – 7pm
Wednesday	Short mat bowls	7.30pm – 9.30pm
Thursday	Pilates	11am – 12pm
Saturday	Ballet / street dance	9am – 11.15am
Sunday	Castle Players	12.30pm – 5pm

Monthly

Day	Activity	Time
First Monday (except public holidays, then the second Monday)	Community café	10am – 11.30am
Third Wednesday	Parish Council meeting	7pm
Fourth Friday	U3A music group	10am – 12pm
Wednesday (Once per month)	Wellbeing art group	1.30pm – 3.30pm

Hire rates

The current rates are subject to review in April 2026.

Half day/evening

• Hall and kitchen: £70
• Hall only: £55

Per hour

• Hall and kitchen: £20
• Hall only: £15
• Library: £10
• Resource room: £10
• Staff room: £8

Facilities

The following areas are available for hire

Main hall (12.7 x 11m), library (6.1 x 7.9m), resources room (6.5 x 6.1m), staff room and a kitchen.

• The large, bright, ground-level main hall seats up to 100 people. There are ample sockets, a piano and a pool table available.
• The library room is a cosier meeting space and can seat up to 30-40 people. There are ample sockets and a wall suitable for projection. It can be used for exercise classes, music rehearsals, and other activities.
• The resources room opens to a small adjacent room with a sink, making it particularly suited for art-based activities and seats up to 20-25 people.
• The staff room is adjacent to the reception and can seat up to 8 people. It is ideal for meetings including a sink, fridge, kettles, microwave and cups.
• The spacious and well-equipped kitchen features 2 industrial-sized gas hobs and ovens, an industrial gas plate warmer, a commercial-sized rapid dishwasher, electric hot water boilers (for hot drinks), kettles, a microwave oven, 2 fridges, 1 freezer and 3 sinks.
• There is a small car park and ample on-street parking.
• Mobile ramps and an accessible toilet.
• Free Wi-Fi access and heating are available throughout.