Cobden Club – Village Hall

COBDEN HALL 

Leggs Lane, Heyshott, Midhurst, 

West Sussex  GU29 0DA

The Village Hall is maintained and run by the Heyshott Cobden Hall Charity.  The Charity was set up in 1947 as provided for in the will of Jane Cobden, daughter of Richard Cobden.  The prime object of this Charity was to provide a Village Hall for the use of the inhabitants of the Parish of Heyshott and its neighbourhood. Please see below for hire charges.

Cobden Cinema, Autumn 2026

Bar opens at 6:00pm and films start at 6:30pm

Thursday 15 October:  Wuthering Heights (2026)

with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi (2hr 16mins)

Thursday 12 November:  Mother’s Pride (2026)

with Martin Clunes, James Buckley, Jonno Davies and Gabriella Wilde (1hr 30mins)

Thursday 10 December:  The Sheep Detectives (UK 2026)

with Hugh Jackman, Molly Gordon and Emma Thompson (1hr 49mins)

Cobden Talks, Autumn 2026

Bar opens at 6:30pm and talk starts at 7:00pm

Thursday 1 October: Peter Cowdrey on The Big Year of African Sound.

An ambitious citizen science project promoting recording and data collection across the continent in collaboration with Birdlife Internation, Cornell University and others.

Thursday 19 November:  Peter Booth on Our time spent tracking down the Lions of the Serengeti.

For more information and bookings please contact

Mrs Bobby Gonzalez

Telephone  – 01730 816871

Cobden Hall: Looking for an Activity Space?

Look no further!

lf  you would like to organise and run an activity – Keep Fit, Pilates, Yoga or Something Other – in the Cobden Hall this year, please get in touch asap with Bobby on 01730 816871.

YOUNG PERSONS’ PLATINUM JUBILEE BURSARY

Heyshott Cobden Hall Charity – Young Persons’ Bursary

The Heyshott Cobden Hall Charity –Registered Charity No: 1026649

Charges for booking the Main Room and/or the Dudley Room

• Village Organisations: no charge
• All other bookings: £15.00 per hour, with a minimum charge of £30.00
• Registered Charities will not be subject to the minimum charge
• Organised Groups of Walkers staying overnight: price per head by application with a minimum charge of £50.00 per night
• Supervised groups of children or young people: £10.00 per night

Hire of Equipment:  All breakages must be paid for

• Coloured crockery taken out of the Hall: £10.00 per day
• White crockery taken out of the Hall (Village only): £6.00 per day
• Cutlery taken out of the Hall (Village only): £6.00 per day
• Wine Glasses: £10.00 per day
• Heavy Duty Plastic Trestle Tables taken out of the Hall for private Village functions: £3.00 per table per day, and a £50.00 returnable deposit (the Gopak tables are not for hire)

Conditions of Booking

Applications for Bookings should be made to the Caretaker, Mrs Gonzales on 01730 816871

If an advance booking is cancelled, the Committee reserves the right to make a charge if any expense has been incurred or another booking for the same time has been refused before the cancellation was notified.

Hall users must comply with the Health and Safety requirements in the Hirer’s Pack or on Notices displayed in the Hall.  The Health and Safety file is in the cupboard near the fireplace in the Dudley Room.

All Users are requested to leave the premises in the condition in which they found them.

Judith Hook – Secretary to the Committee

October 2025