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Welcome to the Abbotts Ann War Memorial Hall Web Site (This Page last Updated on 2nd February 2026)
Thank you for your interest in our village hall, a key amenity in the village and home to the Abbotts Ann Nursery School and the Abbotts Ann Players.

The Hall offers excellent facilities, including a large, well-equipped kitchen, overhead projector, Bluetooth sound system and a separate Meeting Room. It is available for bookings by individuals and businesses in Abbotts Ann and surrounding area.

News & Information

In October 2024, the Committee of the Abbotts Ann War Memorial Hall secured a grant of £19,944.75 from the Rural England Prosperity Fund. This covered 75% of the cost of the first phase of major refurbishment of the Hall and its facilities. This phase of work has now been successfully completed and the Hall Committee submitted a second application on 16th June 2025 for a grant to cover the second phase of work, this time from the Test Valley Community Asset Fund.

A Second Successful Grant Application

Following the successful completion of Phase 1 of our refurbishment work, we have now heard that our recent application for a grant for Phase 2 from the TVBC Community Asset Fund has been successful. We will therefore soon be embarking on this work, which will cost £28,824.49, and for which we have a grant of £14,412.24.

Phase two will cover:

  • Replace four wooden external doors – kitchen and store to the rear, main entrance to side and fire exit to the front of the building – with double-glazed units to make the building weathertight.
  • Replace the fencing and gates around of the grounds to improve the safety particularly to safeguard the children of the nursery school 
  • Replace old curtains/blinds with black-out blinds to four windows at the front of the Hall (matching those already installed on stage) for productions and presentations in the main Hall.
  • Replace the Stage Curtain.

Donations

The War Memorial Hall is a tremendous resource at the heart of our village, but the Hall is facing some tough financial challenges. 

Please give what you can either by Debit/Credit card, Google Pay or Apple Pay below or if would rather do a BACS Bank transfer, please remember to add the reference.
If you are donating using BACS bank transfer, then can you please complete the “Gift Aid” form and it return to Keith Saunders

Charity Gift Aid Declaration

Boost your donation by 25p of Gift Aid for every £1 you donate. Gift Aid is reclaimed by the Abbotts Ann War Memorial Hall charity from the tax you pay for the current tax year.

Your address is needed to identify you as a current UK taxpayer.

In order to Gift Aid your donation you must tick the box below:
Tick donation amount or other amount below

I am a UK taxpayer and understand that if I pay less Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax in the current tax year than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all my donations it is my responsibility to pay any difference.

Title & First Name, Surname
Please add your full name including title (Mr, Mrs, Ms etc.)
Full Home Address
Please notify our charity if you:
   1. want to cancel this declaration
   2.change your name or home address
   3. no longer pay sufficient tax on your income and/or capital gains
If you pay Income Tax at the higher or additional rate and want to receive the additional tax relief due to you, you must include all your Gift Aid donations on your Self-Assessment tax return or ask HM Revenue and Customs to adjust your tax code.
NOTE about Google/Apple Pay

Google and Apple Pay buttons will ONLY be visible if the device (PC or Mobile) you are using has Google or Apple pay setup on it.
If you normally use Google/Apple Pay then you will see the button for selection above next to cards.

Many thanks to the Abbotts Ann community and Test Valley Borough Council for their continued support.

News about the Abbotts Ann War Memorial Hall

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Just wanted to share some news about the Abbotts Ann War Memorial Hall. As you might know, the recent musical evening with Daisy Chute and Lucy May Walker was a great success and we’re planning more exciting events at the moment so please watch this space. We will be reviving the village tradition of holding Apple Day in the autumn where we all bring apples to the hall, pop them in the press that’s in the hall garden, drink freshly pressed apple juice and play games. If anyone would like to join a small group organising the event, please just give me a shout.

The War Memorial Hall is a tremendous resource at the heart of the village, as you can see from the virtual tour that’s now on the website [add website link]. But the Hall is facing some tough financial challenges. We have a leaky roof and there’s quite a long list of other things that need maintaining. Thanks to Mark, Karen and Simon for ensuring that there’s a good quality temporary repair to the roof which means that we can continue to use the Hall during wet weather. The problem is that unfortunately the funds that we’ve got set aside for such eventualities isn’t sufficient to cover everything. We are therefore setting up an appeal to raise funds for the roof repairs so that we can keep this great facility at the heart of the village now and for generations to come.

As the War Memorial Hall Committee, our request to you as villagers is that you use the hall for your functions and events and also help us by donating to the roof appeal. Our target is raising £10k. We know that times are tough economically and inflation is a real worry, but even donating small amounts makes a massive difference.

We will of course keep you posted

Our New Web Site

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We would like to welcome everyone to our new web site for the Abbotts Ann War Memorial Hall more commonly known as the village hall.

The hall is located in the centre of the village, a minutes walk from the village shop and another minute to the Eagle pub.

Please review the site and view the Virtual Tour