Welcome

Melmerby village lies on the A686 in Cumbria between Penrith & Alston, in the delightful Eden Valley, within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Melmerby Village Hall is easily accessed, being less than one minute from the main road and just nine miles from Penrith and the M6 at Junction 40.

 Our village hall is a modern building constructed in 2003. It is fully licensed and is available for hire for all occasions. It has a large main hall, small meeting room, spacious catering kitchen, bar facilities, toilets and shower room. And there is free wi-fi throughout the building!

​Please read on to see all that we have to offer and hopefully we'll see you soon at your event or one of ours!
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Melmerby Village Hall is Open Again

Dear Friends

Government regulations were amended earlier in July to allow village halls to begin preparations to re-open. Since that time, we at Melmerby Village Hall have worked hard to make the venue safe in this COVID world and to be organised in line with current guidelines. 

Like everywhere else it will be the same building but with a different feel. So what have we done? The systems we have set in place all adhere to latest government guidelines to ensure the safety of all users and to reduce the risk of any COVID transmission. The steps taken to achieve this include:
  • Producing a risk assessment to inform our actions.
  • Producing a risk assessment to help hirers be informed.
  • Reducing the capacity of the hall according to guidelines. The maximum number of persons in the hall will now be 28. 
  • Introducing a one way through flow system in the hall with signs and separate entrance/exit.
  • Introducing sanitiser stations and a cleaning regime to help avoid virus transmission.
  • Asking the hirer to further help with cleaning used surfaces at end of hire.
  • Asking that all activities, regardless of size, take place only in the main hall.
  • Asking the hirer to ensure good ventilation throughout. 
  • Asking hirers to enforce 2m social distancing where that is possible.
  • Asking the hirer to keep the contact details of all in their group for Track & Trace purposes.
  • Restricting the use of the kitchen.
  • Setting aside a room specifically for anyone who becomes unwell during the hire. 


All village halls have been advised to produce special conditions of hire, in addition to the standard conditions, to cover this unique situation. These special conditions are linked to the points above. They are not draconian, just designed to ensure everyone’s understanding and safety. When you wish to book the hall again, we will ask you to confirm your acceptance of these conditions. 

Please do get in touch with us if you’re thinking of hiring the hall and we can talk you through our “new normal” in more detail.