--- title: Small Dole Village Hall: Updates for 2026 description: The Small Dole Village Hall is a characterful community hall located beside the A2037 Henfield Road in Small Dole, West Sussex and is available to hire for social gatherings, committee meetings, regular classes and other community events. canonical_url: https://http/smalldolehall.org.uk/hall-news/small-dole-village-hall-brief-updates-for-2026 language: en-GB date: 2026-09-23T17:28:58Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://http/smalldolehall.org.uk/hall-news/small-dole-village-hall-brief-updates-for-2026. Schema.org structured data included at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. markdown-tokens: 1439 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://http/smalldolehall.org.uk/hall-news/small-dole-village-hall-brief-updates-for-2026. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Structured data** as JSON-LD may be found at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. ![Small Dole Village Hall News](https://http/images/slider/cache/f3af84378bac20f8301569fb27117832/Small-Dole-Village-Hall-Slider-6992.jpg) Small Dole Village Hall - News ![Small Dole Village Hall News](https://http/images/slider/cache/b76c8d0c52127e6b4139f35b2a491beb/Small-Dole-Village-Hall-Slider-6992.jpg "Small Dole Village Hall News")Small Dole Village Hall News Written by Fran Barnard. **During 2025 the hall underwent works to improve and modernise the main hall space and kitchen, improving the environment considerably for our users.** The main hall of the Small Dole Village Hall [![Hall before the 2025 renovation.](https://http/images/blog/Hall-Before-2025-Renovation-1200px-001.jpg)](https://http/images/blog/Hall-Before-2025-Renovation-1200px-001.jpg) Hall Before [![Hall after the 2025 renovation.](https://http/images/blog/Hall-After-2025-Renovation-1200px-001.jpg)](https://http/images/blog/Hall-After-2025-Renovation-1200px-001.jpg) Hall After 2025 A new kitchen has been installed with the new benefit of two sinks and a hot water boiler. This is a vast improvement compared to our previous kitchen. If you are looking for a venue for a party or function locally, why not check us out – see the ‘hiring the hall’ page for details of rates. A view of the hall kitchen [![Kitchen before the 2025 renovation.](https://http/images/blog/Kitchen-Before-2025-Renovation-1200px-001.jpg)](https://http/images/blog/Kitchen-Before-2025-Renovation-1200px-001.jpg) Kitchen Before [![Kitchen after the 2025 renovation.](https://http/images/blog/Kitchen-After-2025-Renovation-1200px-001.jpg)](https://http/images/blog/Kitchen-After-2025-Renovation-1200px-001.jpg) Kitchen After 2025 A fundraising coffee morning is planned for March 2026 – more details to follow. - Created on 07 April 2026. - Hits: 2 © 2026 Small Dole Village Hall Management Committee ```json { "@context": "http:\/\/schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Article", "author": { "@id": "https:\/\/www.smalldolehall.org.uk\/#fran_barnard_f722f828e0" }, "dateModified": "2026-09-23T17:28:58Z", "datePublished": "2026-09-03T10:30:56Z", "description": "The Small Dole Village Hall is a characterful community hall located beside the A2037 Henfield Road in Small Dole, West Sussex and is available to hire for social gatherings, committee meetings, regular classes and other community events.", "headline": "Small Dole Village Hall: Updates for 2026", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https:\/\/http\/smalldolehall.org.uk\/images\/blog\/Hall-After-2025-Renovation-1200px-001.jpg", "caption": null, "description": "Hall after the 2025 renovation.", "width": 1200, "height": 675 } ], "inLanguage": "en-GB", "mainEntityOfPage": { "@type": "WebPage", "url": "https:\/\/www.smalldolehall.org.uk\/hall-news\/small-dole-village-hall-brief-updates-for-2026" }, "publisher": { "@id": "https:\/\/www.smalldolehall.org.uk\/#defaultPublisher" }, "url": "https:\/\/www.smalldolehall.org.uk\/hall-news\/small-dole-village-hall-brief-updates-for-2026" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fran Barnard", "@id": "https:\/\/www.smalldolehall.org.uk\/#fran_barnard_f722f828e0" }, { "@id": "https:\/\/www.smalldolehall.org.uk\/#defaultPublisher", "@type": "Organization", "url": "https:\/\/www.smalldolehall.org.uk\/", "logo": { "@id": "https:\/\/www.smalldolehall.org.uk\/#defaultLogo" }, "name": "The Sussex Book Collector", "location": { "@id": "https:\/\/www.smalldolehall.org.uk\/#defaultPlace" } }, { "@id": "https:\/\/www.smalldolehall.org.uk\/#defaultLogo", "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https:\/\/www.sussexbookcollector.co.uk\/images\/TSBC-Graphic-Raster-v1-400px.png", "width": 402, "height": 223 }, { "@id": "https:\/\/www.smalldolehall.org.uk\/#defaultPlace", "@type": "Place", "address": { "@id": "https:\/\/www.smalldolehall.org.uk\/#defaultAddress" }, "geo": { "@id": "https:\/\/www.smalldolehall.org.uk\/#defaultGeo" }, "openingHoursSpecification": [ { "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification", "dayOfWeek": [ "monday", "tuesday", "wednesday", "thursday", "friday" ], "opens": "09:00", "closes": "17:00" } ] }, { "@id": "https:\/\/www.smalldolehall.org.uk\/#defaultAddress", "@type": "PostalAddress", "addressLocality": "Shoreham-by-Sea", "addressRegion": "West Sussex", "postalCode": "BN43 5RF", "streetAddress": "33 East Meadway", "addressCountry": "GB" }, { "@id": "https:\/\/www.smalldolehall.org.uk\/#defaultGeo", "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "50.828280", "longitude": "-0.261920" } ] } ```