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You are now able to visit our events page to register for the free tickets for the Celebration High/Cream tea on Saturday 26th September 2026. We need to know numbers for catering purposes hence timed slots and adult/children requirements! Click this link here!

Please make sure you put in your diaries the above date to help us celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the 'new' village hall for Bishop Sutton and Stowey! We want everyone who has contributed to the management and running of the hall as a trustee/committee member, etc. over the years to be our guests of honour and to SAVE THE DATE of Saturday 26th September 2026 when we intend to stage a high/cream tea during the afternoon from 2-6PM. Although the event is intended to celeb

Due to the extreme heat, it has been suggested we open the village hall in Bishop Sutton Village where we have air-conditioning in the upstairs Taylor Room. You need to be aware, you need to climb some stairs to this room as the stair lift is not available. Before confirming this will go ahead, we need to know if this will be worthwhile and people wish to avail themselves of this facility. We have a volunteer who is willing to be there to assist (there will be no charge for t

Carrying on the theme of the Malted Duck Bar, we are blessed to have Penny Cornell take on the responsibility of freshly painting and adding new equipment to the village hall kitchen to give it a cleaner, crisper feel and with all mod cons for large or small functions! We have a new commercial fridge for use for large events as well as the small one for everyday use. We have two warming cupboards to keep plates and food hot and a small freezer for ice lollies! Penny has added

Now that we have invested in comfy padded banquet chairs for the village hall, we have 100 of our 137 green plastic stacking chairs for sale. £2 each or £1.50 for the complete 100! We also have 8x green fabric padded comfy stacking chairs - £2.50 each. Please let us know if you are interested!

Over the years, people have said that the exsting plastic chairs in the hall are not very comfortable sitting for long periods! This was always in the back of our mind and luckily, our attentive secretary Rachael spotted some second hand banquet/wedding chairs for sale on Facebook! On Saturday, some members of the committee, shifted 249 chairs in order to find 150 good ones which we then brought to the hall, cleaned and put in the store room! The next time you enjoy a show

What an incredibly funny, acted and well written show by The Sutton Theatre Company with their own interpretation of Mamma Mia! This time, eight potential dads to be discovered through the clever, humorous and fantastic play on words with the fabulous songs - with a twist - to sing along to! Such a colourful, fun show with a strong cast and characters who all shone through their chosen personalties on the night! Marriages, portaloos, camp, James Bond, drunks, a priest, pig

Those of you who went to see the hilarious Dadda Dia staged by our own Sutton Theatre Company this weekend will know of the tremendous transformation of the bar, now named the 'Malted Duck'. This work was carried out by two amazing volunteers all the modifications in their own time. We are indebted to Penny and Justin for this tremendous work and those on the committee of STC who funded much of it! Not to be outdone, our own volunteer Shep, has painted the main hall walls i

Twenty two members of the local community are now more knowledgable how to administer first aid to save a life thanks to the training provided by Tim last night from a voluteer group SWASTFT Ambulance Charity provided their knowledge and skills free of charge to the villagers. This was a really well receved session giving those present confidence on how to administer cardiac compression and the access and use of the defribulator at the village hall and those around the villa

A reminder this meeting is taking place next week; it would be good to see lots of the community there suporting it!

Another great fun filled evening at the village hall with an exceptional polished professional productionby Valley Arts with Sherlock Holmes – Peter Clifford and Dr. Watson – The Great Baldini! Its great to have live theatre brought to the countryside which is suitable for young and old and enjoyed by families!

We have just receved our first grant of £500 from the generous Co-op members of the public who nominated us as their charity! Thank you all. You can still sign up to the Co-op to nominate us to receve more community funded grants for the benefit of the villagers! We’re part of the @coopuk Local Community Fund. Co-op Members can help raise funds for our project by choosing Bishop Sutton Village Hall as their cause at https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/99656

Coming to the village hall soon!

For those of you who went along on Friday or Saturday, you will know what a great expereince was created by Lloyd, Sophie and their helpers to stage a fantastic event for the village and surrounding area. Very well done on your efforts; lets hope you have raised lots of money for charity. Thank you!

Wow! What a wonderful, fun-filled evening we had at the Valley Arts 'Moulin Bouge' show last night! It was everything the publicity described; comedy, circus, song but so much more with the talented Enchanté Productions! It was stupidly funny from start to finish with non-stop laughter at the ludicrous antics of the potato/spud theme. Very cleverly written and executed. Wonderful talented people with singing, acrobatics, knife throwing and a musical dog that played horns

Chew Valley Rugby Club - Thursday 19th March 2026

As chairman of the management committee of the village hall, I need to highlight that the existing volunteer trustees and committee members has reduced during the past year meaning the load carried out by fewer individuals is greater than before. The constitution of Bishop Sutton and Stowey Village Hall states there must be a Chair, Secretary and Treasurer; currently the chairman is holding all three positions plus the role of being responsible for maintenance and website/so

How many of you using the village hall have ever looked closely at the beautiful embroidery above the rear doors, depicting life in the village many years ago? You can see the cricket pitch, The Butchers Arms, The Forge Garage, the Yellow Submarine, Wattsey's caar workshop, the new village hall, the primary school, the church, the post office, Stuckey's Stores, the Methodist Church, Pick Your Own fruit farm, The Red Lion, Wookey's,the fish and chip van, the caravan park, Chew