Welcome to South Zeal Victory Hall

Situated in the centre of the thriving Dartmoor village of South Zeal, near Okehampton, Devon, the Victory Hall has been serving the local community since the 1920's.

We offer very reasonable hire rates, for different session types. The hall particularly benefits from its sizeable main hall; offering a generous capacity of 200 for music/ dancing, 152 for theatre style layout and a recommended 120 maximum when fully seated at tables. Central heating and lighting are included in the hire fee. Coin meters operate the hot water and wall heaters.

Hall bookings are easily made by calling the Booking Clerk (840946) , who will send then send you the Booking Form and Hire Conditions. You are then asked to return the form to the Treasurer who will send you an invoice, requiring payment before you collect the keys from the Booking Clerk on the day of your hire. If you want to hire the hall at short notice, completion of the forms and payment can be done with the booking clerk there and then.

A PA system with integrated CD player is available for use at no extra charge (refundable deposit required). Also comprising 2 lapel mikes, 2 hand held mikes, 2 head band mikes, mixing desk, and benefiting from the 6 wall mounted speakers in the main hall, this may be just what your event needs. It is very easy to use and full instructions are provided. Either ask for a PA system hire form when you make your hall booking or download here.

Also the home of South Zeal Pre School who benefit from their own storage facilities, ensuring that the hall is always clear at the end of each session. Also regularly used by South Tawton Primary School, the hall is available for hire at all other times.

Users may be attending local societies and groups, yoga, dancing classes of various types and over the years any number of other persuits. A popular choice for weddings and parties, as well as artistic or musical productions. Last but not least, every August sees The Dartmoor Folk Festival using the hall as one of their festival venues.

Main Hall : (13.5m x 9m) with wooden flooring and raised stage (7m x 4.7m). Doors to each side of the front of the stage enter a connecting passageway along its other 3 sides. This is also the acess to the toilet facilities. Hatch access to kitchen and food serving area. The room benefits from a variety of room lighting options and curtains. A lighting gantry with sockets is available to use for your stage lighting. Door through to smaller meeting room. The stage (right) includes stepped access, rear of stage curtains and front of stage curtains on a pulley.

Meeting Room : (7.5m x 4m plus usable worksurface area over storage cupboards) This useful smaller room has a number of possible uses as well as for actual meetings. Also with its own serving hatch from the kitchen, the room is often used as the bar at parties and 'cafe' for jumble sales etc. The serving area further benefits from it being within a separate small lockable room inside the kichen, thus enabling for example, a secure space for beer barrel storage, when other parts of the hall are in use prior to an event. Also doubling as a changing room for theatre productions. Door to kitchen. With its own separate external door, it is available for separate hire.

Kitchen : (9m long and over 2m wide with additional areas at each end) The kitchen offers very extensive worktop areas, two sinks, cooker, fridge, warming unit conveniently located under the serving hatch, coin operated water heater and a good range of cutlery, tea and coffee making equipment, crockery and jugs. The serving hatch into the main hall is an excellent size as well as benefitting from the further lockable serving area into the meeting room.

Toilets : These are located to the rear of the building comprising separate male, female and disabled facilities.

Disabled access : There is access to the left hand side of the building to a side door which is for disabled use only.

Parking : Whilst there is no car park for the hall, the village does offer a public car park further down the road. Take the first right and then right again into the recreation ground.

Sale of alcohol : If your event requires a bar, a Temporary Event Notice is required for which only 12 are allowed per year. These are allocated on a first come, first served basis. Contact the Booking Clerk for further details.

For all booking information please contact the Booking Clerk on 01837 840946.

For information, you may also wish to read our Standard Conditions of Hire.

South Zeal Victory Hall,South Zeal, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 2JL. Registered charity No 300974. Contact the Management Committee for the Victory Hall by email or call 01837 840018.

The above room dimensions are approximate and are therefore a guide only.