Horningsham Theatre Group Presents Jack and the Beanstalk - The Pantomime

Join Jack and friends on an adventure bursting with magic beans, laughter, and gloriously silly fun!
With much-loved faces from the village and beyond, this January’s pantomime promises entertainment for the whole family.

Friday 30th January 2026 at 6pm (doors open at 5.30pm)

Saturday 31st January 2026 at 2pm (doors open at 1.30pm)

Adults £10
First child £5, additional children £3.50
Under 4’s free

Bar and delicious refreshments available.
All funds raised support the Village Hall.

Horningsham Theatre Group Presents Jack and the Beanstalk - The Pantomime

Join Jack and friends on an adventure bursting with magic beans, laughter, and gloriously silly fun!
With much-loved faces from the village and beyond, this January’s pantomime promises entertainment for the whole family.

Friday 30th January 2026 at 6pm (doors open at 5.30pm)

Saturday 31st January 2026 at 2pm (doors open at 1.30pm)

Adults £10
First child £5, additional children £3.50
Under 4’s free

Bar and delicious refreshments available.
All funds raised support the Village Hall.

LUNCHEON CLUB

every Thursday, from 12 noon

for the over 60s

£5 for dinner, pudding and tea or coffee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT

Margaret 01985 844756

or

Lesley 01985 211355

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🌱 Bursary Places Available – Get Pickled Fermentation Masterclass

We’re delighted to be able to offer a small number of bursary places for the upcoming half-day fermentation masterclass run by Get Pickled at Horningsham Village Hall.

These bursaries are a generous gift from Get Pickled founder Paula, offered in the spirit of sharing practical knowledge, confidence and skills within her local community.

What’s available:

🥬 1 fully subsidised place

🥕 2 half-price places

The bursaries are intended to support people for whom the full ticket price might be a barrier — particularly those who are keen to take what they learn and share it onwards in their communities. There’s no means-testing, just a short reflective application.

Who should apply?

You might be:

Involved in community food projects, growing spaces, mutual aid, or informal teaching

Curious about fermentation as a tool for health, sustainability or food justice

At a stage where financial support would make attending possible

Keen to pass knowledge on — through cooking, teaching, sharing food, or conversations around the table

If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

How to apply

Please email events@horningshamvillagehall.com

with short responses to the following questions:

How would you share what you learn with your community?

Why would a bursary place benefit you?

There’s no need for polished writing — honesty and intention matter more than formality.

A note on tickets

We warmly encourage those who are able to book a full-price ticket to do so. Paid places directly support the running of events like this, and help make bursaries possible for others.

This masterclass includes hands-on learning across four fermentation techniques, a fermented plant-based lunch, four jars of ferments to take home, and ongoing support via Paula’s Get Pickled WhatsApp group — it’s a rich and generously structured day.

Thank you for helping us keep learning, skills and good food circulating locally 🌾

LUNCHEON CLUB

every Thursday, from 12 noon

for the over 60s

£5 for dinner, pudding and tea or coffee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT

Margaret 01985 844756

or

Lesley 01985 211355

10am -12 noon

Come and join us for tea, coffee and a chat with your friends and neighbours.

All are welcome!

LUNCHEON CLUB

every Thursday, from 12 noon

for the over 60s

£5 for dinner, pudding and tea or coffee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT

Margaret 01985 844756

or

Lesley 01985 211355

LUNCHEON CLUB

every Thursday, from 12 noon

for the over 60s

£5 for dinner, pudding and tea or coffee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT

Margaret 01985 844756

or

Lesley 01985 211355

LUNCHEON CLUB

every Thursday, from 12 noon

for the over 60s

£5 for dinner, pudding and tea or coffee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT

Margaret 01985 844756

or

Lesley 01985 211355

Join the Friends of Horningsham Primary School for the annual 🎅✨ Horningsham Christmas Market ✨🎅

🛍️ Christmas shopping
🎯 Games & a children’s festive adventure
🎟️ Raffle (with amazing prizes to be announced soon! 🎁)
🍰 Delicious food & drink

📅 Sunday 7th December
🕚 11am – 2pm
📍 Horningsham Village Hall @horningshamvillagehall
🎁 Free Entry!

Come along, support our school, and soak up the Christmas cheer with friends, family, and a few festive surprises!

OLD SONGS: STORIES OF LOVE AND DEATH FROM TRADITIONAL BALLADS

Saturday 6th December, 9am

Amy Jeffs, author of the Sunday Times bestseller Storyland and Wild, artist Gwen Burns, and musician Natalie Brice combine forces to create a rich compendium, singing of mystery, magic and, above all, humanity.

At December’s Rural Voices, the three will celebrate their illustrated and music-infused book, Old Songs: Stories of Love and Death from Traditional Ballads, which fuses short stories, histories, lyrics, and illustrations in an enthralling reimagining of traditional folk ballads. At this very special breakfast edition, we’ll be able to hear all about these stories from Amy Jeffs, as well as enjoying Gwen Burns rich visuals and live performances of the ‘Old Songs’ themselves with Natalie Brice. 

Featuring iterations of fairy tales and sinister descendants of Greek myths and bible stories, Old Songs threads a tapestry of Britain's landscape, history, and cultures. Signed copies of the book will be available to buy after the talk. 

Dr Amy Jeffs is an author, artist, and medievalist. She worked in the British Library's department of Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern manuscripts.

Gwen Burns has a background in costume design and social history. Her work is informed by fine art, western symbolic traditions, historic artefacts, and nature.

Natalie Brice is an actor-musician, composer, and teacher – she’s sang with The English Touring Opera and arranged music for film, theatre, commercial voiceover work, with collaborations with various artists.

LUNCHEON CLUB

every Thursday, from 12 noon

for the over 60s

£5 for dinner, pudding and tea or coffee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT

Margaret 01985 844756

or

Lesley 01985 211355

LUNCHEON CLUB

every Thursday, from 12 noon

for the over 60s

£5 for dinner, pudding and tea or coffee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT

Margaret 01985 844756

or

Lesley 01985 211355

LUNCHEON CLUB

every Thursday, from 12 noon

for the over 60s

£5 for dinner, pudding and tea or coffee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT

Margaret 01985 844756

or

Lesley 01985 211355

LUNCHEON CLUB

every Thursday, from 12 noon

for the over 60s

£5 for dinner, pudding and tea or coffee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT

Margaret 01985 844756

or

Lesley 01985 211355

LUNCHEON CLUB

every Thursday, from 12 noon

for the over 60s

£5 for dinner, pudding and tea or coffee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT

Margaret 01985 844756

or

Lesley 01985 211355

Our yearly traditional village bonfire and fireworks night

With HOT DOGS + BAR + REFRESHMENTS in the Village Hall

and BONFIRE AND FIREWORKS in the field

FERMENTATION: THE CULTURE OF CULTURES with Paula Neubauer

In November we’ll welcome Fermentation guru Paula Neubauer, all the way from Friggle Street (just the other side of Longleat)! From her very base there, Paula runs Get Pickled Somerset, whose mission is to empower people by teaching them how to make fermented food in a sustainable way that reduces food waste, limits harm to the environment, and benefits British farmers. She does this through education – both private classes and group workshops – advocacy, and by creating food products from surplus supply.

Paula will be talking to us all about how she marries her passion for hyper-local and seasonal produce with the ancient traditions of fermentation, many of which have far more international roots.  This includes her research with communities in South America and connecting to her own Brazilian heritage.

LUNCHEON CLUB

every Thursday, from 12 noon

for the over 60s

£5 for dinner, pudding and tea or coffee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT

Margaret 01985 844756

or

Lesley 01985 211355

LUNCHEON CLUB

every Thursday, from 12 noon

for the over 60s

£5 for dinner, pudding and tea or coffee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT

Margaret 01985 844756

or

Lesley 01985 211355

10am -12 noon

19th October

Come and join us for tea, coffee and a chat with your friends and neighbours.

All are welcome!

Come and enjoy a delicious seasonal feast at the Village Hall with your friends and neighbours.
Two courses of tasty locally produced food generously provided by September House Smallholding (vegetarian option available).
There will be a bar selling beer, wine and soft drinks.

£15 adults
£5 children

If you need any help with booking please email events@horningshamvillagehall.com

LUNCHEON CLUB

every Thursday, from 12 noon

for the over 60s

£5 for dinner, pudding and tea or coffee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT

Margaret 01985 844756

or

Lesley 01985 211355

LUNCHEON CLUB

every Thursday, from 12 noon

for the over 60s

£5 for dinner, pudding and tea or coffee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT

Margaret 01985 844756

or

Lesley 01985 211355

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RURAL VOICES with Teffont Archaeology - THE CHALKE VALLEY ROMAN VILLA: A COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT

4th October 2025

Welcome to Rural Voices, our monthly series of carefully curated talks served with a full cooked breakfast!

Get your weekend off to a fantastic start - arrive at 9am for a delicious home-cooked breakfast (vegetarian/vegan/gluten free options available) made with locally sourced produce. We work with what is seasonally available, so alongside bacon & sausages from Horningsham’s own September House smallholding, we have also used produce from Pythouse Farm, Till Valley Eggs, Moonacre Farm, Vallis Veg, White Row Farm and Ivy House Dairy. Whilst you enjoy a cup of fresh-ground coffee, we will lay on a talk exploring our theme of 'creative and resilient rural communities'. We are inviting a range of fascinating and eclectic speakers including farmers, writers, artists, historians and much more - many of them local - who are collectively weaving an amazing narrative tapestry about rural life and resilience. 

This month's speakers are Dr Denise Wilding and Dr David Roberts, co-founders of Teffont Archeology which began in 2008 as a research project collaborating with the local community in Teffont and has grown into a major archaeological research effort. In recent years their scope has expanded to cover Roman sites across South-West Wiltshire, including widespread geophysical surveys, recording legacy metal-detected finds collections, and the excavation of Iron Age and Roman settlements at Coombe Bissett, and a Roman villa in the Chalke Valley.  

Denise and David will be talking to us about the Chalke Valley Roman Villa, their most recent project in which their excavation - conducted with the support of community volunteers - uncovered the remains of an amazing main villa, a bath house and a large barn. They will be able to tell us about the history of the site, the amazing luxury that the villa and bath house afforded its Roman residents, with painted plaster on the walls and a mosaic on the villa floor and they will also talk about the process of working on a community dig! 

Please arrive promptly at 9am for breakfast, the talk will begin at 9.45am.

BOOK NOW! Tickets are £12.50 or £10 for Horningsham residents (use promo code 'horningsham' at checkout) - All profits go to the Village Hall Regeneration Fund.

If you need any help with booking please contact cherry@horningshamvillagehall.com

LUNCHEON CLUB

every Thursday, from 12 noon

for the over 60s

£5 for dinner, pudding and tea or coffee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT

Margaret 01985 844756

or

Lesley 01985 211355