1.  Saturday 19th August from 2 to 5 pm – Our annual Steam-up at Penventon ( up the steep lane near Shute Barton) home of  Tony & Liz Gosling. Miniature steam train rides around the fabulous garden, cream teas, ice-creams, cakes, raffle etc. 2.  Friday 1st September from 6pm onwards – our annual Duck Dash […]

JesterB concert: (photos can be enlarged by left clicking on them once and then left click again for a full screen picture) This fantastic concert was held on Saturday 24th of June in Umborne Hall and was supported by 68 people who thoroughly enjoyed the singing and guitar playing, especially by Russell’s brother Brian. Lots […]

Umborne Ug 10k & Fun Run 2017 The 12th running of the Umborne Ug 10k race took place on Saturday 3rd of June at 6pm. This is an on and mostly off road 10k in beautiful scenery with a couple of hills, suitable for runners of all abilities. At the end of the race there […]

MEETING OF THE UMBORNE HALL TRUSTEES 7pm, Tuesday 21st February 2017, Umborne Village Hall Present: Phillip Ambler (chair), Neville Cheeseman, Carl Coman, Sue Gush, Lorna Ockenden, John Pearce, Carolyn Selley, Melanie Smith, Teresa Wilmington-Wills, Eleanor Wood. 1. Apologies: Peter Rugg, Rob Summers 2. Minutes of previous meeting (31st January 2017) These were agreed and signed […]

Umborne Hall Dinner: (photos – courtesy of Henry – can be enlarged by left clicking once and then left click again for a full screen picture) Rob Summers reports: Who needs a celebrity Chef? 70 people attended the hall on the evening of Friday 7th of April and received a fantastic meal prepared by our […]

(photos courtesy of Rodney mostly – they can be enlarged by left clicking once and then left click again for a full screen picture) A most enjoyable evening was spent in Umborne Hall on December 31st from 7pm to 1am. The theme of the party was P for Party and we had nearly everyone dressing […]

This event organised by Ella Sweetland and her team of helpers took place in Shute Church on Saturday  15th and Sunday 16th of October 2016. Ella writes: “On behalf of friends of Shute Church, I  would like to thank everyone who supported the history weekend.  We hope you agree that it was a marvellous weekend […]

September will be remembered for generally benign conditions; more of a summer month than an autumn one. Nationally, it was one of the warmest on record, with some exceptionally warm days in the South East in the middle of the month. Infact, the year’s highest temperature of 34+C occurred at this time. It is easy […]

(photos can be enlarged by left clicking on them once and then left click again for a full screen picture) On Friday September 2nd we held our annual Duck Dash at Easy Bridge in Umborne. We were pleasantly surprised by the turn out as it appears that nearly the whole community of the valley came […]