...is Winster's village hall. Extended and refurbished in 1998, the hall offers attractive, high quality facilities.

You can download our current prices as an Acrobat File here.

Finding the Institute

Our address is: The Burton Institute, West Bank, Winster, Derbyshire DE4 2DQ (but don't write to us there, as the Institute doesn't have a letterbox. See contact details below). Here are links for Google Maps (great if you have Broadband) and Multimap (better for dialup).

Main Hall

The Main Hall is on the first floor, accessible by lift and stairs. A fraction larger than a standard badminton court, the hall will seat 70-100 (depending upon layout), and is licensed for up to 150. There is a kitchen with oven, fridge, and microwave. Crockery and cutlery are provided.

We have a hifi system that will play CDs and tapes and two radio-microphones - all connectable to our Induction Loop. We have a demountable staging system, and a 12-lamp theatre lighting setup.

Jubilee Room

Our bright and attractive meeting room will seat up to about 20, depending upon layout. There is a kettle, sink and basic crockery.

The Morgue

No longer justifying its somewhat morbid name, this is a small room at the front of the building, which houses a public-access computer (with broadband internet) and a public-access photocopier. There is no separate charge for use of the computer - users contribute to costs by paying (5p per A4 side) for printing - the same price as for use of the photocopier.

Access to the Morgue is via a numeric-code lock - which means that registered users can use the facilities at any reasonable time. To become a registered user, simply pay £5 to John Geddes - that becomes the "opening balance" on your printing/photocopying account.

Alcohol and Licensing

The Burton Institute has a Premises Licence that covers most form of entertainment at the Burton Institute (excluding Jelly Wrestling) until 11pm Monday-Saturday and until 10pm on a Sunday.

But our licence does not cover the provision of alcohol. Bring-your-own is no problem, but if the organisers provide alcohol (whether charged-for or not), you may need to obtain a Temporary Events Notice (TEN) which will cost you £21, and which has to be applied for at least a couple of weeks in advance.

The rules are complicated, and even a subtle difference in the way an event is described in publicity can make the difference between needing a licence and not. To help you decide whether you will need a notice, we have designed a flowchart (in PDF format so that you can print it out if you wish)

If you will need a TEN, you must get the agreement of the Burton Institute's Bookings Secretary (Gill Geddes, 650364) before you apply - there is an annual limit of 12 notices per year across all users of the Institute and we need to make sure we ration them out sensibly.

Bookings

Booking Enquiries to John and Gill Geddes on 01629 650364, or email to institute@winster.org (Please don't assume you have a booking until you have had confirmation back from us!)

If you need to contact someone whilst they are using the hall, there is a phone in the building on 07854 276 434.