FOAKES HALL

Venue for hire in Dunmow: The hall can be used for many different types of events, for example: plays, shows, exhibitions, craft fayres, celebrations, parties and meetings.

The Foakes Hall is a spacious venue located near the centre of Great Dunmow, an historic market town in Essex located close to Bishop’s Stortford, Chelmsford and Braintree and within easy reach of the A12 and the M11 motorway.

  • The Main Hall has a stage and can seat up to 276 people for plays and shows.
  • The smaller Talberd Room can seat up to 70 people, with bar and kitchen facilities also available.
  • The most recent addition, the Downs Room, can seat up to 20 people and is ideal for meetings.

Local residents and organisations based in Uttlesford are eligible for preferential rates when arranging to hire the hall, but rates are very competitive overall because the hall is run as a Charitable Trust.

Great Dunmow Town Council are responsible for all enquiries and bookings – please contact us for more information about pricing or to discuss your plans and requirements in more detail.

Facilities

Hall

  • FREE WiFi throughout

Tables & Chairs

  • 38 6ft x 2ft tables
  • 320 chairs

Also available:

  • 15 round 6ft banqueting tables: £5.75 per table plus VAT
  • White round table cloths: £7.75 each plus VAT

Kitchen

  • 40 cups & saucers (100 extra cups & saucers available on request)
  • 6 ring gas cooker with large oven
  • Plate warmer
  • Double larder refrigerator
  • Instant hot water dispenser
  • Tea urn
  • Teapots & jugs

Please note no cutlery, teacloths or bin liners are provided

Additional Items – Available on Request, Free of Charge

  • Use of PA system: cannot be used unless instructions are given
    Acoustic loop (in use only when hall microphone is used)
  • Use of Grand Piano
  • Hire of screen
  • Hire of flip chart
    Please note pens are not supplied but can be purchased separately

Please note the bar is unstocked

Important Documents

All downloads are in PDF format

Location

Address: E.T. Foakes Memorial Hall, Stortford Road, Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1DG

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Images courtesy of Mike Perry from David Lipson Photography

History
The E.T. Foakes Memorial Hall was so named because it was built with money bequeathed (£5,000.00) by Miss Alice Foakes in memory of her brother Edward Thomas Foakes. Edward Foakes was the son of a local farmer Mr C.L. Foakes, and when their parents died he and his sister came to live in Westbury House, which is opposite the site later to be chosen for the building of the Hall.

The Main Hall was opened on 12th September 1934, The Talberd Room, kitchen and bar areas were opened on 31st May 1969 and the Culf Suite opened in May 1995. The Hall is registered as a Charity with the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales and Great Dunmow Town Council as a body is the Trustee.

Foakes House
No. 47 Stortford Road was part of the bequest of Miss Foakes to be used for the Caretaker of the Hall. In 1982/83 Foakes House was renovated to as we see it now.