Champions Manor Hall

Champions Manor Hall Community Centre is owned by South Woodham Ferrers Town Council and is home to a variety of clubs and societies. The centre consists of two halls and two committee rooms all of which are available for hire. The Town Council's office is also situated at the hall on the first floor and is open Monday to Friday 9.00 - 12.30 and 13.30 - 16.30. The Town Council's meetings are also held at the centre.

For regular bookings at Champions Manor Hall click here.

Organisations using the centre on a regular basis include: Awareness Group the Still Voice, Baby Sensory, Bingo Club, Champions Choir, Genesis Theatre Arts, GKR Karate, Jazzercise, Kettlebell Exercise Class, Lyn Mowforth's Exercise and Zumba class, Millwood Womens Institute, Primetime Fitness, Roding School of Karate, South Woodham Ferrers Horticultural Society, 60 Plus Senior Citizens Club, South Woodham Ferrers Local History Society, South Woodham Ferrers Table Tennis Club, Steve Hedges Photography, The Grosvenor School of Dance, Taoist Tai Chi, Tony's Line Dancing, Tumble Tots, U3A and Weight Watchers. There is also a bowling green at the hall which is managed by South Woodham Ferrers Bowls Club.

The accomodation on offer is suitable for parties, wedding receptions, judo, yoga groups, dance classes, music rehearsals, training events etc.

Halls and rooms for hire
Main Hall. Situated on the ground floor with access at the rear to toilets, disabled toilet, changing room and rear storage facility. Access to the kitchen via the foyer. Fully air conditioned.

Size: 140 sqm (8.4m x 16.67m)

Halls and rooms for hire
Multi-Purpose Room. Situated on the ground floor. Access to the kitchen via the foyer and hatch. Access to the rear storage facility. Fully air conditioned.

Size: 105 sqm (8.4m x 12.50m)

Conference Room. Situated on the first floor. Tables and chairs for twenty four people. Fully air conditioned. Lift and toilets available. Daytime refreshments can be provided at an extra cost. 

Meeting Room. Situated on the first floor. Tables and chairs for twenty people. Lift and toilets available. Daytime refreshments can be provided at an extra charge.

Kitchen. Situated on the ground floor. This is a shared facility between the hirers of the Main Hall and the Multi-Purpose Room. There is a hatch facing into the Multi-Purpose Room and another into the foyer both with roller shutters.

Facilities for the disabled
There is a lift to the first floor. There are disabled toilet facilities at the rear of the building and in the passageway in front of the Multi Purpose Hall adjacent to the changing facilities.

Changing facilities
There are male and female changing rooms in front of the Multi Purpose Hall. There is a unisex changing room at the rear of the building with access to both halls.

Booking the hall
Please ring the office to make a booking on 01245 321 817 and to download a booking form, click here.

Bowls at Champions Manor Hall

There is a six lane bowling green with all weather surface at Champions Manor Hall. This is provided by the Town Council and managed by South Woodham Ferrers Bowls Club. Anyone wanting to contact the club or to bowl on the green should telephone 07974 995041.

Hiring facilities at Champions Manor Hall
Both halls and both rooms are available for regular and casual bookings. The facilities are suitable for lots of occasions including family celebrations of all types. For more details and prices please contact the Town Council on 01245 321817.

Champions Manor Hall - A brief history of the site

Older residents of the town, and those who have lived here many years, will remember a time before Champions Manor Hall Community Centre was built when South Woodham County Primary School stood on the site in Hullbridge Road. Some will remember attending the school, spending their playtimes and sports days on the field which is now home to a bowling green. However, a leaflet produced for the Town Council by South Woodham Ferrers Local History Society looks further back than this, to the 1800s when the site was part of a field called "Broad Hams" on Champions Farm. The four-page leaflet then charts the history of the site through the "plotland" era to its purchase by Essex County Council in 1928 for the purpose of building a school for the village and the acquisition in 1953 of the adjacent Baptist church to enlarge the school premises. Seeing the need to provide additional community facilities, the Town Council acquired the site and, following the demolition of the former school, opened the Community Centre in 2004.

Copies of the leaflet are available free of charge from the foyer in Champions Manor Hall, from the Town Council office on the first floor or from The Community Information Centre in Baron Road. Or you can download a leaflet here.