Coffee & cake morning and plant sale

Our May coffee morning will be on Saturday 17th May 2025, 10am until 12 noon in the main hall, and we will be joined by Kevin Preston who will be selling potted / bedding plants and vegetables. It'll be a great opportunity to get what you need to make your garden look lovely and your greenhouse productive this summer. 

Burton Junior Table Tennis Coaching

Junior Table Tennis Coaching – ages 8 to 17 @ Burton Table Tennis Club.
Every Thursday, 5.15 to 6.00 pm, in Burton Memorial Hall. These sessions will run, each Thursday until May 22nd, 2025, except for Xmas, bank holidays, etc. The fee is £2.
We have 2 qualified coaches. Contact Tony March (07814 029471) or Martin Wakelin (07740 933463) to book your place. Click the image to see the poster.

Adult Social Table Tennis at Burton Table Tennis Club

From Thursday, October 3^rd, 2024, social table tennis will take place from 6.00 to 7.00, each Thursday, in the Burton Memorial Hall. These sessions are for adult players who do not currently want to play competitively but would instead like to play socially, make friends, meet people, have fun and if desired, improve their table tennis. Burton Table Tennis Club has 2 qualified coaches, Martin Wakelin and myself. I will be running the sessions on the night, supported by Martin, and either one or both of us will be available to provide in-session coaching for anyone who is interested in improving. The charge for each session will be £3 and the sessions will run every Thursday until May 22^nd, 2025, other than on bank holidays etc. We will be managing the number of attendees to make sure that everyone gets sufficient table time so anyone interested should contact me on 07814 029471 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please do not just turn up without contacting me.

Tony March

Knit and Natter at the Memorial Hall

The weekly Knit and Natter group at the hall meets tonight from 6.30pm - 8.30pm in the Club Room. Open to all, £2 per session, includes tea/coffee and cake each week. Bring your current WIP and chat with friendly others over their WIPs, or help plan and create one of the fabulous postbox toppers, or yarn bomb the village! Help is also available if you get stuck / as needed with a pattern or technique. 

Kirstie Pelling's new book is out - The Happiness Project

Making a Splash for a Good Cause

Join the Swimathon 2025 - Saturday 31st May

Refreshments in the Coffee Shop overlooking the pool. 

Making a Splash for a Good Cause

• 1/3 to a charity or worthy cause of the swimmer’s choice

• 1/3 to Carnforth Community Swimming Pool

• 1/3 to Carnforth Rotary for a cause of your choice

1. Mercy Ships – Fully equipped hospital ships providing medical and surgical assistance to the less fortunate in sub-Saharan Africa.
2. Rotary Doctor Bank – Funding for British volunteer healthcare workers to travel to a wide range of developing countries to treat patients and train doctors, nurses and midwives.
3. Polio Eradication – The last three types of polio need that extra help with vaccinations to eradicate the remaining cases in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Matched 2-to-1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.  (Click image to see full poster.)

Burton Pickleball

Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in the UK, and it happens here in Burton.  Click the image to see the playing times, or see our website here. 

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Warm Welcome Wednesdays at Burton Memorial Hall, weekly 12.30pm-4pm

Sophie's Dog Care (advert)

A very useful local service for local dog owners... dog walking when you can't do it yourself. Contact Sophie for more information.

Local author: Kirstie Pelling's debut novel published