 *** CANCELLED ***
Please come along to our Family Christmas Party on Saturday 13 December 2025. The fun starts at 5pm. There will be games, a photo booth, a raffle and great music, plus we will be holding an auction to win a flight experience. The bar will be open and there will be burgers and hotdogs. £3 for adults and £2 for kids aged 5+. *** CANCELLED *** The annual Abridge Firework Display & Bonfire Night was held on Sunday 2 November 2025. This amazing event, which started in 2012, is organised and run by a group of local people. Since then over £124,450 has been given to various local charities, including St Clare Hospice, Chigwell Riding Trust For Special Needs, local schools, the local church (for the restoration of an ancient monument) and the Abridge Christmas Lighting Fund to name but a few, along with various donations to support local people who have run in the London Marathon for various causes. This year, gates opened at 4pm. The event was attended by approximately 3,500 people. We had a funfair, catering for all age groups from toddlers to adults - including a big wheel! We had multiple food stalls, selling Chinese, Indian, Mexican, German sausages, pizza, ice cream, Dutch pancakes, burgers and hot dogs. There was also a licensed bar with beer and wine. The local PTA had a stall selling glow sticks and various other items to raise money for the school. Free car parking for over 3,000 cars was provided in fields close to the event. These fields were kindly loaned to us for the night by local landowners. A huge bonfire was lit, and then the grand firework display, lasting for 15 minutes, took place at 7:30pm. We're still totting up the numbers, but it's looking like we raised over £10,000 - with all proceeds going to local causes. A huge thank you to everyone that took part and made this event such a huge success. 
Calling all members of our community. 🙂
We will be opening our bar next Friday night - 2 May - at 7:30pm. We would love to have local families pop down and have a drink. You can bring your children to play on the field, maybe even play in the hall. We would love you to give us some ideas/ suggestions as to what you would like to see or do in our hall or on the huge field behind. Come and join us, maybe even volunteer your time to help keep your village hall going by joining the fundraising team. We often hear there's not much going on, so come and suggest stuff you would like. Come and meet some of the volunteers that help make your community what it is. Let's create something everyone can enjoy.
Every other Tuesday afternoon, the Theydon & Abridge Jazz Club uses the hall between 2pm and 4:30pm.
The bar is open and it's an enjoyable couple of hours for those who appreciate jazz. Next date: 30 April. Here's a little taster... |
