The Village Hall, located on Arthington Lane, Pool-in-Wharfedale, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1LG, is built alongside 11 acres of open space on Arthington Lane in the village of Pool-in-Wharfedale.Within the grounds is a large car park for up to 50 vehicles as well as the local Sports & Social Club. The Hall backs onto Pool Riverside Park, 11 acres of sporting and recreation land along the picturesque River Wharfe. Indeed from the Upper Room there are spectacular views across the Valley towards Almscliffe Crag.
The Hall was built to commemorate those who served in both world wars and William Whiteley who had given much to the village. The Hall was considered to have been so well designed by Chippendale & Edmondson, Bradford, that the Yorkshire Rural Community Council exhibited the drawings at the Great Yorkshire Show in 1955 and the National Council of Social Services at Reading; at that time it was believed to be the largest and most modernly equipped Hall of its kind in the country. The Hall was officially opened by the Countess of Harewood, on 2nd August 1958.
The Whiteley Room, the building’s main hall, has been recently refurbished to a very high standard. The windows to the east and west aspects provide wonderful natural lighting.
The floor is also made to a high standard and is suitable for sporting and social events with Badminton, Indoor Bowls and a Dancing Club among the regular users of the hall.
The hall is available for rent on an hourly basis as well as a daily rate. The main hall can also be hired in conjunction with the other rooms.
Hall capacity:
Theatre style 120
Individual tables of 8 88
Long table seating 110
Accessible from a door in the Whiteley Room, is the bar and lounge of the Pool Sports & Social Club. This facility is available to patrons of the Whiteley Room with prior booking.