A Barn Dance in aid of Greener Pocklington 11th October 2025

Pocklington Town Council are pleased to announce that the heads of terms for the lease of Burnby Hall have been agreed at last night’s Town Council meeting.  The Town Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council have agreed a licence for the Community Hall which will allow the current users of the hall to continue…

After 15 months of planning and negotiating, by a small team of Town Councillors, Trustees and    volunteers, the Burnby Hall project now moves a major step closer to realisation. On 11th September 2024 East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC) and Pocklington Town Council (PTC) agreed the Heads of Terms for a 125 year lease on Burnby…

After taking over from East Riding of Yorkshire Council bookings for the Community Hall were around 7% of available capacity. We introduced a new hire tariff and a more user-friendly online booking system at the start of October 2024. The changes we introduced have made the community hall affordable and more accessible. This has resulted…

Day 1 of our 2024 Pocklington Heritage Festival. The conference on Anglo-Saxon’s and Vikings was so popular it was a sell out with over 130 delegates present. On view was our brand new travelling Museum which was part funded by a UK govt. Levelling-Up grant. The quality of the presentations was outstanding with many ground…

Pocklington District Heritage Trust will hold its 4th Pocklington Heritage Festival on the 14th—16th November 2024 in the Community Hall. The event features an all-day conference with distinguished speakers who are experts in their field and this year’s event focuses on the theme of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking eras in the Pocklington area as well…

We are pleased to report that Pocklington Community Trust have just been awarded a £10,000 grant from YOR4Good to replace the existing sash and casement windows in the Pocklington Community Hall with new double-glazed units…. This is a discrete project that forms part of a wider plan to repair and refurbish the community hall and…