About us

Hunton village club began life in 1905, as a meeting house and then a school for young ladies. The premises formed part of the Hunton Court estate. During the 1950’s, the estate sold the club, in trust, for the princely sum of £200, and it remains in trust to this day.

Here is an image of the Club, circa 1905:

Where once it was a working men’s club, as the local farming demographic inevitably changed, it is today now more a community hub where many varied events are held for both members and their guests and sometimes to the general public too, for example, our annual Beer festival. 

In the 1950’s, the main sales were for ales, served from casks with wet sacks draped over them to keep them cool, a far cry from todays standards where we now have a dedicated, temperature controlled cellar area. 

During the 1980’s the club expanded its size to give more internal space and the luxury of indoor toilets too. This was effected by the club being tied to Mssrs. Charringtons, a major UK brewing company who helped finance the work in return for the clubs purchase of their products. Such a facility was common enough in the day and many other working mens clubs used this arrangement to expand their business, rather than use a bank-loan.

The clubs fortunes prospered during that time and remained that way until the mid 2000’s when sales and incomes slowed for a manner of reasons, which meant that the management team had no option but to take over the running of the club themselves, using unpaid volunteers and this policy is still in practice today.

Nevertheless, as its revenue stream settled down and grew once again, the management policies of constant improvement by way of various upgrading and investment in modern equipment has today made the club an attractive facility for the village, providing members a welcoming and warm, friendly atmosphere.

One of our policies is to only purchase our range of real-ales from local, independent micro-breweries, for example,  Goachers and the Tonbridge Brewery. This enables us to offer an excellent choice of ale, together with a good range of bottled lagers, ales, wines, spirits and soft/non-alcoholic beers and drinks too.

Note:  Most of our real ales sold are now GLUTEN FREE. 

Recent improvements have seen a new kitchen created;  our cellar refreshed with new equipment; new toilet block, to include dedicated disabled facility; new oil-fired heating system and its latest investment is an 85″ wide-screen tv & sound system used to screen films on our ‘Film Night’ event and various sports, i.e Football, Rugby and Darts where provided by terrestial TV stations. 

Membership: We always welcome new members and our annual membership for 2024 is just £25.00 per annum. If you are not a member and would like to join us, then why not pay us a visit as our guest, and then apply. A membership form can be found at the top of the page.

Our regular weekly events include our ‘Gents Beer night’ which is held on the 1st Wednesday of each month; ‘Book Group’ which is held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month; ‘Needles and Natter’ which is held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month and the ‘Hunton Ladies’ on the 4th Wednesday of each month.

Please also look at our ‘ Events‘ page for additional information and opening times. 

Opening Hours:
Monday –        Closed
Tuesday –       Closed
Wednesday – 20:00 – 23:00
Thursday –     Closed
Friday –         From  6.30.pm..
Saturday –     Closed
Sunday –       20:00 – 22:30
 
Hunton Club Committee & management members for 2024 are: 
Chairman: Mr R.C Lee
Trustees: Mr P. K Nichols; Mr D. F Redfarn
Secretary: Mr P.K Nichols
Treasurer: Mr M. Dixon
Committee:
Annette Trought
Helen Bellman
Bridget Robertson 
Peter Bishop
Simon Webb
Eddie Chambers
Nick Rudd
Kevin Larkin. 
 
Our address: Hunton Village Club, West Street, Hunton, nr Maidstone, Kent. ME15 0RS