Malling Community Centre
Malling Community Centre was built in the early 1970s and has been extended twice since – once to provide sports changing facilities and once to provide a popular social club. Part of the building now houses East Sussex Children’s Services local centre, and the remaining community space is used for a host of activities and events.
Lewes Town Council began a comprehensive refurbishment of the centre in 2020, which saw it modernised and given a whole new lease of life. The centre re-opened in 2021 and hosts local groups, meetings and one-off events.
Venue information
Malling Community Centre has two halls for hire: the Main Hall and the Small Hall, which can be divided in two for smaller groups. The centre is completely accessible and also has changing rooms with showers and a disabled changing room complete with a medical bed and wet room shower.
The centre is a 15 minute walk from Lewes town centre and a 25 minute walk from the train station. There is a small car park that is free of charge and is allocated on a first come first serve basis.
What’s On
Rooms for hire
Main Hall
The Main Hall has an atmospheric high ceiling with overhead heating, dimmable lights and lino floors, making it ideal for activities and social groups. It has a number of doors so plenty of ventilation and offers direct access to the café with dividing wall. It is popular with children’s groups, exercise groups and social occasions.
The capacity standing is 270 and seated at table and chairs is 120.
Main Hall Calendar
This calendar shows when the room is booked. If you would like to make an enquiry about hiring the room, please contact us. Please note that if a time appears free on the calendar, it does not guarantee its availability due to changeover times between events, and availability of staff, who work on a rota.
Small Hall
The unique Small Hall is a dividable space that can be used as two small halls or one larger one. Both have several large windows, and the dividing wall muffles any sound. Heating comes through to the soft lino floor via underfloor heating from ground source heat pump, making it a flexible space that can be used for meetings, small exercise classes, children’s parties and other group meetings and socials.
The capacity of Small Hall one is 106 standing and 36 seated at tables and chairs. For Small Hall two capacity is 96 standing and 26 at tables and chairs. The combined Small Hall has a capacity of 200 standing and 70 at tables and chairs.
Small Hall Calendar
This calendar shows when the room is booked. If you would like to make an enquiry about hiring the room, please contact us. Please note that if a time appears free on the calendar, it does not guarantee its availability due to changeover times between events, and availability of staff, who work on a rota.
Get in touch:
For bookings and enquiries please contact our team on the details below, they will be happy to help. Please note that team hours vary depending on when the venue is booked, and if the team are working with hirers it might not be possible to answer the phone at all times. Leave a message and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
Spences Lane,
Lewes,
East Sussex BN7 2HQ
Malling Community Centre
Spences Lane,
Lewes,
East Sussex BN7 2HQ
Telephone 01273 407537
Email mallingcentre@lewes-tc.gov.uk