About

Since 1963...

Hamsteels Community Hall Association was formed in 1963, its constitution being adopted at a meeting held in the Royal Oak, Cornsay Colliery, on 2 December 1963.

The original wooden building was demolished in 2015 and the fantastic building we have today was built.

The building is owned by Cornsay Parish Council and managed on a day-to-day basis by Hamsteels Community Hall Association and was made possible thanks to grants from Big Lottery Reaching Communities, County Durham Community Foundation and Durham County Council and local councillors.

It was officially opened by the Chairman of Durham County Council and the Right Worshipful the Mayor of Durham, Councillor Edward Bell, on 8th October 2016.