The Church Facilities
The Vicar, the PCC and the congregation of Grove Parish Church have a long standing vision to bring God’s love to the people of Grove. In 2015 it became clear that some of our facilities were inadequate and were hindering our ability to serve the community. Major improvements of costing over £350,000 have taken place since then especially creating a memorial garden and extending plus refurbishment of our church hall. The celebration service for the hall took place on 20th October 2019 with Bishop Colin.
Generous community grants of around half the sum required came from Vale of White Horse, FCC communities Foundation, Grove Parish Council, Garfield Weston Trust, Rank Foundation Pebbles Trust and AllChurches Trust. The rest was donated by church members.
The hall is now well insulated, has wheelchair accessibility throughout, a hearing loop, an accessible toilet including adult changing bed and hoist, two projector screens (for ‘portrait’ and ‘landscape’ meeting formats), Bluetooth linked speakers, a carpeted quiet area, a badminton court, and access to our garden with a patio large enough for wheelchair use.
Rooms
We have a range of rooms for hire for regular or one-off events. Please contact our church office for further details and conditions of hire.
We have car parking, but unless the whole car park is booked – apart from disabled access – it is restricted to 2-3 cars per group. There is a lot of on-street parking in adjacent roads just a short walk from the church and a bus stop just in front of the church.
Please also see our accessibility page.
We have several rooms available, click on the links below for more details of each:
St John’s Church Facilities Hire Charges
Below are the rates for hire from 1st Jan 2023, as agreed at the PCC meeting 14th November 2022.
| BUILDING | ROOM(S) | Local Community Rates | Other Rates (includes all parties) which require a deposit of 2 hours hire |
| St. John’s Rooms Complex(All bookings include use of the kitchen & toilets) | All rooms | £16.00 / hour (one-off booking) | £20.00 / hour (one-off booking) |
| £12.00 / hour (regular booking) | £15.00 / hour (regular booking) | ||
| Large room | £12.00 / hour (one-off booking) | £15.00 / hour (one-off booking) | |
| £10.00 / hour (regular booking) | £12.00 / hour (regular booking) | ||
| Upper room | £10.00 / hour (one-off booking) | £13.00 / hour (one-off booking) | |
| £8.00 / hour (regular booking) | £10.00 / hour (regular booking) | ||
| St John’s Church Hall(including use of the kitchen, toilets & foyer) | Church Hall | £19.00 / hour (one-off booking) | £24.00 / hour (one-off booking) |
| £15.00 / hour (regular booking) | £20.00 / hour (regular booking) |
Church Marquee Hire = £10 hire charge / £50 refundable deposit / £40 for the person putting up, collecting, delivering and taking down.