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Tea and a tour of Sutton Coldfield Town Hall

Residents in Sutton Coldfield have new options to support their iconic town hall on Heritage Day.

The event on September 9 is part of National Heritage Week.

In response to your feedback, Royal Sutton Coldfield Community Town Hall Trust (RSCCTHT) have made some improvements to our donations system to make it an easier and smoother process to support the Town Hall.

So what’s happening?

The trust is appealing for donations, but also offering a special Heritage Tour to unveil parts of the venue you might not know about and stop off for afternoon tea in the beautiful Crush Hall while you are at it.

The expected tour length is 25-30 minutes on foot.

The tours are free, but a £3 suggested donation per person would be appreciated.
(Unfortunately due to the listed nature of the building, these tours are not suitable for those in wheelchairs, prams or with severe mobility issues. If you have mobility issues and you would like a tour of the building, we would be happy to make alternative arrangements with you).

9am (up to 12 people)
10am (up to 12 people)
11am (up to 12 people) 

 AFTERNOON TEA 

Book your Afternoon Tea Picnic box in our beautiful Crush Hall. 

Take in the atmosphere of possibly our most beautiful heritage room, home to weddings and special occasions, enjoy sandwiches, scones and cakes with the ornate decor set to a special soundtrack of acoustic live music whilst helping to fundraise for the longevity of our beautiful building.

Served with hot drinks, or Prosecco.

What’s included in your afternoon tea picnic box:

Four tea sandwiches including :

  • Smoked salmon; 
  • Cream cheese and cucumber;
  • Beef and horseradish ;
  • Kettle ham and tomato;
  • Cheese and caramelised onion chutney;

Homemade caramelised onion sausage roll

Fruit scone with butter, berry jam and clotted cream

A selection of miniature cakes

Allergy, vegetarian and vegan options available.

Book Afternoon Tea
Book Your Free Tour

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Ways you can donate

To donate by card click here.

By cheque via our Box Office or post to:

Appeal, Royal Sutton Coldfield Community Town Hall Trust

Town Hall, Upper Clifton Road

Royal Sutton Coldfield B73 6DA

Or

You can donate by direct bank transfers:

Appeal Bank Account: SCART

Bank: Lloyds

Sort Code: 30-98-37

Account Number: 65550660

Click Here to Donate Today

Working in collaboration with Birmingham Heritage Week #BHERITAGEWEEK

Did you know that we are a charity ? 

The trust rust has managed the Town Hall since October 2016. Previously owned and managed by Birmingham City Council, several problems had affected the long-term viability of the Town Hall.

The Trust identified strategies and solutions for success, and since the takeover the priority has been to stabilise the Town Hall financially and form a solid foundation from which the trust is now able to build.

Where are we now? 

After stabilising financially and diversifying the bookings, RSCCTHT has focussed on building greater diversity and higher utilisation of the Town Hall. Plans are now underway to transform some aspects of the building ready for the next century, whilst sympathetically restoring our heritage features. 

There is still much work to be done to secure the venue, but with passionate support from locals, sponsors, town councillors and user groups, there is real faith in the success of RSCCTHT’s mission and a sense of an exciting future.

How can I help?

Royal Sutton Coldfield Community Town Hall Trust is seeking volunteers and sponsors to get involved with all aspects of the Town Hall operations, if you are interested in becoming a Friend of the Town Hall please contact Creative & Business Development Manager, Vicci Hogan on vicci.hogan@suttoncoldfieldtownhall.com

Sun shines on Sutton town hall charity fete

John S White played King Henry VIII at the event. Picture: Claire Taylor

1,000 turn out for Community Heritage event

More than 1,000 people enjoyed brilliant sunshine when they turned out to support a community fete at Sutton Coldfield Town Hall.

The inaugural fete, on 12 September, received a Community Grant from Sutton Coldfield Town Council to help set up the event.

The neighbouring Tudor Community Sports Trust provided activities such as Crown Green Bowling tasters on its recreation area as a linked event.

The fete, opened by the town mayor, Councillor Terry Wood, who said: “I was delighted to be invited to open the Town Hall’s first Community Fete. The weather was kind to us, which helped everyone get into the swing of the event.

“Having so many people turn out to support really does show just what a brilliant community we have here in Sutton Coldfield and one that we are all very lucky to be part of. The organisation of the fete was a great effort from everyone involved and I would like to say a sincere thank you to all the people who helped make it a great success.”

Local community groups and businesses rose to the occasion by adding activities to their stalls such as biscuit decoration, quizzes and messy play. The UP Creative Community ran an interactive craft tent on the theme of the town hall’s forthcoming pantomime Cinderella.

Action from the coconut shy at the town hall.
Picture: Claire Taylor

Sutton Coldfield Litter Action Group generated enough support for 23 more local roads to be adopted for litter picking and visitors were able to study old maps of the area with Folio Sutton Coldfield.

The Town Hall hosted a coconut shy and band stage, and staff member and carpenter Colin Troman created a wooden storytelling stage in the grounds for performances through the day and a pair of stocks.

As part of the national project ‘Heritage Open Days’, the town hall conducted five backstage and heritage tours over the day, which included rare access visits to the roof and the reportedly haunted ‘below stage’.

King Henry VIII, played by performance historian John S White, re-enacted the granting of the town’s charter to the delight of visitors and Andrew Mitchell MP joined him on stage to thank visitors for supporting the event.

The King also helped launch the town hall’s own charity mascot ‘Town Hall Tara’, a £10 fundraising toy based on a real Staffordshire Bull Terrier who was also there to meet and greet visitors through the day.

A live music stage featured local bands, co-ordinated by local musician Job Baker-Sullivan of Ceol Agency and was hosted by presenters Sam Rabone and Lauren Hill.