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1. Visit

   Plan your visit

   Opening times, breakfast and lunch hours, directions and practical information for visiting the Hub in Loxton.

2. Visit

   Café & menu

   Explore the café menu, breakfast, lunch, cakes and drinks, with evening dining by arrangement.

3. Visit

   The Hub & Café

   Good food, good company and a welcoming community café in Loxton, Somerset.

4. Community

   Rural Friends lunch

   Find out about the monthly community lunch and how to book a place.

5. Community

   Community transport

   The Rural Friends minibus helps older residents visit the café and meet friends.

6. Community

   Volunteering

   Help at the café or with community activities. Get in touch to discuss how you could contribute.

7. Community

   The Dame June Whitfield Centre

   Discover the Centre, its opening and potential community use, meetings and activities.

8. Trust

   Contact the Trust

   Find the right contact for the café, community services and Trust enquiries.

9. Trust

   Support the Trust

   Ways to support the Trust's community work, make a donation or offer your time.

10. Trust

    Our story & trustees

    The Trust's history, charitable purpose and the people behind its work.

11. Trust

    President & patrons

    Meet the Trust's President and patrons, and discover their connections to Frankie.

12. Trust

    Remembering Frankie Howerd

    A look at Frankie's life and his lasting connection with Somerset.

13. Trust

    Photograph archive

    Browse photographs of the Trust, the café, community events and the Centre opening.

14. Events

    What's on

    Upcoming events, community lunch dates and news from the Trust.

15. News

    News & stories

    The complete archive of Trust news, milestones and community stories.

16. Event

    Rural Friends Lunch

    12 October 2026. Monthly community lunch for local residents. Advance booking required.

17. Event

    Rural Friends Lunch

    9 November 2026. Monthly community lunch for local residents. Advance booking required.

18. Event

    Rural Friends Lunch

    14 December 2026. Monthly community lunch for local residents. Advance booking required.

19. Past event

    Opening the Dame June Whitfield Centre

    21 April 2026. A special day with Dame Joanna Lumley and Suzy Aitchison.

20. News

    A new chapter for our community

    21 April 2026. Celebrating the opening of the Dame June Whitfield Centre.

21. News

    May bank holidays, 2025

    2 May 2025. The café’s announcement for the May bank holidays in 2025.

22. News

    Frankie’s Dramatic return to Cross

    13 July 2024. The 100th performance of Howerd’s End brought Frankie and Dennis’s story back to Cross.

23. News

    “Howerd’s End” to come to Cross

    14 March 2024. The original announcement for the sold-out performance in Cross on 6 July 2024.

24. News

    Café notice, February 2024

    25 February 2024. A temporary change to food service during Kieran’s absence in early 2024.

25. News

    Defibrillator success!

    8 December 2023. Community fundraising reached its target for a defibrillator at the Hub.

26. News

    Winter opening times

    2 November 2023. The café’s winter timetable and temporary November closure, as announced in 2023.

27. News

    RURAL FRIENDS.

    29 June 2023. The launch of a weekly service to bring older neighbours together at the Hub.

28. News

    Our new community minibus

    24 May 2023. The Trust celebrated its new minibus with supporters and grant providers in London.

29. News

    We’ve hit the jackpot!

    31 January 2023. National Grid and National Lottery funding helped the Trust buy a community minibus.

30. News

    5 stars for the Frankie Howerd Community Cafe

    25 November 2022. A food hygiene milestone for Kieran and the café in November 2022.

31. News

    Hub opens to locals

    2 May 2022. Local residents were welcomed inside the new Hub in May 2022.

32. News

    Local MP visits the Community Hub

    22 April 2022. John Penrose met trustees during a visit to the developing Hub in April 2022.

33. News

    Thirty years ago today …

    19 April 2022. Remembering Frankie on the thirtieth anniversary of his death.

34. News

    New bench for our community Hub

    30 March 2022. A donation from Woodspring Masons’ Lodge provided a new bench at the Hub.

35. News

    Trust Chairman meets Griff Rhys Jones

    25 March 2022. Phil Davies shared news of the Hub with patron Griff Rhys Jones in Bath.

36. News

    An absolutely fabulous person!

    19 September 2021. Remembering former President Dame June Whitfield and her Somerset friendships.

37. News

    The Frankie Howerd Community Hub

    19 September 2021. The early plans, partnerships and funding behind the community Hub.