LOXTON, NORTH SOMERSET
The Dame June Whitfield Centre
Our Dame June Whitfield Centre extends the Community Hub & Café in Loxton. It was officially opened on 21 April 2026.
WELCOME TO THE CENTRE
Meetings, activities & learning
The Centre brings our café and Hub together with additional space for community use.
Plans include meetings, quizzes, performances, music, yoga and classes. Please ask us about arrangements and availability.
AT THE HUB & CAFÉ
Take a look inside
See the additional café seating and the adjoining activities room. Select a photograph to enlarge it.
Room to gather
Additional café seating in the Dame June Whitfield Centre.
Space for activities
The activities room can be combined with the café seating area outside café opening days and times. Please enquire about arrangements.
Photographs supplied by the Trust. Explore the photograph collection
21 APRIL 2026
The opening day
The Centre remembers our former President, Dame June Whitfield. Our President, Dame Joanna Lumley, and June’s daughter, patron Suzy Aitchison, performed the official opening.
We are grateful to everyone who contributed to the building, services and funding.
THE OPENING CELEBRATIONS
A welcome across the bridge
Dame Joanna Lumley at the opening of the footbridge, which links the car park with the Hub and Centre.
AS SEEN ON ITV NEWS WEST COUNTRY
A place to connect, on ITV News
ITV News West Country joined Dame Joanna Lumley at the opening of the Centre to hear how the Trust brings people together and helps tackle rural isolation.
COMMUNITY USE & HIRE
A space for your ideas
Possible uses for the Centre. Talk to us about your idea and the arrangements you need.
Community meetings
Workshops & learning
Music & performances
Wellbeing activities
Please contact the Trust to discuss your event, room requirements, availability and hire arrangements.
Enquire about the CentreLET’S MAKE A PLAN
Tell us what
you have in mind.
A meeting, a class or a community get-together. Tell us a little about your plans and the Trust can discuss availability and arrangements with you.
You can ask about access, equipment and the space you need. Dates and numbers can be provisional.
Email the Trust directlyMADE POSSIBLE TOGETHER
Local support that helped build the Hub
Thank you to Batts Combe quarry and Arnold Webber for helping create the Hub’s car park.
Read about their contributionTHE FRANKIE HOWERD OBE TRUST
A shared history
The Centre remembers our former President, Dame June Whitfield.