Welcome to
Meads Hall
Your local community hub in Eastbourne
classes, events, and hall hire.
About Meads Hall
Meads Hall has been at the heart of this community for nearly a century. The site was gifted by the Duke of Devonshire, and the hall built in 1926 has been home to generations of Eastbourne residents ever since.
Saved by local people, it is now run by Meads (Eastbourne) Community Centre on a 99-year lease. Come for a class, a lunch, a film or a celebration — or hire the hall for your own.
Support for MECC
Meads Hall is here because the community refused to let it go. More than 850 people signed the 2023 petition, the hall filled for public meetings, and residents, traders and grant-makers raised the funds to restore it.
Local traders who helped include The Ship, Chapman Wine Merchants, McGregor Lettings, Sussex Audiology Centre, Brewers Decorator Centres and Lightning Fibre.
We are grateful for the support of Josh Babarinde MP, Caroline Ansell, County Councillor Brett Wright, Borough Councillors Jane Lamb and Andy Collins, Eastbourne planning and conservation officers, The Compton Estate, Meads Community Association, The Eastbourne Society, Friends of Meads Parks and Gardens, and St John’s Meads Bowls Club.
Funding and grants came from the Community Ownership Fund, The John Jackson Charitable Trust, The Williams Trust, Eastbourne Borough Council and The Duke of Devonshire Charitable Trust.
The hall is open. If you would like to help with the next improvements — the kitchen, stage curtains, and sound and video — you can still donate.