{"id":62369,"date":"2026-04-16T14:31:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/midsussex\/?post_type=business&#038;p=62369"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:37:11","slug":"the-vic-forster-scout-centre","status":"publish","type":"business","link":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/midsussex\/business\/the-vic-forster-scout-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vic Forster Scout Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"62369\" class=\"elementor elementor-62369\" data-elementor-post-type=\"business\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74789a0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"74789a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6018350 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6018350\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1sthaywardsheathscoutgroup.org\/hall-hire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Vic Forster Scout Centre<\/a> is conveniently situated in Franklands Village, Haywards Heath. It is available to hire at weekends and some evenings. It includes its own gated car park, hall, meeting room, fully equipped kitchen, large patio and garden. It has recently been improved in many respects and we like to offer it to the local community at very reasonable discounted rates. The Main Hall is air conditioned and is sized: Length 12.5m (40\u201910\u201d) x Width 10.5m (34\u20196\u2033) x Height 3.1m (10\u20192\u2033).<\/p><p>This safe and secluded venue is suitable for children\u2019s parties and other family events, exercise classes, group meetings, theatre, filming, local clubs and similar.<\/p><p>We do have ramps for wheel chair access. The hall opens out onto a large patio with a view over the Frankland Village recreation field.<\/p><p>We do not permit unaccompanied teenage parties, Halloween events, sale of alcohol or unsupervised activities.<\/p><p>Car parking adjacent to the building is available, there is a local bus stop by the entrance to<br \/>Franklands Village and the Princess Royal bus stop is within a short walk.<\/p><p>The Main Hall capacities are rated as follows:<\/p><p>Standing Reception: 220 Guests<br \/>Theatre &amp; Cinema Style: 130 Guests<br \/>Banquet &amp; Formal Dining: 85 Guests<br \/>Dinner Dance (with floor space): 65 Guest<\/p><p>Address: Vic Forster Scout Centre, Franklands Village, Haywards Heath RH16 3RS. What 3<br \/>Words reference https:\/\/w3w.co\/goods.brief.police<\/p><p>All money raised by hall hire is ring fenced to go to the Scout Group\u2019s sections \u2013 towards funding<br \/>such as camps, outings and other various activities for our 60+ young people.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"featured_media":62370,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"directory-category":[1488,1484],"class_list":["post-62369","business","type-business","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","directory-category-hall-hire","directory-category-party-entertainers-venues"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/midsussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/business\/62369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/midsussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/business"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/midsussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/business"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/midsussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/business\/62369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62377,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/midsussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/business\/62369\/revisions\/62377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/midsussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/midsussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"directory-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/midsussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory-category?post=62369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}