Hollingwood Hub is the home of the Chesterfield Canal Trust and the Chesterfield Canal Partnership. It has five parts.

1. The offices of the Trust and the Partnership are in the old Hollingwood Lock House.

2. Nona's Coffee Shop - see below.

3. The David Trickett Meeting Room for hire - see below.

4. The garden. We are developing the garden gradually, always involving local people and schools.

5. The car park which can hold 60 cars comfortably.

To see the story of the restoration of Hollingwood Lock House click here.

Directions

Hollingwood Hub is next to Hollingwood Lock, 4 miles along the canal from the centre of Chesterfield. It is on Works Road between Hollingwood and Barrow Hill.

By car - SatNav S43 2JP. Take the A619 which runs between Junction 30 on the M1 and the Tesco roundabout on the A61 through Chesterfield. Follow the brown Barrow Hill signs from the A619 down Troughbrook Road. The car park is on Station Road, just before you get to the canal.

By bus - catch the 90 bus which goes right past the Hub, click here for the timetable, or catch the 70, 71, 74, 77, 80 or 80A and walk down Troughbrook Road (10 minutes).

The Coffee Shop - Nona's - is open Wednesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays, 9:30am - 4:30pm.
It sells drinks, sandwiches, light meals, ice creams and a selection of cakes. Everything is home made (07989 093872).

The David Trickett Meeting Room

This room is named after David Trickett, the much loved and respected Vice Chair of the Trust who died in November 2010.

We hold regular concerts in this room. For details of coming events, click here.

The Meeting Room comfortably holds 60 seated in rows or 30 around tables.

Community Rate (e.g. schools, societies)      £15 per hour
Social Rate (e.g. private parties)                    £20 per hour
Commercial Rate (e.g. company events)        £40 per hour

We can arrange extras, such as catering or boat trips, to meet your needs.
A Full Buffet costs £6.95 per head; a Meetings Menu - tea, coffee, sandwiches, cakes - costs £4.95 per head.
To hire our 12 seater tripboat, the John Varley, costs £45 per hour.

Please note, we can arrange Humanist Ceremonies, e.g. Weddings, Namings and Funerals, in conjunction with Richard Aldridge, a Humanist Minister. For further information, click here.

Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or ring 01246 477569 for bookings or further information.

Here are a couple of comments following recent bookings

"Just a quick note to say what a superb venue this was. Good access by all modes; good meeting room; good catering."

"It proved an excellent venue for our needs and I have had several positive emails this week to that effect. Please can you also pass on our thanks to Dawn and the girls at Nona's as the food was excellent."

The David Trickett Meeting Room.

A meeting in the David Trickett Room .....

.....a Concert .....

..... and an exhibition.

Finally, a shot taken by local photographer Les Wilcockson at his recent successful exhibition.

Community Assets, funded by HM Government Office for Civil Society in 2008 and administered by the BIG Fund, the non-Lottery funding arm of the Big Lottery Fund.