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

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

2. There is a Coffee Shop - see below.

3. There is a Meeting Room for hire - see below.

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

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

Directions

Hollingwood Hub is by 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 the other side of the canal on Station Road.

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 (5 minutes).

The Coffee Shop - Nona's - is open Wednesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays, 9:30am - 4:30pm.

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.

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 £5.95 per head; a Meetings Menu - tea, coffee, sandwiches, cakes - costs £3.95 per head.
To hire our 12 seater tripboat, the John Varley, costs £40 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.

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The David Trickett Meeting Room.

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

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

..... and an 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.