Shopping: From Saturday 21^st March 2020, until further notice during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with many thanks to our friends from Belsay Shop, you can order what food and goods you need and have them delivered free to Whalton Village Hall. You can collect your order from Whalton Village Hall between 2pm and 3pm* every day (except Sunday). Or we can arrange to have it delivered to you by volunteers from the community.

*Please note change of time.

To place an order:

Please place your order 24 hours in advance of your needing it. It’s much easier for the shop to have your order in writing. So please text Jane Sym on 0771 3325358, or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

If you don’t have access to text or email please call a volunteer and we will arrange the order for you.

Paying for your order:

If you already have an account with Belsay Shop for newspapers or similar, your shopping can be added to your bill. Otherwise you will need to pay for your order either by credit or debit card when you place the order, or online. If this gives anyone difficulties or you need help with this, please let us know on the numbers below.

Requesting volunteer help and delivery to your home:

If you would like village volunteers to deliver your order to you, please call the Village Hall Caretaker, Linda Willis 775411, Lucy Bird 775071 or 07808 490004, Andrew Potter 07429 339886, or Richard or Julie Potter 775528.

Please bear with us during the first week or two while we refine arrangements! We will do all we can to help you.

Belsay Shop sells everything you are likely to need, including fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, eggs, milk, bread, firelighters, and cleaning products, greetings cards and wrapping paper – and so much more.

Post Office: The travelling Post Office will continue to be in Whalton Village Hall from 0915 -1115 every Thursday until further notice. All the usual Post Office services are available.

Regretfully we have taken the decision to postpone our Music Night which was to be held on 28th March 2020. We will keep you posted with a new date in due course.

We are delighted to welcome 3 bands who will play live - Saturday 28th March - Tickets £10 in advance (£12 on the night).

The NRC formed around 3 years ago and are a 5 piece acoustic band playing and singing tunes influenced by the music of Old Timey, Appalachian, Americana and Country.  You’ll also catch them mixing other folky foot tapping tunes along with original material.  With a mix of instruments including guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass and banjo ukulele, coupled with great vocals and harmonies they create a very distinctive sound and style.  One thing is for sure, like them, you will certainly enjoy yourselves.

Beautiful Poison is a four-piece acoustic band playing a mixture of covers and original compositions with a folky, bluesy, jazzy theme.  The slick guitar work, occasional Banjo and Harmonica from Derek mixed with the keyboard skills from Mary gives the band the foundation for Yiota and Debbie to then lift the sound skywards with their incredible vocals.  They’ve been together for about 2 years playing all over the North East.  Their Mantra is “We bring cakes and chaos!”.

Rupert and Kate – Rupert usually plays and sings with North East “Newgrass” bands The Kentucky Cowtippers and The Often Herd and is a very talented young musician and plays and teaches many instruments from guitar to mandolin.  Kate is a wonderful vocalist and usually sings with Newcastle based band The Teacups.  More recently, they have teamed up to perform together mixing both their styles and influences to create a new and fun sound.