Things to do in Tadley
Tadley's a town, so there's more of everything. A common with cattle on it, a skatepark, a library with something on most days and two community centres. Here's what there is, the free things first.
Out and about
Free, and nobody to book with.
Tadley Common
Heath owned by the Turbary Allotment Charity, most of it inside the Pamber Forest and Silchester Common SSSI, grazed by a small herd of Dexter cattle kept in place by GPS collars rather than fences. There's a thirteen station fitness trail and an outdoor gym in the second field.
Their websiteThe skatepark, aerial runway and games court on the Common
The town council's concrete skatepark opened in 2023, small, with kerbs, rails and banks and nothing over four feet, and beside it an aerial runway, a multi use games area and a tennis court.
The play areas
The town council keeps play areas at The Green, Giles Road and Lowes Corner, and has them inspected regularly.
Pamber Forest
Two hundred and fourteen hectares of ancient woodland on the south side of town, looked after by the Wildlife Trust and open at all times, dogs on a lead. Park on Impstone Road, or take the Jazz 2 bus to Skates Lane.
Their websiteTadley Old Church, St Peter's
The ancient parish church on Church Road, twelfth century in origin and mostly seventeenth and eighteenth century now, listed Grade I, with a pulpit dated 1650. Weddings, baptisms and funerals are held here, and the weekly services are at St Paul's.
Their website
Worth a visit
The places in the village with a door you can walk through.
Tadley Library
On Mulfords Hill, with Baby Rhymetime on Tuesday mornings, a construction club for families every Saturday afternoon, Dads' Rhymetime on the third Saturday and the u3a art group twice a month. Closed on Wednesdays and Sundays.
Their page on EveryVillageThe Link
The community centre, with Saturday Cinema at 7pm once a month, afternoon and children's cinema, line dancing, fitness classes, activities for under fives, Tadley Games Club, a youth programme and a community food pantry.
Their page on EveryVillageTadley Memorial Hall
A charity run hall with a whist evening every week, and the brass band, dance groups and circuit training among its regulars.
Their page on EveryVillageAmbrose Allen Centre
The hall on Franklin Avenue where the Loddon Valley Lions run their day centre three days a week, and where the Christmas Market is held on the evening the tree lights go on.
Their page on EveryVillageCafe Retreat
Turkish inspired breakfasts and all day cafe food on The Parade at Mulfords Hill.
Their page on EveryVillageFox and Hound
The Greene King pub on Mulfords Hill, recently done up, with three regular real ales and two that change.
Their page on EveryVillageThe pool and the golf course
The town has a swimming pool on New Road and a golf course on Bishopswood Lane, both on the town council's list of local links.
Join in
Clubs, markets and the dates the village keeps every year.
The Treacle Fair
June, at Saunders Fields
The Loddon Valley Lions' summer fair beside Lidl, named for the treacle mines Tadley is supposed to have under it.
Their websiteThe Christmas tree lights
The town council's evening when the tree lights go on, with Father Christmas brought along by the Lions, a market in the Ambrose Allen Centre and carols.
Their page on EveryVillageTadley RFC
Rugby at Frank Jose Park on Red Lane, with senior sides and a big minis and juniors section.
Tadley Calleva FC
Football at Barlows Park on Silchester Road, a community park the town council supports, with a youth club of many teams alongside the first team.
Tadley and District u3a
A monthly meeting with a speaker and more than forty interest groups, from IT to walking. The art group meets at the library on the second and fourth Thursdays.
Tadley and District History Society
The history society, with its headstone and banns records online and a project looking for the lost medieval village around St Peter's.
Their websiteAnd the rest
Tadley Concert Brass and Tadley Band, the Tadley Singers, the Boundary Players and Tadley Youth Drama, two art clubs, Burnham Copse WI, short mat bowls, sequence dancing, Brownies, Scouts and the Air Training Corps. The town council keeps the list.
Their website
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