Days and times
of Meetings for Worship: Sunday at 10.15 a.m. and at 5.30 p.m. (the evening meeting lasting for about 45 minutes); and also Friday at 10.15 a.m. to 10.45 a.m. in the children's room
Children's Meeting: Sunday during Meeting for Worship.
Directions: Alton is in the north-east corner of Hampshire,
about 12 miles south of Basingstoke. The Quaker Meeting House is very
near the town centre, just beyond St Lawrence's church. Several car
parks are nearby (and there are two disabled parking bays outside the Meeting House). The railway station is about half a mile away, and
Alton is served by bus services from several local towns. Please
contact us for advice if you have limited mobility or need further
information about finding us.
(Click on the small map to see a large map.)
Contact: Geoff Pilliner, Clerk, tel.
01962 773472 (or email
here).
About Us: Quakers have met at Alton Meeting House
since 1672. Today we're a fairly small but lively bunch of people,
typically about 20 to 25 meeting each Sunday, with an active group of
youngsters.
We regularly run discussion groups and other activities.
Our beautiful old Meeting House is welcoming and quiet, and our
adjacent burial ground and garden is very pleasant, too. Several local
groups hire the Meeting House regularly, and Alton
Counselling Service is based in our upstairs gallery area.
A
little history (more here
on the Alton website):
Alton Meeting House was built in Church Street in 1672 at a cost of
£204. Since then there have been a few alterations – for
example a new floor was laid in 1730, and a cottage added to the end of
the building in 1832. Since then we’ve added a few modern things,
like a kitchen, toilets, electricity and heating! However, very
recently we've improved things further with the installation of a
toilet for disabled people, a 'Reading Room' which houses our small
library, and we've renovated other parts that were in much need of it.
It's peaceful and characterful, and we think ours is the second-oldest
purpose-built Meeting House.
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