Community education classes Time-table of classes held at Barton Youth & Community Centre and at John Taylor High School. For further detail of any of the courses contact  Paula Senior on 01283 484477 or 07812963911 or email 

Keep fit classes held at Barton-under-Needwood Village Hall on Tuesdays

There are three sets of allotments that may be rented for cultivation in Barton-under-Needwood. The ones in Dogshead Lane are rented from Eleemosynary Charities for the William Key Charity. The ones in Efflinch Lane are rented from Barton-under-Needwood Parish Council. The ones in St. James Road are rented from East Staffordshire Borough Council.

The Alternative Art Group is an informal and friendly group which meets once a week in Barton Library - Thursday evenings, 5.45 pm to 7.30 ish. New faces are always welcome.  Please 'phone Barton Library for further information, 01283 713753.

Aerobics and body conditioning at the Village Hall 8:00 to 9:00 pm on Tuesdays. Every level of fitness welcome. RSA qualified Instructor.

Stimulating indoor and outdoor activities every day after school in a safe and professionally supervised environment. Children are picked from school by our minibus and taken to the club, which is based at Barton-under-Needwood Village Hall. After games, arts & crafts, nature projects, sports and many other activities, parents collect their children at 6:00 pm.

Barton Badminton Club meet for social badminton at the Village Hall on Monday evenings and the John Taylor High School sports hall on Friday evenings. While Wednesday evenings at the Village Hall is reserved for inter-club matches. Badminton Web Site

Barton Bowls & Social Club is a family club, where children are welcome, with a large Bar and Lounge serving some of the cheapest drinks in the village. There are two Crown Greens, which are amongst the best in the area, where County matches and numerous competitions are staged. The Greens are enjoyed by Bowlers of both sexes with ages ranging from 9 to 90. There are several teams playing in local leagues on various days or evenings. In addition the Club also caters for a whole range of indoor activities all year round, such as bingo, darts, cribbage, pool and dominoes with regular competitions held throughout the year. The Club is always involved in all village activities, such as the Fun Run, Village Cricket and Football Challenge matches. Frequent entertainment is also provided, from charity fund raising to family entertainers and discos to festive parties. while the adults relax with a drink the children can enjoy the outside play area or kiddies corner. Your first visit is free so why not come along and see what Barton Bowls & Social Club has to offer.

Have you ever felt that you would like to play BRIDGE? Or, in fact, you already play? Would you care to join a friendly group of people for an afternoon of social BRIDGE? We meet on a regular basis on a Monday from 2:15 pm to 4:30 pm at Our Lady's Catholic Church Room. It will cost you £4 a month. The members would be delighted to see you and if you are interested in playing please contact the Club Secretary.

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The Civic Society meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:45 pm in the Village Hall, apart from July & August when there is no meeting and December when the meeting is on the second Saturday for the Douglas Ball Award presentations. Members are given a resume of Parish Council news and Village news before a talk from a guest speaker, every other meeting an update of Neighbourhood Watch information is given. Guest speaker subjects vary from animals to buildings, life styles to history. A visit to a historic town is arranged for the second Saturday in July. Additionally trips to the theatre or a visit by a theatrical company to the Village Hall are arranged.

Barton-under-Needwood Footpath Group arranges fortnightly Sunday walks in the area; the meeting place for all the walks is the ESDC Car Park in Crowberry Lane. They also carry out conservation work on stiles and footpaths in the Parish of Barton-under-Needwood. New members are always welcome.

Golf days organised throughout the Midlands for golfers of all ages and standards. We don’t take the golf to seriously and our aim is to have a good day out with a few laughs thrown in. Typical outing consists of 27 holes of golf, lunch, evening meal and prize giving. New members required.

You are never too young or too old to make use of your local library. The friendly staff will make you welcome. There is a ramp for disabled access and staff will help if needed. Membership is free - no limit to number of books which can be borrowed. Children can request items free of charge, - everyone can request audio-visual items free of charge. This gives access to Staffordshire libraries' full collection of CDs, videos, DVDs, Playstation games, talking books and CD ROMS. There is a suite of computers available for access to Broadband Internet, and other packages such as word processing, publisher etc. First hour of computer use is free, the second and subsequent hours will incur a small charge. Membership is for all Staffordshire libraries - items can be borrowed and returned to any library in the County. Access via the website to Staffordshire libraries, can search the catalogue, reserve on-line at a reduced cost, and renew items on loan from any Staffordshire library on-line. Renewals can be made by phone, in person or on-line or via 24 hour renewal line. Your library offers books for all tastes, information of all kinds, large print books, young people's services, information from the Internet, open learning opportunities, exhibitions/display facilities/events  and a local history collection? During the holidays come along to the Storytime specials, stories for the under 5’s but older children are welcome .
 There are two FREE of Charge Helpdesks, staffed by the Pension Advice Service and East Staffs Borough Council. Financial advice can be given to all those in receipt of pensions or benefits, whilst the Council Desk can help on any service provided by ESBC. These are held on the fourth Thursday of every month between 2:00 and 4:00 pm.

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Barton Parish Council of eleven Councillors is elected every 4 years, next election 2007. Barton Parish Council has an Office in the Village Hall; the Parish Council Clerk is available to answer queries from the public from 10:00 to 12:00 Monday, 3:00 to 5:00 Wednesday and 1:00 to 3:00 Thursday. Messages may be left on the Parish Council answer phone at other times or email. The Parish Council meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month commencing at 7:15 pm, members of the public may attend and listen to their deliberations. There is a short period at the start of each meeting that members of the public may address the Parish Council. Alternatively queries may be addressed to any Councillor or the Clerk as the need arises. Members of the public are cordially invited to the Annual Parish Meeting in April to hear what the Parish Council has achieved in the previous year and the Parish Council may be questioned on their performance.

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Barton-under-Needwood Village Hall was built in 1988 in Crowberry Lane on the site of the old Central Hall. Barton-under-Needwood Parish Council has an Office in the Village Hall. Several Clubs and Societies use the Village Hall for their meetings. It is the venue for a number of events from car boot sales through to Music Festivals. The Village Hall has three large rooms that may be hired individually or the whole building may be hired if your event warrants it.

Let the World Wide Web know what your club or society is doing in Barton-under-Needwood. Send Barton Web Master, Jeff Pattison e-mail, all the news about your club or society, what events you are holding and of course when and where they are being held. Don’t forget to follow up with how successful the event was. Let the Barton Web Master know what you think of the Web Site, are there any additions that you can suggest.

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The Junior Section for 6 t0 10 years meet on Tuesday at 6:30 pm, the Youth Section for 10+ also meet on Tuesday at 7:30 pm in the British Red Cross HQ in Station Road. They cover an interesting range of subject matter from projects, special badges, first aid, caring for other people, history of the Red Cross, personal survival, village events to name just a few.

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Let people know what your club or society is doing. Send our local Burton Mail Correspondent, Chris Kennedy, all the news about your club or society, what events you are holding and of course when and where they are being held. Don’t forget to follow up with how successful the event was.

Stories, songs, crafts, constructive themes, nature, refreshments for 0 to 5 years, 0 to 10 years are welcome during school holidays. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Come along and make new friends. The Butterfly Club meets monthly in St James Church at 2:00 pm.