Welcome to the Newton Price Centre Website

The Newton Price Centre is a not-for-profit local community centre which provides school and community use of the Newton Price Centre building and arranges caretaking of Central Primary School halls.

If you require any help, email William Penn, Manager of The Newton Price Centre, on info@newtonprice.org or telephone 01923 233439.

The Activities page provides details of all activities taking place in the Centre and in Central Primary School's Main Hall and Dining Hall outside the school day.

DisabledGo have compiled a useful accessibility survey with photographs which can be viewed here.

Inside Newton Price Centre

Finding Us and Parking

Our street location can be found here on Google Maps

No car parking is available on-site during normal school days. On-site car parking spaces are available during evenings and weekends. Local area car parking controls operate 8.00 am to 6.30 pm, Monday to Saturday but do not apply on Sundays.

Interior photos

Jaffer Bhimji of Watford Area Arts Forum has taken a few photographs of the various rooms within the Newton Price Centre. They can all be viewed on our Flickr site.

Details of rooms and halls

Complimentary use of the Kitchen is avalable to all hirers if required. Facilities include kettles, an electric hob, kitchen sink unit and a microwave oven.

The Newton Price and Central Primary School rooms have the following maximum capacities (these figures include helpers and performers), and on no account shall these figures be exceeded.

ROOM	SEATED	DANCING
Central Primary School Main Hall	200	100
Central Primary School Dining Hall	100	50
Newton Price Centre Theatre Studio	60	30
Newton Price Centre Dance Studio	50	20
Newton Price Centre Gallery	40	15
Newton Price Centre Art Room	20	6

Theatre Studio

A large 7.0 x 8.2 m (58 m²) upstairs room on an East/West axis, facing South. There are 7 large double-glazed windows, with plenty of natural day light during daytime. The floor is covered by special Harlequin flooring. Thick black serge curtaining on rails has been installed all round the studio to create the effect of being on-stage. The exit door leads to the main stairs (on the right as you leave the room) and passes a lift on the left, followed by a Storage Room for storing small items of equipment.

Dance Studio

A large 6.4 x 6.9 m (56 m²) upstairs room on an East/West axis, facing North. With 2 metre high mirroring, a sprung wooden floor and ballet barres for dancers. 6 double-glazed windows, providing lots of natural lighting; power points available for CD players and ventilation fans.

Gallery

A medium-sized 7.0 x 4.6 m (32.3 m²) ground floor room on the South-West corner of the building. It has a fitted carpet floor and 3 double-glazed windows with locks. There are 4 large wall-mounted exhibition boards; the door to the room has triple locks for security purposes. Tracked halogen lighting illuminates the art exhibition gallery.

ICT Suite

A small 4.2 x 3.6 m (15.2 m²) ground floor room on the West side of the building, with 8 computer work stations and a laser printer. Accommodates 8 trainees.

Art Room

A medium-sized 5.2 x 4.2 m (22 m²) room on the North-East corner of the ground floor, used as a meeting room and for carrying out art-related projects. There is a separate gas heater for the room.

Central Primary School Main Hall

The internal size of the Main Hall is 13 by 11.5 metres (42.5 by 37.5 feet) which equates to 150 square metres or 1600 square feet. The Hall can accommodate up to 200 people, depending on the numbers of tables, chairs, etc

Central Primary School Dining Hall

The internal size of the Dining Hall is 14 by 6 metres (45 by 20 feet) which equates to 84 square metres or 900 square feet. We arrange bookings for the Hall, which can accommodate up to 100 people, depending on the numbers of tables, chairs, etc. The Hall is occasionally hired for medium- to large-sized group activities and parties.

Booking form available for download here. Terms and conditions available on request.