Welcome to the Website of the Hampshire village of Beech. This site is published on behalf of the Beech Village Hall and Recreation Ground Management Committee.
Beech Parish Plan
The postponed inaugural meeting of the Beech Parish Plan Group will take place on Monday 22nd March in the Village Hall. More details.
Official Village Hall Opening
On Saturday 6th March Beech was finally able to celebrate the completion of Phase I of the new Village Hall.
The Official Opening was conducted by former long-term residents Alan Titchmarsh and his wife Alison.
Full report & first pictures
Getting in toon with our feelings
On Saturday 27th February the Village Hall was buzzing with creativity as around 20 villagers of all ages gathered to learn from artist Antony Mapes how to unleash their inner cartoonist!
In a fascinating workshop, made possible by Hampshire County Council’s Hog the Limelight initiative, attendees learned how the addition of a few carefully-positioned lines can add expression and emotion to even the simplest of cartoon faces.
Over the course of four hours, participants learned how to add bodies (again, using very simple techniques) and experimented with drawing stylized animals, encouraged all the time by Antony to “just let the pen do what it wants.” By the end of the session, even the most artistically-challenged students had found their own style of drawing and produced a finished cartoon character to take pride of place on the fridge!
