About
"SOSH": Soloby Old School Hub [Events Committee]
After the old village primary school was closed in 2016, it was bought by a local family with the intention of converting it into a community hub and café. Renovation work is now almost complete and it’s shaped up to be a great new local venue with plenty of indoor and outdoor space, which they kindly allow "SOSH" to use for non-profit village events that are mostly free to attend. A newly dug fishing pond with a bridge is in the grounds, run by Sturdy’s Farm Camp Site, a range refreshments are available in the café.
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Our small committee was formed to help organise events to enrich rural life, adding more variety and choice alongside the established events held at the Community Centre. We're all unpaid volunteers, any profits get put back in to fund future events. New members and ideas are always welcome. We intend to provide a range of social activities to get the community together. taking part in events that all ages can enjoy. We aim to offer something to appeal to all tastes from games for the children and meals for everyone. We hope to reach out to the isolated, disabled and elderly members of the community to provide extra support, connectivity and friendship.
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Most of our events are held at the new Soloby Old School Café on the Main Road. We also organise events which take place throughout the village, such as the Scarecrow Festival in September, which anyone can participate in simply by making a scarecrow and putting it outside their house! Also the Open Garden event invites any village resident to open up their garden to the public for one weekend in July. The third Monday of the month is Saltfleetby Dinner Club when village residents can enjoy a warm welcome, good company and a delicious FREE home-cooked meal. Every two weeks from Tuesday 9th January the Old School will open up as a Warm Space, where anyone can come along for FREE to enjoy a cosy place to chat neighbours, play games and have soup, tea, coffee and biscuits.
Enriching rural life with a variety of community events for all.
Saltfleetby
Saltfleetby (also known as Soloby) is a village in the Lincolnshire Marshes, East Lindsey, dating back beyond Medieval times, with a current population of 544 at the 2021 census. Originally consisting of three separate parishes of St Peter, St Clements and All Saints, each with their own churches. We're situated on the North Sea coast near Mablethorpe approximately 7 miles from Louth.
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The new Marshlands Community Centre on the Main Road is home to Louth Town Football Club. Various regular events and clubs take place there including an art group, craft and chat group, Louth archery club, bingo, table top sales and coffee mornings. Latest village news, event details, announcements and discussions can be found here:
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Multiple other amenities and places of interest are in the village. Sadly, the Prussian Queen Pub has recently closed. There are fishing ponds, camp sites and holiday accommodation, a Snooker Club, St Peter's Church, in which services are regularly held, as well as the preserved All Saints Church and Old St Peter's tower (The Stump).
Dunes Nature Reserve
The Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve consists of 1,377 acres of sand dunes, salt marsh, sand and mudflats providing a beautiful haven for wildlife. A hidden gem of the East Coast where visitors can spot wading birds, rare orchids, and amphibians such as the smooth newt and natterjack toad among many other protected species. Managed by Natural England and The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, there are accessible paths around the reserve, viewing platforms giving magnificent views across the dunes and sea, and vast expanses of mudflats and sandy beach. There's even an old rusty tank half buried in the sand!
For more information see:
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