Southam Town Council were successful in their application for just over £15,000 to purchase and install acoustic panels in the new Southam Community Centre.
The Community Centre lies on Tiger Moth Drive and after being formally opened in 2025, is now welcoming a whole host of groups and activities for the local community. Visitors, however, have struggled with the acoustics in the hall, due to the high ceiling and its echoey nature. The funding will go towards the purchase and installation of a series of attractive acoustic panels made of Natural Wool Felt, to reduce the reverberation in the hall.
Debbie Carro, Southam Town Council Clerk says:
"The grant funding will improve the accessibility of the hall for all users, currently there are a lot of people who struggle being in the hall because the echoing is so bad to the point that some users choose not to attend or run an event. The installation of acoustic panels will solve this issue and enable the hall to be inclusive."
The project is underway and we will provide an update here, so watch this space.
In Memory
The Flying Fields Estate in Southam is so named as it sits on the former RAF Southam site, a Second World War elementary flying training ground that operated from 1940-1944. On the site, pilots were trained on Tiger Moths before they flew night bombing missions. On 15th July 12943, Vickers Wellington HF812 of No. 22 Operational Training Unit RAF crash landed with a failed engine and there now stands a large metal structure of a Wellington Bomber welcoming visitors at the entrance to the estate. Today the site is a modern housing community, named to honour its aviation past, with roads including, Spitfire Road, Scimitar Drive and Squadron Avenue.
Page last updated on 17/06/2026