Welcome to the Chideock and Seatown Community Website. This website belongs to ‘the community’ and is all about Chideock, North Chideock and Seatown. We hope these pages will be of interest to both local residents and visitors to our village.
Chideock is an amazingly busy village with lots of groups that anyone can join and lots of entertainment and events that are happening so please take your time to look through our website – not forgetting our stunning Photo Galleries.
If you are a visitor to this beautiful part of West Dorset please check out our Accommodation Guide.
- Heating and insulation help for Chideock and Seatown homes this winter
Heating and insulation help for Chideock and Seatown homes this winter
Free Boiler Upgrade is an energy consultancy giving grants advice. We help households work out which heating and insulation schemes may fit their home and what to check before they apply. We do not install anything ourselves.
Three schemes may help local homes this winter.
ECO4 is funded by energy suppliers and can help with insulation and heating upgrades. Homeowners on certain benefits may be eligible, subject to eligibility and survey, if their home has an EPC of D to G. The scheme is due to end on 31 December 2026 and capacity may be limited.
In Dorset, the Warm Homes: Local Grant can fund insulation, air source heat pumps, smart controls and solar panels, with no gas boilers. It is currently fully subscribed, so new applicants join a waiting list with no guarantee of funding.
If you own your home and it is heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme offers £7,500 towards a heat pump, plus an extra £1,500 until March 2027.
You can look up your EPC by postcode on GOV.UK. If anyone calls unexpectedly offering grant-funded work, check with Dorset Council or your energy supplier before agreeing to anything.
Faisal, Free Boiler Upgrade
Bio, for the end of the piece. Faisal works with Free Boiler Upgrade, an energy consultancy giving grants advice on home heating and insulation schemes across the UK.
Continue reading → - CHIDEOCK COMMUNITY CAFE FRIDAY 20TH NOVEMBER IN THE VILLAGE HALL.
Chideock Community CaféHeld in Chideock Village Hall
Friday 20th November 2026 From 2.30pm until 4.30pm
Come along with friends or to meet some new ones.
Everyone is welcome
Tea/Coffee & Cakes/biscuits available
We look forward to seeing you!!
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY
Continue reading → - The Friends of St.Giles invite you for a SOUP & ROLL LUNCH Tuesday 10th November.
SOUP & ROLL LUNCH. Tuesday 10th November in St. Giles Church from 12-30 – 2.00pm. Choice of homemade Soups with fresh rolls, followed by tea/coffee with homemade shortbread and cookies. £7 per head.
Continue reading → - NOTES FOR YOUR DIARY
VILLAGE HALL AGM 7-30pm – 10th November – in the Village Hall. Find out what has happened in the Village Hall over the past year – wat events and activities would you like to see? Interested in joining the Committee – let us know by 6th November. Come along for a glass of wine.
CHIDEOCK GAMES NIGHT & SUPPER IN THE VILLAGE HALL. 21ST NOVEMBER 6PM – 10pm.
£10 per head to include Supper.
CHIDEOCK CHRISTMAS CHOIR – This year’s Carol Service will be Sunday 20th December in St.Giles Church starting at 6-30pm. [hr}
Continue reading → - THE CHIDEOCK EGG LADY – A TALK BY FRANCES COLVILLE
CHIDEOCK VILLAGE HALL EVENT
SUNDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2PM FOR 2.30PM
THE CHIDEOCK EGG LADY
A talk by Frances Colville about the Chideock Egg Lady, Chrissie Squire, and about Frances’ recently published novel, The Egg Lady.
£3 entry – cash or card payments, to include refreshments
Copies of the novel will be on sale at £10 each, cash only
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- CHAIR YOGA – TUESDAY AFTERNOONS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2026
- Chideock WI Christmas Fayre, Sat 28th November 2026
Chideock W.I. Christmas Fayre, Saturday 28th November at Chideock Vilage Hall. 12-2.30.
Free Entry and Warm Welcome. A variety of stalls and delicious food.
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- CHIDEOCK NEWS – NOVEMBER 2026
- CHIDECK FILM NIGHT TUESDAY 17TH NOVEMBER IN THE VILLAGE HALL
CHIDEOCK HALL FILM NIGHT
Tuesday 17th November – 7.00pm for 7.30pm
Song Sung Blue is a 2025 American biographical musical drama film starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as Mike and Claire Sardina, who performed as the Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning & Thunder. The story follows Mike, a struggling musician and recovering alcoholic, who initially performs as a Don Ho and Buddy Holly impersonator. He meets Claire, a hairdresser and part-time performer, and together they form a tribute act to Neil Diamond. Their journey explores romance, musical ambition, and personal tragedy, and dramatizes their rise, setbacks, and the emotional bond that sustains them through challenges. Based on a true story they prove it’s never too late to find love and follow your dreams.
£5.00 Entry – cash or card payments accepted which includes free tea/coffee & popcorn
wine by glass or bottle, beer, cider & choc ices on sale during interval.
Continue reading → - CHIDEOCK NEWS – OCTOBER 2026
