The Hub

The Hub (also known as the Verwood Hub) is a multi-purpose venue based in Verwood, Dorset, England, hosting a range of live music, theatre, art, conferences, workshops, children’s activities and other community based projects. There is also a 7.1 surround sound cinema, a state-of-the-art gym and a café. History First mooted in the 1990s, with strong local support, the Hub was one of the biggest community projects ever delivered by East Dorset District Council (EDDC), at a cost of nearly £2.75m. The Hub opened on 12 March 2007, with management and control handed over to the volunteer Verwood Hub Community Association (later changing their name to Verwood Arts And Leisure Amenities). The main hall was named the Merryfield Theatre after the late Buster Merryfield, a long-term resident of Verwood. In 2013 an extension to The Hub was built to house a state-of-the-art gym to replace facilities in the old Verwood Leisure Centre which was sold to Morrisons to allow their Verwood supermarket to expand.