What is your polling station usually?

[quimcunx]

I used to vote at a primary school but last couple of times I've executed my civic duty here.

 

[iona]

My current polling station was originally built as a warehouse for American rice during the Seven Years War and is currently shared by the local library and council. Think they might run a police desk and some other stuff from there too.

Previously I got to vote in a small community theatre type place which had done a production of 1984 at some point, and still had a massive BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU sign hanging above the polling booths

Before that, I lived inside my local polling station (church building which had partly been converted into a homeless hostel), which was handy.

 

[Orang Utan]

I vote by post, but when I don’t, I post my ballot in a function room of a local rugby club #wellnorthern

 

[rasputin]

Separate queues for the posh end and the pub end of the area.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Christian centre

 

[spitfire]

Council estate community centre #PFWC

 

[neonwilderness]

My usual one is in a care home in the middle of my estate.

At one of the local elections during covid it was moved to the local primary school along with three or four others. I think each of the presiding officers had different ideas about how it was meant to work, so it was suitably chaotic when I went in just after 7am

 

[colacubes]

Was a primary school but that has now closed, so this year has changed to a church hall. The last time I was in there was when we hired it for my son's birthday party. Looks a bit austere without balloons in it.

 

[souljacker]

Local Primary School. In fact. it's just occurred to me why there are so many kids about today.

 

[BoatieBird]

Village hall
The same village hall I did my yoga class in last night - from downward dog to the downfall of the tories

 

[iona]

Was a primary school but that has now closed, so this year has changed to a church hall. The last time I was in there was when we hired it for my son's birthday party. Looks a bit austere without balloons in it.

My jiu jitsu club was using a community hall last night at the same time as other people were setting up for it being used as a polling station today, and also the local community gala at the weekend, which was quite a strange combination

 

[marty21]

Primary School

 

[mx wcfc]

It's a university building. Lovely exposed brickwork inside, but I've never managed to get a decent photo of it.

 

[moochedit]

Church Hall (not very exciting i know)

 

[lazythursday]

Bowling green hut / clubhouse

 

[ouirdeaux]

For years it was a church that I would normally pass on my way to going elsewhere, so quite convenient. A few elections ago it was changed to a church slightly further away and not somewhere I had any reason to go to, so less convenient. Not sure about the reason for the change -- the first church is still a polling station, and on the first occasion I went there, because I hadn't noticed what the polling card was telling me to go somewhere else. As I didn't have the card with me, I didn't know where I was supposed to go, but the people staffing the station were very nice about finding out for me.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Ex-church place, now a rehearsal hall. It used to be in an old-folks sheltered housing place (in their community room) but they switched a couple of years back, possibly due to covid.

 

[Dogsauce]

Local library, which used to be the local primary school until the late 60s.

On the street behind, 50m from the back room of the flat as the crow flies, but about five times that to actually walk it.

 

[andysays]

Mine is a local primary school, though not the same local primary school as it used to be up to about 10 years ago.

 

[WouldBe]

Local community centre about 100m from my house.

 

[Plumdaff]

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Nice old church.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Primary School

Did you get to sit in one of the tiny chairs?

 

[QueenOfGoths]

A really rather lovely church hall part of a quadrangle with old almshouses and the church itself.

It always reminds me of Bruges somehow

 

[Sue]

They used to use my primary school so we got the day off. We all loved elections...

 

[andysays]

They used to use my primary school so we got the day off. We all loved elections...

I remember getting 2 days off for elections in 1974

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A really rather lovely church hall part of a quadrangle with old almshouses and the church itself.

It always reminds me of Bruges somehow

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That's lovely. The ex-church that is my polling station does have a nice sandstone frontage, but the rest of it is brick, sadly. No idea what denomination it originally was - will have to do some digging.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I remember the primary schools I went to being used for elections too. Easier when schools were controlled by the LEA I suppose, and cheaper for them in rent costs.

 

[Fez909]

Mine is a school, but it's next door to a windmill! Wasn't expecting that as an option, tbh. Niche!

 

[Puddy_Tat]

at some of the options.

there was something on telly this morning about polling stations in odd places, included a pub and a hairdressers'

i've done postal vote this year, as there was a chance i'd be away for work today, but it's usually local community centre which is right on the edge of the village, so must be a bit of a trek for some people. it's usually split in to two halves so there's two separate 'polling stations' in one 'polling place' and you have to read the notice at the front to see which way you should go depending on what street you live in. (it seems that there's guidance that each polling station should cater for a maximum number of residents.)

and yes, think my primary school was closed (to kids) to be used a polling station at least some times. although my school wasn't where parents went to vote - can't remember whether they voted in a church hall or a different school that was a bit nearer to home.