The card fixture at Blyth Maltings House is a small in-person event run in the upper kiln-room library, under a Gambling Commission casino licence, for registered house guests over the age of eighteen. It is open by appointment with reception only, is not advertised, and is closed on Sundays and during the annual maintenance closure in the first two weeks of January each year.
This website does not offer gambling services, does not accept wagers, does not promote any form of online or remote play, and is not a marketing site for the library fixture. It is an editorial site that describes the house where we live and work.
Organisations we can point you toward
If gambling has become a difficulty for you or for someone in your household, the following organisations offer free and confidential support in the United Kingdom. We name them in plain text; their contact details are easily found by name and we keep this page free of outside links so that the site remains simple.
- GamCare, with a 24-hour helpline and online support.
- BeGambleAware, with information and a referral service.
- The National Problem Gambling Clinic, the NHS treatment service.
- GAMSTOP, the national self-exclusion scheme for online operators.
- Gamblers Anonymous, with in-person and online meetings across the UK.
- Gam-Anon, for family members and partners.
Blyth Maltings House has no relationship with any of these organisations, has not been endorsed by them, and is not in receipt of any funding or referral arrangement.
Our own practice
Alice at reception will decline a request to attend the library fixture from a guest she feels should not be attending, and is not required to give a reason. The fixture is closed each week to give a break in the rhythm of the house, and each year through the first two weeks of January.
No one under the age of eighteen is admitted to the upper library during the fixture, and the door is staffed for the duration. The fixture is not open to non-residents of the house.