South Bank Venue Hire

The venue offers great flexibility, as the Ensign Room at the stern of the vessel and its smaller open deck are ideal for welcome receptions and breakout space, alongside the River Room at the bow, the largest internal space, perfect for larger meetings, receptions, and dinners. Stairs lead up from both rooms to the open-top deck, where guests can take in the impressive views as they sail along the Thames. The Silver Sturgeon is perfectly suited for lunches and dinners, cocktail receptions, charity galas, awards ceremonies, product launches, conferences, fashion shows, and media events.

Luxury apartment perfect for Business events

Garden views, high ceilings, light wood paneling and floods of natural daylight make the Luncheon Room the perfect space to entertain your guests. Perfect to host standing receptions for up to 120 guests, the space works beautifully for a variety of events to include networking drinks, a private occasion or a wedding party. The Luncheon Room interconnects with the Hall and the Parliament Chamber and is the ideal spot for dinner parties for up to 65 and is also a great catering or break out space for any event in the adjoining Parliament Chamber.

The Great Room is jewel in the crown, accommodating up to 180 guests theatre and 80 guests cabaret style for conferences. The room features high ceilings and a skylight which floods in a natural daylight. The room is air-conditioned and can be completely blacked out for presentations or hybrid events. The state-of-the art audio-visual facilities include an HD projector for both data and professional format video projection.

Draughts Waterloo is nestled inside a disused railway arch under Waterloo Station. The revealed brickwork combined with its entrance via the Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel gives this "board game bar" an unexpected edge. Once inside, the high ceilings work in contract to its intimate and cosy atmosphere. The whole venue can seat 150 people, whether they are dipping into the cocktail menu and sharing patters of playing one of the thousand games on display. The mezzanine level allows for private groups of up to 70 guests for drinks receptions, parties, dinners, or all-out gaming warfare.

The Gladstone Library on the 2nd floor of One Whitehall Place offers a very special licensed event room accommodating up to 220 people for ceremony, and 220 for wedding breakfast. The Library interlinks directly with the Reading & Writing Room which accommodates up to 120 for ceremony or wedding breakfast, or 250 for drinks reception and offers views over Whitehall Gardens, London Eye and River Thames. Wedding packages are available with our internal catering, and can also be offered as a dry hire venue with external caterers for Indian and Kosher cuisine.

Planning a larger event? You can hire the whole venue exclusively for up to 2000 people. With 6 bars, 8 street food traders, 3 breakout spaces and the best views in town it makes for one epic venue for your next event.

Our venue consists of 3 archways. Arch 1 & 2 is perfect for exclusive hire for any event. We have a great events team that will make any event magical whether it is a drinks reception, birthday, Christmas, or networking event. Arch 3 is smaller and ideal for more of an intimate gathering with family and friends or a small work do. We have a range of carefully crafted menus which our bookings can choose from whether that be canapes, light bites, or flatbreads. We cater to everyone's needs and make sure there is a good selection paired with one of our signature cocktails and craft beers.

With restored brickwork and natural schemes throughout, the Old Crypt and adjacent Forum offer the perfect environment for tasteful presentations, conferences, and corporate events.

The versatility of this space really opens the doors for many types of private events from birthday parties to that work activity day! Our whole venue works perfectly for up to 240 people.

Our main space is located on the ground floor and is great for Christmas or Business parties. The venue has in-house studio system/AV, high speed internet, in-house projector and PA systems, mirrors (4 metres high top to bottom), multiple bar options, cloak room facilities and covered smoking area. Our bar and catering team can cater to your event needs, dietary requirements and budgets. We also offer a fully serviced Kitchenette, bar staff, servers and hostesses available upon request for hire. We have an Alcohol Licence which can be arranged outside of our alcohol licence.

You have the idea and we have the space! Our venue can accommodate meetings and events of all kinds, with some of the best freshly-made Polsih food and craft beers you will find south of the river. Our restaurant is the perfect location for conferences, group-get togethers, birthday parties, receptions, private dining and much more! We are located in the heart of Southbank, only a 5 minute walk from Waterloo Station. We offer built-in microphone&sound system, overhead projectors and even custom lighting schemes. Catering and special dietary menus are also available!

Equipped with 6 meeting rooms, Embassy Tea House offers the following spaces : Dragon Well (10) - Boardroom Jasmin (10) - Boardroom Ceylon (8) - Circular Assam (8) - Boardroom Darjeeling (6) - Boardroom Jade Cloud (5) - Boardroom

Silver Barracuda is a beautiful vintage river cruiser, with original art deco interior styling and opulent fabrics by Osborne & Little. Throughout the whole vessel, we can welcome up to 200 guests, with a small open deck at the stern of the boat available for guests to enjoy. If you’re looking for unusual party venues, it doesn’t get much more unique - or impressive - than the Silver Barracuda, with its unique views of London.

The room has a low-key, brasserie-style feel. Design accents such as the vintage parquet floor, iroko tabletops and Børge Mogensen chairs make an elegant foil for bespoke pendant LED lights and comfortable green leather banquettes.

Arriving in London this Spring 2023, Oceandiva London is the UK’s first sustainable events venue. This unique CO2-neutral vessel gives you the ability to host sensational events on the River Thames. With over 2,000m2 of unimpeded space, the vessel is the perfect events venue for drinks receptions, gala dinners, product launches, conferences, awards ceremonies and private celebrations.