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  • From £495
  • 172 people
  • Green Park
  • 16m² (172ft²)

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16 Dining

Arthur Holmes Room

From £605.00 / Venue Fee

Arthur Holmes can also be dressed for an intimate, private seated dinner for up to 14 guests. City Dining is a small, young, independent catering company based centrally in NW1 with business activity extending across the capital. Sustainability is very important to City Dining so they tailor their menus to use seasonal and sustainable produce and they only use local suppliers and where applicable buy fair trade products. City Dining can cater of all occasions, including working lunches, fork buffets, canape receptions or private dining.

40 Reception

Council Room

From £850.00 / Venue Fee

The Council Room - Used to be used for meetings of Council and other Society committees. William Babington MD FRS (1756-1833) William Babington was one of the founding 13 members of The Geological Society and it was in his house in early 1807 that the first informal meetings of the Society took place. Although he was an enthusiastic geologist (he gave the Society its first mineral specimen cabinet in 1808) his profession was medicine and he was physician to Guy's Hospital.

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172 Theatre

Lecture Theatre & Lower Library

From £2,180.00 / Venue Fee

Located on the ground floor, the Lecture Theatre and Lower Library provides an inviting setting for conferences. The Theatre was refurbished with help from the Society's Petroleum Group in 1999, and then again for the Bicentenary in 2007. It was named the Janet Watson Lecture Theatre in 2009, in honour of Professor Janet Vida Watson FRS (1923-1985), of Imperial College London, the Society's first woman President (1982-1984). The Lower Library was originally the Society's Main Library. It is now mainly to store foreign periodicals and is used for social gatherings and for refreshments.

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14 Boardroom

William Buckland Room

From £495.00 / Venue Fee

William Buckland Room. The basement room was converted for use as a committee room in 1988 when bookcases were installed to house the library's collection of rare books. The Rev. William Buckland was a fellow of the Royal Society (1818) and Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Oxford. He became Oxford's first reader in Geology (1819) and was president of the Geological Society from 1824-26, when the Society obtained its Royal Charter.

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About The Geological Society

Founded in 1807 by 13 gentlemen over dinner. The Geological Society is the oldest national Geological Society in the world.

The Society has resided in Burlington House, which is a Grade II listed building in the heart of Central London, since 1874.

The Geological Society setting and facilities provides a stunning and welcoming environment for day time conferences, meetings and events, receptions and intimate dinners.

With a 172 seat lecture theatre. Lower Library and a number of smaller meeting rooms, we will have the perfect space to meet your event requirements.

The Geological Society - London

The Geological Society, Piccadilly London – Host impactful conferences and intimate dinners in a stunning Grade II listed venue. Capacity for 172 guests. Enquire via Hire Space today.

Location: , Piccadilly London, London
Coordinates: 51.5086296, -0.138725

Capacity: 14 - 172 guests
Starting from: 495

Available Spaces

Arthur Holmes Room

Capacity: Up to 16 Dining guests

Pricing: 605 / Venue Fee

Arthur Holmes can also be dressed for an intimate, private seated dinner for up to 14 guests. City Dining is a small, young, independent catering company based centrally in NW1 with business activity extending across the capital. Sustainability is very important to City Dining so they tailor their menus to use seasonal and sustainable produce and they only use local suppliers and where applicable buy fair trade products. City Dining can cater of all occasions, including working lunches, fork buffets, canape receptions or private dining.

Council Room

Capacity: Up to 40 Reception guests

Pricing: 850 / Venue Fee

The Council Room - Used to be used for meetings of Council and other Society committees. William Babington MD FRS (1756-1833) William Babington was one of the founding 13 members of The Geological Society and it was in his house in early 1807 that the first informal meetings of the Society took place. Although he was an enthusiastic geologist (he gave the Society its first mineral specimen cabinet in 1808) his profession was medicine and he was physician to Guy's Hospital.

Lecture Theatre & Lower Library

Capacity: Up to 172 Theatre guests

Pricing: 2180 / Venue Fee

Located on the ground floor, the Lecture Theatre and Lower Library provides an inviting setting for conferences. The Theatre was refurbished with help from the Society's Petroleum Group in 1999, and then again for the Bicentenary in 2007. It was named the Janet Watson Lecture Theatre in 2009, in honour of Professor Janet Vida Watson FRS (1923-1985), of Imperial College London, the Society's first woman President (1982-1984). The Lower Library was originally the Society's Main Library. It is now mainly to store foreign periodicals and is used for social gatherings and for refreshments.

William Buckland Room

Capacity: Up to 14 Boardroom guests

Pricing: 495 / Venue Fee

William Buckland Room. The basement room was converted for use as a committee room in 1988 when bookcases were installed to house the library's collection of rare books. The Rev. William Buckland was a fellow of the Royal Society (1818) and Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Oxford. He became Oxford's first reader in Geology (1819) and was president of the Geological Society from 1824-26, when the Society obtained its Royal Charter.

About This Venue

Founded in 1807 by 13 gentlemen over dinner. The Geological Society is the oldest national Geological Society in the world. The Society has resided in Burlington House, which is a Grade II listed building in the heart of Central London, since 1874. The Geological Society setting and facilities provides a stunning and welcoming environment for day time conferences, meetings and events, receptions and intimate dinners. With a 172 seat lecture theatre. Lower Library and a number of smaller meeting rooms, we will have the perfect space to meet your event requirements.

Venue Information

Total Spaces: 4

Website: https://www.hirespace.com/Venues/London/82581/The-Geological-Society