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Summer Parties

There's nothing quite like sunshine and good company to make people ready for a night on the town. Here's our pick of the best summer spots!

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Unique Venue Of The Month

Explore the heritage of London and its transport system at The London Transport Museum, which is the Unique Venue of the Month at Hire Space.

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Packed full of history, impressive artefacts and fascinating tales of bygone eras, host your next event in a museum! Here are our top 5 museums to hire for events in London.

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Museums

Museums make an incredible venue space - they are often with ample space, and provide a different kind of backdrop, that is informative and beautiful. Below are ten of the quirkiest museums in London, these museums are wonderfully quirky, and each venue would make for a great event space.

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The name doesn't lie: The Museum of London is a museum showcasing all things London, providing a history of the city from its very beginnings to the current day. Londoners can learn about the background of their home city, and tourists can marvel at the history of one of the most iconic places on Earth. And, as well as educating the community on the fascinating eras such as Roman London, Medieval London and the Civil War, the museum is

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Paddington to Whitechapel in 26 minutes. 4 million letters a day. 70 feet below ground level. These are the figures that defined Mail Rail, an ingenious and fascinating facet of London's history. In the height of its functioning in the 1930s, the "post office railway" stopped at nine stations and was the reason Londoners received their cherished letters and postcards (and yes, those not-so-cherished bills). Based at one of the most important of the mail stops – the sorting office at Mount Pleas

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The Science Museum is a temple to innovation and human achievement. I don’t remember how old I was when I first stepped foot into that grand entrance hall and was mesmerised by the great machines in action. Huge metal wheels whirling with a kinetic majesty that propelled Britain into the technological and social upheaval of the Industrial Revolution. Even today, stepping into that grand space is just as inspiring. It’s a feeling that

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Here are 7 facts you probably didn't know about the iconic Barbican Centre - prepare to be amazed!

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London is bursting with iconic sites, from beautiful palaces to world-famous museums that visitors come from miles around to see, many of which can also be hired for anything from fabulous parties to fascinating conferences.

Historic Venues

Over the course of its nearly thousand year history, The Tower of London has seen some quite strange events; stories of the astonishing or the downright weird, and it’s protected the secrets of the monarchy, incarcerated spies and executed traitors. It’s fitting then that the Tower should continue this tradition of the extraordinary, as a venue for the unusual . Whether you want to host a wildly themed party, dispose of some nephews, s

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Legendary Madame Tussauds really needs no introduction, so we could pretty much just end this blog right here. But the home of wax figures has such a rich history that we'd be remiss not to share it. The wax-centric museums are now dotted around the world – there are branches in Beijing, Tokyo, Sydney, San Francisco and Orlando – but the experience grew from humble beginnings. The Madame herself – born as Marie Grosholtz – sculpted her first wax figure of Voltaire in 1777, but it was still a

London Venues

London is a city full of Museums and while they have long fascinated and informed countless visitors, their full potential as prime event spaces is yet to be realised. James Roche presents five top London Museum Venues. Foundling Museum Source: foundlingmuseum.org.uk If you're anything like the couple in the above photograph and you fancy celebrating post-wedding with a rendition of Billy Joel's

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