Please note, this is primarily our place of worship so we do not take external party bookings (either adult or children's parties) and we are an alcohol free venue so won't be appropriate for some types of events.
NB: We are able to offer a discretionary 25% discount to registered charities on our hourly rate.
Main Hall
Includes flexible seating for up to 170 people (theatre style).
Measures 17.9m x 10.9m.
Hire of this space includes access to the servery/teapoint and toilets in the Foyer including a disabled toilet and baby changing station.
Hire rate: £28 an hour plus a caretaking fee of either £10 during office hours or £15 outisde of office hours.
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Gallery above Main Hall
Includes fixed seating for 70 people (theatre style).
If hired along side our Main Hall, the two spaces cost £35 an hour plus caretaking.
Back Hall (with Main Kitchen & access to outside space)
Includes flexible seating for 40-50 (cafe style).
Measures: 9.65m x 6.65m.
Hire rate: £18 an hour plus caretaking
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Classroom 1 (with kitchenette)
Includes flexible seating for 10 (board room seating).
Measures: 6.95m x 3.25m
Hire rate: £12 an hour plus caretaking
Classroom 2
Includes flexible seating for 10 (board room seating).
Measures: 6.95m x 3.40m
Hire rate: £12 an hour plus caretaking
Classroom 3
Includes flexible seating for 10 (board room seating).
Measures: 6.95m x 2.8m.
Hire rate: £12 an hour plus caretaking
If two classrooms are hired at the same time, the price is £14 an hour for two or if all three rooms are hired, the price is £18 an hour for three (plus caretaking).
Main Kitchen
Fully equipped with large catering sized oven, industrial dishwasher, large water urn, heated cabinet, hot plates, microwave, coffee maker and crockery to cater for over 100 people.
Hire rate (if hired with another room other than the Back Hall): £11 an hour
Hire rate (if hired on its own): £18 an hour plus caretaking
Cedar Cafe (with Foyer and servery)
Includes 2 brown leather 2-seater sofas and flexible bistro tables and chairs for up to 20 people (cafe stlyle).
Measures: 7.2m x 2.9m
Hire rate: £14 an hour plus caretaking
Facilities and accessibility:
All of our spaces have been made accessible with a lift to the upstairs classrooms at the back.
Every hireable space has access to disabled toilets.
Our front and back entrances are accessible by wheelchair or walker.
We have two baby changing stations, one off our Foyer and one off our Back Hall.
First aid kits and accident record can be located in each of our four kitchens.
We have an automatica defibrillator on the front of our building.
Our forecourt has limited parking available and therefore we will usually only be able to make 2 spaces available to hirers. Speak to us about your parking options if you anticipate this being a problem (as there is lots of local parking, much of which is free).
We have two large TVs on wheeled stands which can be used by hirers on request along with DVD players. These both have HDMI so can be used with laptops.
We have several different types of tables that you can choose from including:
- rectangular (seating up to 8)
- large round (seating up to 8)
- square (seating up to 4)
- Bistro style tables and chairs (seating up to 4)
- we have 100 wooden and fabric chairs in our Main Hall
- we have 40 metal and fabric chairs in our Back Hall
- we have 40 metal and fabric chairs across the 3 classrooms upstairs
If you are interested in booking one of our spaces, please complete this booking form in the first instance:
of email booking@portswood.org