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Celesta Venues

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758 capacity
10 meeting rooms

About the venue

Celesta Venues is one of London’s largest academic venues, offering an array of flexible event spaces in both Central and West London From modern classrooms to lecture theatres and conference spaces for over 750 delegates, Celesta Venues is the ideal choice for hosting your next residential conference, training program summer school, educational trip and much more.

A selection of our most popular and unique event spaces include: Sherfield Building: The Great Hall is the largest venue providing tiered seating for 758 and the exhibition space to 570 sqm. Queen’s Tower rooms are often used in conjunction and offer a contemporary space overlooking the Queen’s Lawn and Tower ideal for exhibitions, dinners and receptions for 620 guests. This room can also be separated into three smaller breakout spaces. City and Guilds Building: A modern suite of ten meeting rooms for up to 65 delegates and lecture theatres. It also benefits from a dedicated mezzanine. Royal School of Mines: The third floor can be hired exclusively if required. The ground floor also boasts an impressive reception area with original staircase and period features; its entrance is conveniently accessible from Prince Consort Road. 170 Queen’s Gate: A Grade II listed townhouse with four stunning rooms and a private courtyard garden. Accommodation: 2,200 single, twin and double bedrooms with either en-suite or shared bathroom facilities are available in Central London. Rooms can be offered on a room only or bed and breakfast basis. Packed lunches and dinner counter meals can also be arranged Catering: Menus have been carefully crafted to suit a range of tastes and budgets, but if you’re looking for something with a difference, the talented team of chefs can design a bespoke, mouth-watering and memorable menu for you. Audio-visual: An in-house facilities and dedicated staff can provide bespoke state of the art AV services to ensure your event runs successfully. Complimentary Wi-Fi is available across all venues. Event planning and management: Our dedicated and friendly support team at Celesta Venues is available to help you organise and deliver a seamless unforgettable event. Choose from two unrivalled locations and soak up the atmosphere of a world-renowned university. Host your next event on Imperial’s main campus in South Kensington and be within a short walk of London’s most celebrated attractions including the Royal Albert Hall, Hyde Park and the Natural, Science and Victoria and Albert Museums. Looking for an alternative alternative? The North Acton offers modern accommodation and event spaces suitable for summer schools, internships and educational groups. Your guests can enjoy brand new facilities including study spaces, communal areas and an outdoor courtyard, while also being within a 30-minute journey on public transport from some of the city’s best cultural hubs including Notting Hill, Wembley Stadium and Oxford Circus

Location

Nearest motorwayM4
Nearest junction-
Nearest stationSouth Kensington
Nearest airportHeathrow

Parking

On-site parking-
Parking nearbyNo

Meeting rooms

In the table below, you can hover over the underlined room names to see a photo of that room.

Room name
Capacity (people)
Theatre
Classroom
Boardroom
Cabaret
Banquet
Ushape
Rec.
Dimensions(H/L/W/A)
Seminar & Learning Centre
65
30
26
48
-
27
-
-/-/-/-
Read Lecture Theatre
164
-
-
-
-
-
-
-/-/-/-
Pippard Lecture Theatre
158
-
-
-
-
-
-
-/-/-/-
80
40
32
36
-
32
-
-/-/-/-
Queens Lawn
-
-
-
-
-
-
1000
-/-/-/-
758
200
-
160
-
-
200
-/-/-/-
Skempton Building
160
98
-
32
-
22
100
-/-/-/-
SAF Building
320
-
-
-
-
-
200
-/-/-/-
270
139
58
80
-
-
-
-/-/-/-
470
200
135
220
350
90
620
-/-/-/-

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