The Garrison Hotel takes meetings of up to 120 delegates, weddings with up to 90 guests at the ceremony and 200 in the evening, and private parties, across four event rooms and a rooftop terrace. The hotel occupies a Grade II listed former military guardhouse inside Hillsborough Barracks in Sheffield, and it keeps 43 bedrooms on site.
Seminars and company events
The largest meeting room is the Guardhouse Suite, which holds up to 120 people and has a large pull-down projection screen. It can be divided into smaller sections, which helps when a plenary session breaks into workshops. The Garrison Suite and The Cell each take up to 40 people in theatre style. The Garrison Suite keeps its original brickwork and arched walkways, and its former cell booths give quiet corners for interviews or one-to-one sessions. The Cell sits in the basement of the guardhouse. The Armoury, once the ammunition store of the barracks, holds up to 30 people in an informal layout that suits a team workshop or a small briefing.
The hotel publishes a meeting space hire brochure and a corporate buffet menu, and a conference team handles bookings. For a two-day program, the 43 bedrooms let part or all of a group stay in the same building as the meeting rooms.
Weddings and receptions
The Garrison is approved for civil ceremonies, so the vows and the reception can take place under one roof. The Guardhouse Suite takes up to 90 guests for the ceremony and the wedding breakfast, and up to 200 for the evening reception. The Garrison Suite, part of the listed guardhouse with its original cells and a private terrace, takes up to 35 guests for the ceremony and meal and up to 70 in the evening. The Roof Top Terrace hosts open-air ceremonies under a canopy for up to 80 guests, an option the hotel suggests for summer dates. A wedding coordinator handles planning.
For birthday, anniversary or office parties, the Guardhouse has a central dance floor and a private bar for up to 120 guests, and it can be set up as a restaurant or themed for an evening. The Garrison Suite, in the Tower and Turret, hosts dinner parties of up to 20 guests, who can dine inside the old guardroom cells. The rooftop garden terrace looks over the city skyline, connects to the Garrison Suite and can also be hired on its own. The team can book DJs, bands, flowers and table decorations.
Accommodation
The hotel has 43 en suite bedrooms, including two family rooms and two rooms with disabled access. Double, twin and family rooms are available.
Catering
Food comes from the hotel's own kitchen. The Garrison Restaurant and Guardhouse Bar serve a menu that mixes British and Continental cooking, prepared fresh from local ingredients. For events, the options run from hot buffets and a large party menu to a seasonal British menu for more formal dinners, plus an afternoon tea package.
History and setting
The guardhouse was completed in 1854 as part of Hillsborough Barracks, which ranked among the largest military depots in the country. The hotel describes it as the only surviving example of a walled barracks in Britain. Turrets, ramparts and the original stone walls remain, and the event rooms take their names and character from that military past: the Guardhouse, the cells and the Armoury.
Getting there
The hotel stands at 635 Penistone Road, Hillsborough Barracks, Sheffield S6 2GB, in the Hillsborough district. Sheffield lies within an hour's drive of the Peak District, the Yorkshire Dales, Derbyshire, Manchester, Leeds and York.
