Conferences, away days, product launches, awards nights and company parties can be held here, from 75 guests seated in the smallest space to 1,400 when the whole building is booked. The venue is Big Penny Social, at 1 Priestley Way in Walthamstow, in northeast London.
Seminars and company events
The venue lists away days, conferences, product launches and corporate parties, as well as awards ceremonies, gigs, performances, exhibitions, screenings and filming. The Event Space is the main room for business formats: 500 theater style, 450 for dining or 700 standing. It has its own private bar and separate access to the garden, and it can be partitioned for smaller groups.
Groups of up to 200 can book private hire online, while larger events go through the private hire team, which also arranges venue tours and has a private hire brochure. Full-venue hire, for up to 1,400 guests, is offered for one-off events such as large company parties or filming, with food and drink included in the package.
Rooms and capacities
Beyond the Event Space, the garden holds 400 standing or 250 seated. It connects to the Event Space, can serve as a wet-weather backup when combined with it, and can be hired in part or in full. The Beer Hall takes 600 standing or 400 seated and is only available as part of a whole-building hire. The Big Penny Beach Club, styled around a summer party, takes 150 standing or 75 seated. Big Penny Studio, a more recent space, holds 250 standing or 150 seated, and in November it is fitted out for Christmas with curling lanes.
Flukes is the games hall, with interactive darts, shuffleboard, American pool tables and private karaoke booths. It works as an add-on for a team evening or as a party space of its own.
Catering
The venue brews its own beer and runs a full kitchen. The menu covers salads, pub classics and sourdough pizzas, and drinks range from beer and wine to cocktails and low and no alcohol options. At the Beach Club, a fish and chip shack serves the space, and barbecues, food trucks or an outside caterer can be arranged. The kitchen has handled more than 1,000 meals at a single event, according to a client.
History and setting
Big Penny Social combines a bar, a brewery and an events venue, and it runs community activity through Big Penny CIC. The size of the building lets several hundred guests move between indoor halls, a garden and themed spaces on one site, which suits events that mix a formal session with a long party.
Getting there
The venue is in Walthamstow, postcode E17, in northeast London. Blackhorse Road station, on the Victoria line and the London Overground, is the closest rail stop. The bar is open until 1 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
