Eastway Baths in Hackney Wick, East London, hires out four spaces for workshops, away days, talks, screenings, launches and parties, for groups from 20 to 300 guests. The building is a former public baths at 80 Eastway, a short walk from the Olympic Park, and it runs as a working cultural venue with a cafe and a bar.
Seminars and company events
The venue lists away days, launches, workshops and celebrations as its corporate and private offer. One team looks after layouts, audiovisual kit, food and drink. The Hall takes conferences and workshops with house sound, a projector and staging. The Sunroom suits talks, workshops and small meetings, with a projector and screen subject to availability. Weekday daytime is the easiest slot to book, and the venue states that discounted rates apply to weekday daytime and community bookings. A hire pack with full rates is sent on request.
Rooms and capacities
The Hall is a warehouse-style room, 17.9 m by 12.5 m, with a 7 m ceiling. It holds 300 standing or 150 seated and can be set as seated rows, cabaret, conference, workshop or open floor. It comes with a bar and bar staff, a Martin Audio sound system, a projector with a 30 m HDMI cable, ambient house lights and 20 staging sections. Mixing desks and DJ decks can be added, and tech support is needed whenever house equipment is used.
The Sunroom measures about 65 sq m under a large skylight and has its own doors onto the garden. It takes 60 standing or 40 seated, and chairs and trestle tables are provided. There is no blackout, so screenings work best after dark.
The Garden holds about 150 standing or 50 seated on chairs. It has its own outside bar, a speaker system, a marquee, tables and picnic benches. It closes at 10 p.m. and stays open to cafe visitors unless it is booked out. When both spaces are booked, the Hall serves as indoor cover.
The Cafe seats around 50 for talks, screenings and workshops, with a projector and sound included. It keeps trading during a booking.
Minimum hire is 2 hours on weekdays and 4 hours at weekends, with setup and pack-down counted inside the booked time. The Garden is booked in 4-hour blocks or full days.
Catering
Bar and cafe staff come with every hire. The cafe serves food from Soulfull Kitchen, and the venue says it can arrange food and drink for corporate and private events. Drinks in the garden are served through the venue.
History and setting
The site is an old public baths on Eastway. Today it combines a cafe, a bar and a programme of live music, club nights, screenings, workshops and exhibitions, with something on most days. Organisers should expect a lived-in cultural venue rather than a conference hotel.
Getting there
The address is 80 Eastway, London E9 5JH, in Hackney Wick. The Olympic Park is a short walk away. The venue opens at 7 a.m. Tuesday to Friday, at 8 a.m. on weekends and at 5 p.m. on Mondays.
