Gray's Inn Venue offers eight event spaces for meetings, conferences, receptions, dinners and weddings in central London, with theatre layouts up to 175 and a licensed garden for up to 250 guests. It sits inside Gray's Inn, one of the four Inns of Court, next to Chancery Lane station and close to the City. The venue works as dry hire, so décor, catering and entertainment are chosen by the organizer, with the venue's team and trusted suppliers to help.
Seminars and company events
For meetings and seminars the site lists five versatile rooms. Theatre style runs from 30 to 170, boardroom layouts from 5 to 48, cabaret 42 and U-shape 30. The corporate events page states a theatre capacity of 175, a boardroom of 5 to 50 and cabaret for 84. Full-day conferences are held in the Large Pension Room, and smaller team meetings in the dedicated meeting rooms. Layouts are flexible, and integrated technology supports presentations, collaboration and hybrid meetings. Day delegate packages cover room hire, refreshments, lunch and comfort breaks, in breakfast, half-day and full-day formats. After the sessions, a drinks reception can move to The Walks, the inn's five acres of private gardens.
Weddings and receptions
The venue has three licensed ceremony spaces. The Walks are licensed for outdoor ceremonies for up to 250 guests in the warmer months, and in June and July a marquee can host the reception with dining and dancing. For smaller weddings of up to 60 guests, exclusive hire of the first floor of the Domus Building combines the Large Pension Room for the ceremony or the wedding breakfast, The Landing for drinks, and the Benchers' Library as a private space for the couple. For up to 176 guests, exclusive hire of the whole Domus Building uses The Hall for ceremonies, dinner and dancing, with the Large Pension Room for drinks and speeches.
Rooms and capacities
The named spaces are The Hall, the Large Pension Room, the Small Pension Room, the Benchers' Library, the Bingham Room, The Birkenhead, The Holt, the Rose Heilbron Room and The Walks with its marquee. Room-by-room capacities are published in the brochures on each event page rather than in the text, so ask for the plan matching your head count. The figures above are the ones the site states in words.
Catering
Gray's Inn Venue runs a catering offer with breakfast, lunch, drinks and Christmas menus that can be adjusted for dietary requirements. For weddings, the site describes the venue as dry hire, so caterers and entertainment can be chosen freely, and it points to trusted suppliers.
History and setting
Gray's Inn has been home to lawyers since before 1388 and today is one of the four Inns of Court responsible for the education and training of barristers. Eight spaces across the Domus Building and 10 South Square are open for hire, and the Walks give the site a large private garden in the middle of the city.
Getting there
The venue is next to Chancery Lane station and close to the City of London, which makes it easy to reach for delegates arriving from different parts of London.
