Meridian Grand hosts conferences, gala dinners, product launches and weddings for up to 800 guests, across two ballrooms that open into one hall and two smaller suites. The purpose-built banqueting venue stands on Advent Way in Edmonton, north London, postcode N18, and runs its own kitchen and décor company.
Seminars and company events
The corporate offer covers conferences, seminars, award ceremonies, gala dinners, product launches, team-building days, Christmas parties and dinner dances. Seated corporate events run from 150 to 800 guests. The ballrooms come with HD projection screens, production lighting and rigging options, air conditioning and mood lighting, so a plenary session and an evening dinner can share the same technical setup. A marble foyer with chandeliers serves as the arrival and reception area. Smaller meetings or breakout sessions fit in the Eternity Suite, which takes 100 in theatre style, or the Infinity Suite, which takes 60.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings fill much of the calendar. The team lists Asian, Pakistani, Bengali, Sikh, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, Turkish, African, Nigerian and Afghan weddings, as well as mixed-heritage celebrations, mehndi nights, engagements, birthdays and bar and bat mitzvahs. The ballrooms each have a raised couples balcony for entrances and for greeting guests. Two VIP suites with private bathrooms, a safe, a TV and tea and coffee facilities are kept for getting ready on the day. Midnight Garden Events, the in-house décor and production company, handles staging and styling.
Rooms and capacities
The Grand Ballroom seats 650 for a banquet, 600 with a dance floor, or 700 in theatre style. The Meridian Ballroom takes 400 for a banquet without a dance floor, 350 with one, and 400 in theatre style. Opened together as the Meridian Grand Ballroom, the two rooms hold up to 800 guests in every layout, with up to 100 round tables of 12. The Eternity Suite seats 100 for dinner, or 72 with a dance floor. The Infinity Suite seats 70 for dinner, 48 with dancing and 60 in theatre style. Swarovski chandeliers hang in the ballrooms, and every space has air conditioning, audiovisual equipment and adjustable lighting.
Catering
Catering is in-house. The kitchen team specialises in Asian cuisine and publishes four menus: main, vegetarian, Gujarati and vegan. The venue states a five-star food hygiene rating. Whether outside caterers are accepted, and how halal or kosher requirements are handled, should be confirmed with the events office before a booking.
History and setting
Meridian Grand was built for large celebrations and corporate functions rather than adapted from an older building, which explains the size of its halls. It sits in the Meridian Water area of the London Borough of Enfield, close to the North Circular Road, and has car parking on site. For an organiser, the draw is scale under one roof: an 800-seat hall, two breakout suites, in-house food and in-house production, managed by one team.
Getting there
Most guests arrive by car from the A406 North Circular. Meridian Water station, on the rail line toward Stratford, is the nearest station. London Stansted is the closest major airport, and London City and Heathrow are within driving distance for international guests.
