Queens takes company events of every size, from a team outing on a few bowling lanes to a full venue takeover for up to 1,000 guests. The venue combines an indoor ice rink open all year, 17 ten-pin bowling lanes, curling on ice, interactive darts and a retro arcade at 17 Queensway, in the Bayswater area of west London.
Seminars and company events
This is a venue for activity-led events rather than conference sessions. The in-house events team handles office parties, Christmas parties, team-building days, delegate events, and semi-private, private and full venue hire, and it builds bespoke formats around a budget. A typical brief combines a skating or curling session with bowling, food and drinks at the bar. Packages for smaller groups can be booked online, while groups of 30 guests or more are quoted on room or activity hire with a minimum spend on food and drink. Queens also hosts filming sessions, and the events team helps with dates and the finishing touches.
Weddings and receptions
The venue does not advertise weddings. Private celebrations and parties are part of its events offer, and a separate program covers children's parties.
Rooms and capacities
The whole venue holds 1,000 people. The bookable areas are the indoor ice rink; the bowling lanes, split into two zones including a VIP section with bar and restaurant service; six interactive darts oches; the curling lanes on the ice; the retro arcade; and a full-service bar with pool tables and photo booths. Queens does not publish a capacity for each area, so the events team sizes the hire to the group, from one zone of lanes to the full building.
Catering
Food and drinks are served on site, with bar service and a restaurant offer from MEATLiquor, where larger groups book a minimum spend. Party packages bundle activities with food and drink for smaller groups, and the VIP bowling section has its own bar and restaurant service.
History and setting
Queens describes its rink as the oldest in London and the only one in the city open all year, with about 130 years of history behind the venue, and it says its curling lanes are the only ones on ice in London. Late skate sessions run every night from 9 p.m. The venue opens daily at 10 a.m. and closes at 11 p.m. from Sunday to Thursday and at midnight on Friday and Saturday, which leaves room for both daytime team-building and evening parties.
Getting there
The venue is on Queensway, a few steps from Queensway station on the Central line and close to Bayswater station on the Circle and District lines. Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens lie at the southern end of the street, and central London is a short tube ride away.
