Richmond Athletic Ground hires out two hospitality rooms for meetings, training days, parties and weddings, with space for up to 150 guests in the larger one. It is a sports ground in south-west London, about five minutes from Richmond station.
Seminars and company events
The ground hosts more than 100 meetings, training sessions, parties, wakes and other events each year, so the booking team knows how to run a working day. Conferences and meetings have their own page on the website, and company parties for Christmas and summer are also offered.
Two indoor rooms are available. The Murray Judd Room seats up to 150 people. The Club Room seats at least 100. Both have a bar and both can be hired seven days a week, which helps when a team wants a weekend session or an evening event after office hours. A games area is also listed among the indoor spaces.
The site does not publish room sizes, layouts or technical equipment. Ask for the hospitality brochure, which the venue provides as a download, and state your format and equipment needs in the request.
Weddings and receptions
The venue offers weddings and renewals of vows, along with private parties and celebrations of life. The details sit on a dedicated page of the website. The two rooms give a reception capacity of 100 to 150, depending on the room, and the outdoor grounds allow guests to step out between the ceremony and the meal.
Rooms and capacities
The Murray Judd Room is the larger room, with seating for up to 150. The Club Room is the second space, seating at least 100. Each has its own bar. Together with the games area, they make up the indoor hire offer. Beyond the rooms, the site describes 27 acres of flexible event space with extensive outdoor facilities, which suits a company day with outdoor activity next to a meeting.
Catering
The ground runs a substantial catering operation connected to both rooms. The options named by the venue include formal dinners, hog roasts, barbecues and sandwich buffets. A hospitality brochure with the full choice can be downloaded from the site. For a seminar, the sandwich buffet and the formal dinner give the two ends of the range: a working lunch at one end, an evening gala at the other.
History and setting
The site describes the ground as one of London's most historic sporting venues. It hosts rugby tournaments, including sevens, as well as public events during the year such as a family fireworks night, an outdoor cinema and summer socials. It is also hired for filming. This gives the venue a working, sporting character that suits team events, club dinners and informal corporate days.
Getting there
Richmond station is about five minutes away and is served by National Rail, the District line and the London Overground. Buses also serve the area. The ground has over 300 on-site parking spaces, and coach parking is listed for Richmond. The full postal address is on the website's Find Us page. The office can be reached at 020 8940 0397 on weekdays from 9am to 5pm.
