Board meetings, conferences, private dinners, drinks receptions and weddings for up to 70 seated or 190 standing guests can be held at The Gun, a riverside pub run by Fuller's at 27 Coldharbour in London's Docklands. Six rooms and spaces are offered for hire, and most of them look across the Thames to the O2 Arena.
Seminars and company events
The River Room serves as the boardroom: 16 people around a single oval oak table, with a screen, audio, internet, daylight, a high ceiling and views of the river and the O2. The Dining Room seats 70, or 50 in a conference layout or U-shape, and takes 100 standing, with its own private bar and a screen. The Cabin Room seats 15 in a horseshoe for a smaller workshop. For a presentation, a launch or a drinks reception, the Garden Bar takes 190 standing or a theatre layout, with a private bar, audio and a screen. It is heated and enclosed in winter, and the marquee comes down in summer. Corporate drinks, year-end functions and Christmas parties are also booked here.
Weddings and receptions
Three rooms hold a wedding license: the River Room, the Riverside Conservatory and the Dining Room. The Riverside Conservatory is fully heated and enclosed, with retractable walls and roof, dimmable lighting and views of the river, and works year-round for 40 seated or 70 standing. The Red Room can be combined with the adjoining terrace for drinks before or after dinner, and the Garden Bar takes a large evening party.
Rooms and capacities
The River Room seats 16. The Riverside Conservatory takes 40 seated or 70 standing. The Cabin Room seats 22 at two long tables or 15 in a horseshoe, takes 15 standing, and has oak paneling and a ceiling lined with antique tankards, overlooking the terrace and the river. The Dining Room takes 70 seated or 100 standing. The Garden Bar takes 190 standing. The Red Room seats 20 at two long parallel tables or takes 22 standing, with an open fire and Chesterfield armchairs. Most rooms are wheelchair accessible.
Catering
Head Chef Bruno has written dedicated events menus, and the kitchen can cater for a range of dietary needs. Drinks are served from the private bars in the Dining Room and the Garden Bar, or from the main pub.
History and setting
The pub dates from the early 18th century. Its name recalls the cannon fired to mark the opening of the West India Import Docks in 1802. Lord Nelson owned a house nearby and came to the docks to inspect guns; he is said to have met Lady Emma Hamilton in the upstairs room now called the River Room. Smugglers once landed contraband here and moved it through a hidden tunnel, and a spy-hole in the circular staircase is still in place. A recent renovation kept the building's historic features.
Getting there
Blackwall DLR station is about five minutes on foot, and Canary Wharf, on the Jubilee and Elizabeth lines, is around 15 minutes' walk. London City Airport is a short drive away across the docks.
