Grand Connaught Rooms

61-65 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, Central London, WC2B 5DA

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With its unrivalled central London location in Covent Garden, just a five minute walk from Covent Garden and Holborn Underground stations, 15 minutes from Kings Cross, Euston and St Pancras Train Stations and accessible to all London’s international airports, the Grand Connaught Rooms is first choice for business events from executive board meetings to large scale branded events.

Choose from 37 conference, meeting and training rooms, each unique in style with the flexibility to accommodate any event. From the iconic Grand Hall with a maximum capacity of 1,000 to the beauty of The Drawing Room for a product launch for 200. Hold your Executive Board meeting in the Ampthill Suite with its distinctive features or for larger events try the Cornwall Suite with capacity for up to 300 theatre style.

Suitable for:

Large conferences
Meeting rooms large and small
Exhibitions
Awards ceremonies
Banquets
Dinner dances
Charity events
Corporate events
Product launches
Weddings

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Room Information

Grand Connaught Rooms has 21 rooms. The largest, Grand Hall, holds up to 1000 guests standing or 700 seated.

Grand Hall700 seated1000 standing
Balmoral260 seated500 standing
Presidents10-18 seated
Empire25-60 seated60 standing
Edinburgh120-300 seated500 standing
Drawing Room50-125 seated250 standing
Cambridge12-20 seated
Cornwall100-300 seated500 standing
Crown50-178 seated250 standing
Coronet25-40 seated50 standing
Oxford12-20 seated
York80-180 seated250 standing
Warwick25-75 seated90 standing
Kent25-80 seated90 standing
Ulster30-85 seated90 standing
Cambria45-140 seated160 standing
Dorset45-120 seated160 standing
Covent Garden100-300 seated500 standing
Stafford35-140 seated160 standing
Penthouse25-40 seated80 standing
Numerous small rooms10-35 seated20-80 standing

Travel Information

Nearest Tube Station
Covent Garden

Nearest Tube Station
Holborn

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Getting to Grand Connaught Rooms by public transport

In Central London, Grand Connaught Rooms is served by Covent Garden (Tube) and Holborn (Tube).

Getting to Grand Connaught Rooms by car

For sat nav, use the postcode WC2B 5DA.

Grand Connaught Rooms for board meetings, banquets and branded events

In Covent Garden, a five minute walk from Covent Garden and Holborn Underground stations, 37 conference, meeting and training rooms serve everything from executive board meetings to large scale branded events.

Stations and airports

Kings Cross, Euston and St Pancras are 15 minutes away and all of London's international airports are accessible, so delegates travelling in for conferences around Covent Garden arrive without fuss.

From boardroom to banquet hall

The Ampthill Suite suits an executive board meeting, with distinctive features of its own. The Cornwall Suite takes up to 300 theatre style, the Drawing Room suits a product launch for 200, and the iconic Grand Hall reaches a maximum capacity of 1,000. That hall seats 700, enough for banquets, dinner dances, awards ceremonies and charity events, and four further rooms hold 500 standing each, so company parties for large teams have several rooms to choose from.

Networking across many rooms

Numerous small rooms seat 10 to 35, which leaves networking that moves between spaces easy to arrange alongside the bigger sessions. Exhibitions and weddings appear on the list of uses too, and each function room differs in style.

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