Workshop Venues for Hire in London

Workshop spaces for hire in London

Woolly Mammoth has 65 workshop venues in London, from daylight lofts in Shoreditch and studios on the Regent's Canal to a Victorian schoolhouse in Peckham and a restored cooperage in Clerkenwell. Groups of 10 to 160 people can book them from £480 for a half day of 4 hours, for team workshops, training days, seminars and design sprints, with no booking fee. All of them come with presentation equipment and a separate breakout space. Tell us your group size, layout and date: we send a shortlist, arrange a viewing, organise lunch and coffee, and someone from our team meets you at check-in.

A workshop needs a different room from a meeting. People get up, move between tables, cover the walls with sticky notes and split into groups, often for a whole day. So we look at floor space, natural light and a second area for breakouts before we look at the number of chairs.

How to choose a workshop venue in London

Workshop venues by group size

Pick the band that fits your group, then check each venue's seats at tables: that is the number for a workshop where everyone works at a table.

Small workshops for up to 20 people

• Wilmington Square Studio, Clerkenwell: a Georgian first-floor flat on a garden square, with tall sash windows, a whiteboard and a projector. 10 seats at tables, from £700 a half day.
• Shoreditch loft with rooftop: exposed brick, large windows, a whiteboard and a flip chart indoors, and a private roof terrace for the coffee break. Seats 15, from £640 a half day.
• Converted Victorian Schoolhouse in Peckham: a former school behind Rye Lane, with high ceilings, a modular layout, a whiteboard, a flip chart and a projector. 20 seated, £500 for a half day.
• Perseverance Works Loft in Shoreditch: two open floors in a brick loft, with a whiteboard, a flip chart and a projector, so a group can split between levels. Seats 15, from £760 a half day.

Workshops for 20 to 40 people

• The Artist's Loft, Shoreditch: designed for creative meetings and workshops, with 30 seats at tables, a whiteboard, a flip chart and a lift. From £480 a half day, our lowest price.
• Canalside Studios, Angel: two light-filled studios by the Regent's Canal, set up in cabaret, classroom or boardroom style, each with a 65-inch screen and a whiteboard. Seats 36, from £540 a half day.
• The Designer's Penthouse in Old Street: a fifth-floor penthouse in a former factory, with factory windows, 25 seats at tables and a terrace along its length. From £640 a half day.
• The Greenhouse Collective, Hoxton: a plant-filled studio with large windows, a whiteboard, a flip chart and wheelchair access. Seats 24, from £600 a half day.
• 1900s Brewery Cooperage Loft, Clerkenwell: a triple-height atrium full of daylight, with a whiteboard, a flip chart and step-free entry. Seats 22, from £960 a half day.

Large workshops and training days for 40 people or more

• The Hammersmith Vault: 80 seats at tables, with a whiteboard, a flip chart and a projector. From £1,040 a half day.
• The Vault at Grosvenor Place, by Hyde Park Corner: a chandeliered room for 80 in theatre style, 60 in cabaret or 30 around a boardroom table, with a breakout room next door and a lift. From £1,100 a half day.
• The Creative Angel Home, two minutes from Angel station: a townhouse-style venue with step-free access and 30 seats at tables. Seats 55, from £700 a half day.
• Old Street Versatile Exhibition Space: a bright open-plan space that seats 150, with 50 seats at tables, wheelchair access and a cargo lift. From £1,200 a half day.

Islands, classroom or theatre: choosing the layout

• Islands (cabaret): small groups around separate tables, the usual layout for a workshop. Plan on the venue's seats at tables, not its seated capacity.
• Classroom: rows of tables facing the front, for training where everyone takes notes or works on a laptop.
• Theatre: rows of chairs only, for a seminar or a talk followed by questions. This is the seated capacity shown on each venue page.
• Boardroom or U-shape: one long table, for a small group that discusses more than it builds.

Many groups change layout during the day: a talk in theatre style in the morning, then islands after lunch. Tell us the plan and we check that the venue has the furniture and the room to switch.

Training rooms and seminar rooms

For a training day of 10 to 20 people, choose a venue with a whiteboard or flip chart and a screen: Wilmington Square Studio, the Converted Victorian Schoolhouse in Peckham and Canalside Studios all list them. For a seminar, go by the seated capacity: 140 at The Regency House by Hyde Park, 120 at the Old Session House in Clerkenwell, which also has smaller rooms for breakouts, and 160 at The Victorian Event Space near Old Street station. For bigger audiences, see our conference venues in London.

Equipment for your workshop

Every venue has presentation equipment. Here is what the venue pages list, so you know what to bring:

Need sticky notes, markers or extra flip-chart paper? Ask when you book and we have them waiting in the room.

Why book your workshop through Woolly Mammoth

Around 200 events a year go through our team, for clients including M&S, McKinsey & Company and the BBC. You pay the price shown on the venue page, plus VAT, and nothing else: no booking fee, and the shortlist, viewing, catering and on-the-day contact are part of the service. Taking the whole team away for a day of strategy and fun? Our away day venues in London are picked for that.