De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms London

About the venue

Standing on Great Queen Street, that connects Covent Garden with Holborn in the West End of London, is the Grade II* listed De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms.

With a history dating back to 1775, the building has long been an important event venue, and was once home to the original Freemasons’ Tavern before becoming a hotel in 1909. Since then, the venue has hosted some of the world‘s leading politicians, royalty and celebrities with its grand Georgian architecture and art-deco interiors offering 37 exceptional spaces for a wide range of conferences, exhibitions, meetings, training and weddings. Arched ornate ceilings, beautiful wood-panelling and dramatic chandeliers, the Grand Hall creates an impressive event space for up to 750 guests theatre style and 1,500 guests for a drinks reception. For smaller events, there are a number of executive rooms, often with original features and oak-panelling, whilst a suite of modern training rooms is also available. Outside, on the 5th floor, an exclusive roof terrace, with views of the city, is available for summer parties and receptions. Five minutes from Covent Garden and Holborn tube stations and 30 minutes’ walk or short taxi ride from Kings Cross, St Pancras and Euston train stations, the venue is well-connected for all major London transport links. Heathrow Airport is an hour away by rail or road. Free, superfast Wi-Fi with a maximum bandwidth of 1Gb is available throughout the venue.

Meeting rooms

In the table below, you can hover over the underlined room names to see a photo of that room.

Room name

Capacity (people)

Theatre

Classroom

Boardroom

Cabaret

Banquet

Ushape

Rec.

Dimensions(H/L/W/A)

Grand Hall

750

-

120

400

-

120

-

-/12/37/-

Balmoral

200

-

50

120

-

50

-

-/11/18/-

Presidents

30

-

15

24

-

12

-

-/5/7/-

Empire

40

-

20

32

-

20

-

-/7/8/-

Edinburgh

300

-

60

200

-

65

-

-/12/24/-

Drawing Room

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-/13/13/-

Cambridge

50

-

24

24

-

20

-

-/5/10/-

Cornwall

300

-

60

200

-

65

-

-/12/24/-

Crown

120

-

40

80

-

40

-

-/13/13/-

Coronet

50

-

20

32

-

20

-

-/6/10/-

Oxford

50

-

24

24

-

20

-

-/5/10/-

Holborn

50

-

20

32

-

24

-

-/10/4/-

Committee

-

-

6

-

-

-

-

-/4/4/-

Ampthall

100

-

32

48

-

32

-

-/7/12/-

Cambria

120

-

34

80

-

34

-

-/8/14/-

Denbigh

50

-

24

32

-

24

-

-/8/6/-

Ulster

80

-

30

48

-

30

-

-/6/11/-

Durham

50

-

24

40

-

20

-

-/7/9/-

Derby

50

-

24

40

-

20

-

-/6/9/-

Dorset

80

-

32

64

-

32

-

-/12/10/-

Covent Garden

80

-

30

64

-

30

-

-/9/12/-

Boardroom 1

-

-

10

-

-

-

-

-/4/6/-

Boardroom 2

-

-

12

-

-

-

-

-/4/7/-

Boardroom 3

-

-

12

-

-

-

-

-/5/7/-

Boardroom 4

-

-

12

-

-

-

-

-/5/6/-

Norfolk

20

-

12

16

-

-

-

-/6/5/-

Devon

100

-

28

48

-

28

-

-/8/10/-

Stafford

100

-

28

48

-

28

-

-/8/10/-

Essex

80

-

30

48

-

30

-

-/6/12/-

Penthouse

40

-

24

32

-

24

-

-/4/12/-

Trafalgar 1

25

-

20

24

-

20

-

-/7/11/-

Trafalgar 2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-/-/-/-

Trafalgar 3

25

-

16

18

-

-

-

-/6/6/-

Trafalgar 4

9

-

6

6

-

6

-

-/5/3/-

Trafalgar 5

20

-

11

16

-

11

-

-/-/-/-

Trafalgar 6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-/-/-/-

Trafalgar 7

20

-

13

18

-

13

-

-/6/5/-

Trafalgar 8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-/-/-/-

Trafalgar Office

-

-

3

-

-

3

-

-/-/-/-