Conference room hire
The CSP has a number of meeting rooms available for hire during office hours (9-5pm) on weekdays at our central London headquarters in Bedford Row, WC1.
Each room is fully air-conditioned and equipped with flipchart/s, hot beverage vending machine and water chillier for use throughout the duration of your meeting.
Details (with charges) for each of these rooms is given below but please also see our booking conditions page for further details including a downloadable booking form.
Please also see our room layouts document, which includes seating capacities for each room: room layouts (PDF download).
Council room
Full council
This room serves as a flexible space suitable for most functions ie seminars, board/committee meetings, lecturers, workshops and training events appropriate to requirements. The council room can also be divided to provide two totally soundproofed meeting rooms, Front Council and Rear Council to serve as a breakout room. The full council room measures 24' 6" x 40' (980 square feet).
| layout | theatre | cabaret | boardroom | U shape |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| capacity | 70 | 40 - 52 | 35 | 28 |
| rate | member | charity | external |
|---|---|---|---|
| full day | £236 | £354 | £470 |
| half day | £118 | £177 | £235 |
- Audio Visual Equipment Projector and Screen
- DVD Player
- Free View
- Ceiling Microphones
- Hearing Loop
- Visualiser
- Flipper (Visual aid)
- Mitel handset
- Disabled access via Jockeys Field entrance
Front council room
| layout | theatre | cabaret | boardroom | U shape |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| capacity | 34 | 22 - 28 | 24 | 18 |
| Rate | Member | Charity | External |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full day | £120 | £180 | £240 |
| Half day | £60 | £90 | £120 |
- Audio Visual Equipment Projector and Screen
- DVD Player
- Internet access
- Free View
- Ceiling Microphones
- Hearing Loop
- Visualiser
- Flipper (Visual aid)
- Mitel handset
- Disabled access via Jockeys Field entrance
Rear council room
| layout | theatre | cabaret | boardroom | U shape |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| capacity | n/a | n/a | 16 | n/a |
| Rate | Member | Charity | External |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full day | £112 | £166 | £222 |
| Half day | £56 | £83 | £111 |
- Laptop and Projector (On request)
- Disabled access via Jockeys Field entrance
Presidents room
The presidents room measures 21' x 13' (273 square feet).
| layout | theatre | cabaret | boardroom | U shape |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| capacity | n/a | n/a | 12 | n/a |
| Rate | Member | Charity | External |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full day | £112 | £166 | £222 |
| Half day | £56 | £83 | £111 |
- Laptop and Projector (On request)
- Internet access (On request)
- Polycom Conferencing telephones in addition to the Mitel handsets.
Founders room
The founders room measures 23' x 14' (322 square feet).
| layout | theatre | cabaret | boardroom | U shape |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| capacity | n/a | n/a | 12 | n/a |
Hire rates are as per the presidents room.
Features:- Laptop and Projector (On request)
- Internet access (On request)
- Polycom Conferencing telephones in addition to the Mitel handsets.
John Thompson room
The founders room measures 22' x 14' (308 square feet).
Hire rates are as per the presidents room.
| layout | theatre | cabaret | boardroom | U shape |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| capacity | n/a | n/a | 16 | n/a |
- Laptop and Projector (On request)
- Internet access (On request)
- Mitel handset with audio conferencing facility
- Disabled access via Jockeys Field entrance
3rd Floor Bedford Row
| layout | theatre | cabaret | boardroom | U shape |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| capacity | n/a | n/a | 8 | n/a |
| Rate | Member | Charity | External |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full day | £50 | £60 | £100 |
| Half day | £25 | £30 | £50 |
- Laptop and Projector (On request)
- Internet access (On request)
- Polycom Conferencing telephones in addition to the Mitel handsets.





