About Venues of Note
Some of the best places to hold an event weren't built for events. Museums, galleries, theatres, historic houses and other distinctive places have remarkable spaces, and many of them hire those spaces out. The money often goes straight back into their work. But their hire pages can be hard to find, spread across hundreds of separate websites.
This directory brings them together in one place.
What we list
Venues of Note lists places whose identity adds something to an event: their history, their purpose, their setting or what people come to see. That suits a board meeting or an away day as well as a wedding or a party. So that it's a fair test rather than a matter of taste, a venue qualifies if it is at least one of these:
- A cultural organisation: a museum, gallery, theatre, concert hall, arts centre, cinema, library or archive, such as an Accredited Museum or an organisation funded by a national arts council.
- A heritage organisation: a charity or public body that looks after historic places, such as the National Trust, English Heritage, Historic Environment Scotland, Cadw or a building preservation trust.
- A listed building or scheduled monument on the national heritage list for England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, at any grade, or a registered historic park or garden.
- A recognised university or college: a UK university or higher education college recognised by the government, or one of its colleges.
- A place of worship: a church, cathedral, chapel, mosque, synagogue, temple, gurdwara or meeting house used by a faith community.
- A licensed zoo or aquarium, or a botanic garden.
- A recognised visitor attraction: for example, a member of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions or one assessed under a national tourist board's quality scheme.
The venue also needs spaces that anyone can hire, and a page on its own website about hiring them. We don't list hotels, conference centres, pubs, restaurants or purpose-built event venues unless they also pass one of the tests above, such as a hotel in a listed building. Not sure if yours counts? Ask us.
Most of our listings so far are museums, galleries, theatres, arts centres and heritage sites, and we're adding more kinds of venue.
How it works
Each listing links to the organisation's own venue hire page. We don't take bookings or commission. Enquire with the venue directly.
How listings work
Most listings are free: we add venues from public sources and link to their hire pages. Venues can pay for a full listing, which adds photos, capacities and a description and lists them above free listings, including on our occasion pages (weddings, conferences, Christmas parties and more), where any venue can appear. They can also pay for a boost, which puts them first on their pages for a set period with a "Featured" label. Within each group, venues are listed A to Z.
Paying doesn't change what we say about a venue: venues write their own descriptions, and we check them before they go live. Upgrade your listing.
Get listed or correct a listing
If you work for a listed venue, you can claim your listing free to correct it and add your facilities. If your organisation hires out space and isn't listed,list your venue free.
Who runs Venues of Note
Venues of Note is run by One Further Limited, registered in England and Wales (no. 09038406). Registered office: 112 London Road, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, SG3 6HB.
Contact
Email hello@venuesofnote.com. A person reads every message, and we reply within two working days.
- Venues: claim or upgrade your listing, list your venue, or ask us anything about it.
- Photographers: report a photo used without permission.
- Bookers: we can't take bookings or answer questions about a venue. Contact the venue directly.