Oxford Town Hall is the city council’s Victorian town hall on St Aldate’s in the centre of Oxford. Alongside council business it is hired out for conferences, meetings, exhibitions, dinners, concerts and Christmas parties, and the council describes it as one of Oxfordshire’s largest indoor venues. The Museum of Oxford is in the same building.
Conference and meeting spaces
The Main Hall is the largest room, with a domed ceiling, balconies, a stage and a Father Willis organ. It takes up to 500 theatre style or 300 for dining, and has a PA system, rear projection and screen and staging extensions. The Assembly Room takes 200 theatre, 120 dining or 70 boardroom, and the Old Library 120 theatre, 80 dining or 30 boardroom. Smaller rooms are the St Aldate’s Room (40 theatre, 22 boardroom), the Freeman’s and Plowman Rooms (18 boardroom each), the Judges Room (16) and the Jury Room (12). The Council Chamber has fixed bench seating for 106 and the Court Room fixed benches for 43 plus 50 in the balcony. The venue says it can take lectures of up to 700 people.
Packages and rates
The council publishes its prices. A full day meeting package is £420 and a half day £260, including room hire and a screen. Exclusive use of the building for a conference, with 12 hours’ hire and all function and meeting rooms, is £8,400 for the first day, falling to £7,350, £6,300 and £5,250 for days two to four. Hourly rates run from £65 to £90 for meeting rooms up to £420 for the Main Hall, excluding VAT.
Source: oxfordtownhall.co.uk