Horizon Leeds

You can run a conference of up to 200 people theatre style, with syndicate rooms, a networking area and a broadcast studio on the same floor, a seven-minute walk from Leeds station. If CSR matters to your organisation, the profit from your booking goes to The NHS Alliance, the membership body for the health and care system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which runs the venue. Horizon Leeds occupies the third floor of 2 Brewery Wharf on Kendell Street, south of the River Aire, and says it opened in 2014.

Event spaces and capacities

You get seven meeting rooms and spaces plus a Broadcast Studio, all on one floor of about 700 m², which the venue will lock down for exclusive use. The largest room, Create@, is pillar-free, measures 27 m by 8 m and takes 200 theatre style, 140 for dinner or up to 36 tabletop exhibition stands, and a dividing wall turns it into two syndicate rooms. Create@1 seats 150 theatre style and takes 20 tabletop stands. Most rooms carry a minimum booking number, from 35 in Create@ and Create@1 down to 16 in Think@.

Capacities as published by the venue on its spaces page and each room page, checked 5 November 2026. The Create@ area is worked out from its published 27 m by 8 m, and blank cells are layouts the venue does not publish. U-shape and horseshoe layouts are 35 and 40 in Create@, 30 and 35 in Create@1 and 30 and 30 in Create@2. Inspire@ seats 28 boardroom and 24 U-shape, Think@ 20 boardroom and 16 U-shape, and Engage@ is an eight-seat boardroom. The venue’s room list gives Inspire@ a maximum of 60, while the Inspire@ page tops out at 50, so ask which applies. Meet@ is the refreshment and networking area, and the Broadcast Studio holds up to four speakers on set.

Getting there and parking

Your delegates can walk from Leeds station in about seven minutes, and drivers leave the M621 at junction 3, which the venue puts 0.2 miles away. There is no on-site car park. The nearest is CitiPark Leeds Dock, about nine minutes on foot, with EV charging points and a discount on tickets you pre-book through the sales team. Three on-street Blue Badge bays on Waterloo Street sit about 100 m from the door and cannot be reserved. Elland Road, Temple Green and Stourton Park and Ride buses run into the centre, and the Leeds water taxi stops at Leeds Dock. For 2026 and 2027 the venue can pass on a Conference Leeds code worth 25% off LNER fares for delegates travelling to Leeds.

Catering, AV and accommodation

You deal with one team for food and technology. Catering is not part of room hire but can be added, from working lunches to day delegate packages, and the venue manages its partner Catering Yorkshire. It says standard buffets are half vegetarian and vegan, full vegan menus are available and leftover food goes to local homeless charities. Every room has screens or 4K projection, an integrated PA and wireless presenting, and the venue lists AV technicians, an in-house film team and CHS awards for on-site AV and technology. The Broadcast Studio package adds multi-camera streaming with on-site support from Firefly Audio Visual Solutions. There are no bedrooms, but the venue names the Leonardo Hotel Leeds, with 248 rooms, 20 metres from its front door. Two lifts with spoken announcements serve every floor, accessible toilets are on each floor, hearing loops are available on request and the team holds WeSupportDeaf awareness training. The room pages carry the MIA Accredited Venue mark.

What to ask before you book

• Can you hold Create@ whole for the plenary and still get it split into two syndicate rooms on the day, and how long does the change take?
• Does Inspire@ take 50 or 60, and in which layout?
• How many CitiPark Leeds Dock spaces can the discount code cover, and which rooms include an organiser parking space?
• For exclusive use of the 700 m² floor, what do 24-hour access and weeklong hire cost, and can you set up the evening before?
• For exams, what does installing up to 100 desktop computers on the secure hardwired network involve?
• Do you qualify for the reduced rates the venue offers charities, NHS trusts and government bodies?

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Sources: Horizon Leeds home, rooms and spaces, Create@, exclusive use, find us, accessibility, catering, audio visual, FAQs, checked 5 November 2026.