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You can run a tiered conference for 300, a standing reception for 400 and a summer party for 200 in the garden on one site by Regent’s Park, with AV and catering teams already in-house. Two built-in auditoriums share the building with a rare-book library you can hire, and the venue says all events revenue supports the work of the Royal College of Physicians. Its home is the college’s Grade I listed headquarters by Sir Denys Lasdun, opened in 1964.

Event spaces and capacities

You can move from a 24-seat meeting to a 400-guest reception without leaving the building, because the capacity planner lists 15 options, including one combined pair of rooms and the garden. The venue describes its portfolio as 12 meeting rooms and two auditoriums. The Wolfson Theatre is the largest theatre-style room at 300 on the chart (its own page says up to 304), and the Osler and Long Rooms take the largest reception. For exhibitions you get about 344 m² in the Osler and Long Rooms, which the chart sets for up to 20 six-foot tables, and the Dorchester Library offers about 219 m² for 11 tables.

Capacities as published by the venue on its capacity planner, with the Secret Garden Bar from its garden page and the Baillie Room from the William Harvey House brochure, checked 6 November 2026. Areas are worked out from the lengths and widths printed on the venue's room floor plans, which it marks as approximate, and for the Osler and Long Rooms from its CAD plan. A dash means no figure is published, and the venue warns that AV can change some numbers.

Your delegates sit in seats and surroundings renewed in August 2024 in the Wolfson Theatre, and hybrid meetings get built-in AV and 100-inch screens in the Linacre and Sloane Rooms, refurbished in August 2026. The Censors’ Room keeps oak panelling from 1674, and the Dorchester Library can include rare book displays. The floor plans give approximate ceiling heights of 9.00m in the Wolfson Theatre, 6.48m in the Osler and Long Rooms, 6.4m in the Dorchester Library, 5.0m in the Council Chamber and 2.9m in the Wellcome Reading and Heberden Rooms.

Getting there and parking

Your delegates have three Tube stations within 10 minutes on foot, and drivers avoid the congestion charge because the venue says it sits outside the zone. Regent’s Park (Bakerloo) and Great Portland Street (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith and City) are each five minutes away, Warren Street (Victoria, Northern) is 10 minutes and Euston is a 15-minute walk. King’s Cross, St Pancras and Marylebone are about five minutes by taxi. The handbook gives routes from Heathrow via Paddington, Gatwick via Victoria and Stansted via Liverpool Street, and names the M40 and M1 as road approaches. Coaches and commercial vehicles are not allowed inside Regent’s Park.

On-site parking is limited and organisers get priority, at £20 plus VAT per vehicle per day booked in advance or £25 paid on arrival. The day delegate package includes two complimentary spaces. Exhibitors pay £25 a day, first come, first served. Disabled guests park free by prior arrangement in two designated bays.

Deliveries go to 53 Albany Street, NW1 4EB. The front lifts have 94cm wide doors and a 600kg limit, and the rear service lift has 90cm doors and a 545kg limit. Free access starts at 7.00, and access from 5.00 costs £250 plus VAT per half hour.

Guests with access needs get a step-free entrance with a lift platform, lifts between floors and accessible toilets on the lower ground floor. Both auditoriums have wheelchair seating and flat-stage access for speakers. Mobile Connect assistive listening runs in all event spaces, and live captioning and a quiet space are available on request.

Catering, AV and accommodation

You deal with one team for food and technology. Company of Cooks provides in-house catering, with vegan and gluten-free menus as standard, the venue says. Day delegate packages start at 50 delegates and include room hire, breaks and lunch (exceptions apply by option) and a coordinator, but not AV. A hospitality package covers groups of up to 49. Quotes exclude VAT.

The in-house AV team offers theatre, conference, presentation, hybrid and immersive projection packages, plus filming, live streaming, polling and Q&A and the RCP Virtual platform. Museum tours of 30 or 60 minutes and curator talks can be added, with tours for 5 to 25 people. The venue holds ISO 14001, Carbon Trust Standard, IACC Silver Tier and ECOsmart Gold. For VIP speakers, William Harvey House next door can offer up to six bedrooms, subject to availability.

What to ask before you book

• Will your AV and staging reduce the Wolfson Theatre figure below 300, and when does the 304 on its room page apply?
• Can your stands fit the 94cm and 90cm lift doors, and which areas carry the 2m limit on stands in heritage spaces?
• Which delivery window applies at Albany Street? The website says from 8.00 and the handbook from 9.00, and a pallet the courier does not take away costs £50 plus VAT.
• How should your badges work? The handbook requires visible badges at all times, while the security page suggests not displaying them during registration.
• Does your branding comply? The handbook allows the Royal College of Physicians name only to state the location and does not permit its logo.

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Sources: capacity planner, how to find us, venue accessibility, menus and packages, event technology and AV, sustainability, hotels, exhibitor guidelines, organiser’s handbook, Osler and Long Rooms CAD plan, room floor plans, checked 6 November 2026.