SS Great Britain and Bristol Dockyards is a venue in Bristol. It is listed under historic event venues and unusual event venues.
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- Largest room
- 200
- reception, Weather Deck (on board)
- Event spaces
- 12
Visit website (opens in a new tab) bristoldockyards.org
You can run a daytime conference in modern dockside rooms and then move your guests on board Brunel’s restored steamship for dinner, all on one harbourside site with a single events coordinator handling the booking. Your delegates can also explore the ship, the Dockyard Museum and the Dry Dock during the day, which gives a programme a built-in break without leaving the venue. The site sits on Bristol’s Floating Harbour, about 26 minutes’ walk from Bristol Temple Meads, and the charity that runs it says event income helps care for the ship.
Halls and rooms you can hire
| Space | Theatre | Reception | Banquet | Cabaret |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Eastern Hall | 160 | – | – | 120 |
| Viridor Theatre | 70 | – | – | 48 |
| First Class Dining Saloon (on board) | – | – | 160 | – |
| Weather Deck (on board) | – | 200 | – | – |
| Hayward Saloon (on board) | – | 80 | – | – |
| Shakespeare Room | – | – | 14 | – |
| Whole ship | – | 200 | – | – |
Also available: Sir Daniel Gooch Suite, Great Western Room, Sir Marc Brunel Room, Promenade Deck (on board), Being Brunel museum (capacities not published).
Capacities as published by the venue. Source: bristoldockyards.org (conferences and meetings, fine dining and parties).
Getting there
Bristol Temple Meads is about 26 minutes' walk along the harbour, and the M2 metrobus stops at SS Great Britain on Cumberland Road, five minutes' walk away; the Cross Harbour Ferry runs from Hanover Quay and the A1 Airport Flyer from Bristol Airport stops at Redcliff Hill, 19 minutes' walk. There is no venue car park: the council's Maritime Heritage Centre short stay car park next door is first come, first served and cannot be pre-booked (free for blue badge holders). Bristol's Clean Air Zone applies to some cars and there is a bus gate on Cumberland Road.
Location
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Great Western Dockyard, Gas Ferry Road, Bristol BS1 6TY
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