Training Venues in London: 7 Venues for January Courses
A training course needs a room where every delegate can see the screen, write at a desk and work in a group without moving the furniture twice. The right room depends on the layout you plan to run, because the same room holds far fewer people in classroom style than in theatre style. This list sets out seven training venues in London, with the room capacities each venue publishes on venues.org.uk, so you can compare rooms against your course plan before you send an enquiry.
Before you book a course venue, check four things:
✓ Classroom capacity for your own group, plus boardroom, U-shape or theatre if you change layout during the day
✓ AV and hybrid: built-in screens, and whether remote delegates can join
✓ Catering for a full day: breaks, working lunch and dietary needs
✓ Access and transport: step-free routes and the nearest station for a 9am start
Each Spotlight and Featured venue answers these checks in an “At a glance” block.
Quick picks
- Chicago Booth London Conference Centre: best for executive education and training days, with a 104-seat classroom
- De Morgan House: best for small workshops and training days in a quiet Bloomsbury townhouse
- The Tomlinson Centre: best for multi-room courses in Hackney, with an IT training suite and hybrid-ready AV
- Leonardo Royal Hotel London City: best for residential courses, with 317 bedrooms and a dedicated meetings floor
- The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn: best for courses and AGMs, with a hybrid-ready lecture theatre and ten meeting rooms
- Park Plaza London Waterloo: best for small and medium training days, with six ground-floor meeting rooms
- University of West London, Paragon House: best for classroom and computer-lab training in Brentford
The venues in detail
1. Chicago Booth London Conference Centre, Barts Square
Spotlight venue
Chicago Booth teaches its Executive MBA and Executive Education programmes in this building, so its rooms are built for teaching. It opened in 2022 in the City of London, four minutes’ walk from St Paul’s Cathedral, and it is open for external hire for corporate training days, executive education and professional gatherings. The MBA Classroom is a purpose-built tiered lecture room for 104 in classroom layout, with study rooms and conference rooms for group work.
Best for: training programmes, executive education, hybrid courses with remote delegates and senior team working days.
At a glance
✓ Rooms: MBA Classroom 104 classroom; Boardroom 22 boardroom or 22 U-shape; Grand Hall 240 theatre; Collaboration Forum 150 theatre, suited to training days and workshops; Conference, Faculty & Study Rooms for breakout groups: Faculty Conference Room 14, Medium Conference Room 12, study rooms 8 each
✓ AV: Built-in AV and hybrid capability in every space, the MBA Classroom and breakout rooms included, with in-house AV staff on site during events
✓ Catering: The in-house team covers working lunches, refreshment breaks and private dining
✓ Access and transport: The 2022 building has lift access to all three floors. St Paul’s (Central line) is the closest station, with Barbican, Mansion House, Blackfriars and Bank a short walk away. There is no on-site parking
See the rooms at Chicago Booth London Conference Centre
2. De Morgan House, Bloomsbury
Featured venue
The London Mathematical Society runs De Morgan House, a Grade II listed Victorian townhouse on Russell Square. Its main rooms sit on the ground floor. The listing names workshops, training days and board meetings as its core uses, and its largest room, the Hardy Room, seats 70 theatre style.
Best for: workshops, training days and academic or charity meetings.
At a glance
✓ Rooms: Hardy Room 70 theatre, 40 cabaret; Cayley Room 20 theatre, 18 classroom; Burnside Room 16 theatre, 12 boardroom; Sylvester Room 12 theatre, 10 boardroom; Executive Boardroom 15 boardroom
✓ AV: Hybrid and video-conference set-ups can be arranged in advance. The Executive Boardroom on the second floor has hybrid AV built in, and there is WiFi throughout
✓ Catering: Eden Caterers run all catering in-house, from breakfast and working lunches to buffets. Outside caterers are not allowed. Vegetarian, vegan and allergy-sensitive needs can be met
✓ Access and transport: An external lift at the 57 Russell Square entrance gives step-free access when you request it in advance. Russell Square Underground is around three minutes away on foot, and you can walk to Euston, King’s Cross and St Pancras. There is no on-site parking
See the rooms at De Morgan House
3. The Tomlinson Centre, Hackney
Featured venue
The Tomlinson Centre is a conference and training venue in a converted school building on Queensbridge Road, managed by Hackney Venues. Its suites split into smaller rooms or join into larger ones, so one booking can cover a main session and parallel groups. It also has an IT training suite and a Control Room with a one-way observation mirror, which suit technical courses and research sessions.
Best for: corporate training, workshops, IT-led programmes and hybrid courses.
At a glance
✓ Rooms: Okoruwa Hall 160 theatre, 100 cabaret, 80 classroom; Maslow Suite 100 theatre, 80 cabaret, 66 classroom; Bandura Suite 100 theatre, 60 cabaret, 64 classroom; Bloom Suite 100 theatre, 60 cabaret, 42 classroom; Piaget Suite 50 theatre, 32 cabaret, 24 classroom; Small Meeting Rooms for coaching and breakout groups
✓ AV: Every room has AV equipment, a projector and screen, PA and microphones, a flipchart, and a Chromebox with webcam, with free WiFi. Okoruwa Hall adds three PTZ cameras and a live editing desk for hybrid or recorded sessions
✓ Catering: In-house catering, and external caterers are not permitted. Menus label common dietary categories, and gluten-free, vegan and dairy-free options are available on selected packages
✓ Access and transport: The venue states that all rooms have disabled access and are wheelchair accessible, and every room has natural daylight. Haggerston Overground station is about five minutes’ walk, and several bus routes stop nearby. There is no on-site parking
See the rooms at The Tomlinson Centre
4. Leonardo Royal Hotel London City, Tower Hill
Featured venue
Leonardo Royal Hotel London City is a hotel in Cooper’s Row with 317 bedrooms and 12 meeting and conference suites on one dedicated floor. Delegates can stay on site for a multi-day course. The Beauchamp and Crown Suites have matching capacities, which suits two parallel groups.
Best for: residential courses, multi-day training and seminars.
At a glance
✓ Rooms: Auditorium 450 theatre, 256 cabaret, 198 classroom; Beauchamp Suite 120 theatre, 64 classroom, 40 cabaret; Crown Suite 120 theatre, 64 classroom, 40 cabaret; Executive Boardroom 14 boardroom; Additional meeting rooms (eight rooms) for breakouts
✓ AV: All meeting rooms have flat-screen LED monitors, digital projectors, AV equipment and free high-speed WiFi
✓ Catering: The hotel provides conference refreshments, working lunches and delegate catering. The culinary team can cater for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and allergy needs, with advance notice recommended
✓ Access and transport: The hotel lists step-free access and lifts, and the meeting rooms are on the first floor. Tower Hill station is about two minutes’ walk, Fenchurch Street about four and Tower Gateway DLR about five. There is no on-site parking
See the rooms at Leonardo Royal Hotel London City
5. The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, Holborn
Featured venue
Lincoln’s Inn dates from 1422 and is the oldest of the four Inns of Court. Its gated estate covers eleven acres between Holborn and Chancery Lane. Its training rooms are in the Ashworth Centre, a modern conference centre opened in 2018 with a lecture theatre and ten flexible meeting rooms beneath the Great Hall. Legal-sector events, AGMs and hybrid events are among its listed uses.
Best for: training days, workshops, AGMs and legal-sector courses.
At a glance
✓ Rooms: Lecture Theatre 158 theatre; Meeting Rooms (ten rooms) 120 theatre, 60 boardroom; Old Court Room 47 theatre, 28 boardroom, 44 dining; Great Hall 300 theatre
✓ AV: The Ashworth Centre has integrated AV and hybrid-ready facilities, in the Lecture Theatre and the Meeting Rooms in particular
✓ Catering: All catering is by the in-house team, named Best In-House Caterer at the London Venue & Catering Awards, and external caterers are not permitted. The team serves meeting refreshments and corporate lunches and accommodates dietary requirements
✓ Access and transport: Holborn station is 0.2km away and Chancery Lane is 0.4km away. The events team gives accessible planning support
See the rooms at The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
6. Park Plaza London Waterloo, Lambeth
Featured venue
Park Plaza London Waterloo is a hotel on Hercules Road, just south of Westminster Bridge, with 494 bedrooms and six meeting rooms on the ground floor. The Park Suites have movable partitions, so you can use a room alone or combine two, three or four of them as the group grows. The listing names small and medium conferences, training days and seminars as its best fit. Park Suite 1-4, the largest set-up, seats 140 theatre style.
Best for: small and medium training days, seminars and residential courses.
At a glance
✓ Rooms: Park Suite 1-4 140 theatre, 51 U-shape, 48 boardroom; Park Suite 1-3 120 theatre, 45 U-shape, 42 boardroom; Park Suite 1-2 90 theatre, 33 U-shape, 36 boardroom; Park Suite 1 40 theatre, 15 U-shape, 18 boardroom; Park Suite 3 20 theatre, 9 classroom, 12 boardroom; Executive Lounge 40 theatre, 15 U-shape, 18 boardroom
✓ AV: All six meeting rooms have free high-speed WiFi, AV and technical equipment, projectors and individual air conditioning
✓ Catering: In-house catering for meetings, including conference refreshments and working lunches. The hotel aims to meet dietary requests, with advance notice recommended
✓ Access and transport: Wheelchair-accessible entrance and restrooms, six lifts to all floors and level access to the ground-floor meeting rooms. Lambeth North station is about two minutes’ walk but is not step-free, while Waterloo, about ten minutes’ walk, and Westminster offer step-free options
See the rooms at Park Plaza London Waterloo
One more training venue
7. University of West London, Paragon House, Brentford
Paragon House is on Boston Manor Road in Brentford, about 30 minutes from central London. It has classrooms, computer labs and fully equipped classroom kitchens for cookery training, plus free guest WiFi, catering from hot drinks to buffets, and limited on-site parking. All rooms are accessible. See Paragon House on venues.org.uk
Choosing the right venue
Start with your largest layout and work down. A group of 100 or more in classroom style points to the MBA Classroom at Chicago Booth or the Auditorium at Leonardo Royal Hotel London City, while 20 to 70 delegates fit De Morgan House, the Piaget Suite at The Tomlinson Centre or the Park Suites at Park Plaza London Waterloo. If delegates are travelling in or staying over, the two hotels give you bedrooms on site. You can browse every listing on our training venues in London page. Enquiries go straight to each venue, and we take no commission.
