RCN – 20 Cavendish Square

Venue at a glance

20 Cavendish Square is a Grade II listed Georgian townhouse in Westminster and the London headquarters of the Royal College of Nursing. It is two minutes’ walk from Oxford Circus and five from Bond Street, with 14 rooms across three floors. It hosts conferences, board meetings, seminars, training days, workshops, team away days, drinks receptions, awards dinners, product launches and AGMs.

Spaces and capacities

• Cowdray Hall — 180 theatre; 120 cabaret; 200 standing reception.
• Council Room — 80 conference or AGM; 140 standing reception.
• Annie Altschul and Agnes Hunt combined — up to 90 people.
• Rosalind Paget — 60 theatre.
• Annie Altschul — up to 40 people.
• Agnes Hunt — up to 40 people.
• Edith Cavell — 35.
• Marjorie Simpson — 32 theatre; 20 cabaret; 16 boardroom.
• 20 Cavendish Square lists 14 event spaces, including boardrooms seating between 8 and 14.

Facilities

• Catering by Green & Fortune, with vegetarian, vegan, dairy-free and gluten-free requirements handled as standard.
• An in-house AV engineer in the building throughout an event.
• Free Wi-Fi for hosts and delegates, with hard-wired connections in every room.
• Trampoline Café on the ground floor.
• Every room and floor is wheelchair-friendly, with accessible toilets on each floor; an induction loop is available on request.
• No on-site parking. Q-Park Oxford Street is a two-minute walk away.

The 180-seat hall, mid-sized rooms and boardrooms hired by the hour suit conferences and AGMs with breakout space, as well as smaller meetings.