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Where small capacity venues make a big difference
Smaller venues can often deliver the greatest impact. They create the right environment for productive discussions, focused workshops, and meaningful client engagement. Our team has curated a selection of small capacity venues that highlight how intimacy and attention to detail can elevate any event.
From contemporary city hideaways to elegant country retreats, each property offers exceptional service, flexible layouts, and a distinctive atmosphere, proving that compact spaces can deliver powerful results.
Room 2 Belfast
Room2 Belfast is a sustainable, all-electric hometel in the heart of the city. Its bright, flexible Workspace rooms feature modern AV, fast Wi-Fi, and stylish amenities, including a kitchen workshop, lounge, and private bar – ideal for workshops, training, and creative events in a vibrant, greenery-filled setting.
Erin
The Landmark Hotel Dundee
The Landmark Hotel & Leisure Club Dundee combines historic charm with modern comfort, set within a grand Victorian mansion surrounded by landscaped gardnes. Just minutes, from the city centre, it offers 95 elegeant bedrooms, five versatile event spaces for up to 120 guests and extensive leisure facilities including a pool and spa.
With stylish dining, ample parking, and easy access to major routes, the Landmark provides a refined yet relaxed setting for meetings, events or corporate retreats.
Josie
The Roseate Reading Hotel
The beautiful 5-star Roseate Reading, set within the Grade II listed former Shire Hall, offers a luxurious and unique event experience in the heart of Reading town centre. Boasting 55 luxury rooms, this hotel provides a sophisticated haven just moments from Reading train station.
The venue features four elegantly designed meeting spaces, accommodating up to 50 guests, ensuring seamless connectivity and state-of-the-art conference facilities. A distinctive highlight is the landscaped outdoor Courtyard, offering a tranquil private space for drinks receptions or al fresco dining. Further enhancing its unique appeal is a luxurious 30-seater private Screening Room with its own bar, perfect for exclusive presentations.
The Reading Room is renowned for its modern European cuisine, emphasizing fresh, local, and seasonal ingredients. Committed to “conscious luxury,” The Roseate actively implements a zero-plastic policy and prioritizes sustainable and responsible practices throughout its operations, ensuring a truly distinguished and ethical event.
Cat
Holmes Hotel
This home away from home, spread across four beautifully restored Georgian buildings in Marylebone, offers six unique event spaces, ideal for intimate meetings, training sessions, small conferences for up to 60 guests or social events and parties for up to 100.
Perfect for a private event, the hotel can be hired out exclusively for up to 100 guests, 1ith 118 bedrooms available.
Takeover the residence for your training, team build or away days and enjoy the flexibility of combining various rooms to perfectly cater to your needs.
Felicity
Macdonald Leeming House
Set on 22 acres on the shores of Ullswater, Macdonald Leeming House is a boutique 4‑star country house hotel blending historic Georgian charm with modern comforts. Its stylish rooms offer lake or mountain views, while an award-winning restaurant and intimate event spaces create a refined, personal experience for retreats, romantic getaways, or special occasions.
Connie
Holiday Inn Express Leigh
Located between Manchester and Liverpool with great links to both Manchester and Liverpool airports, this venue is situated within Leigh Sports Village, just opposite the 11,000 seat sport stadium, home to the Leigh Leopards, Manchester United’s Women’s, and Under 21’s teams. With 135 bedrooms, an onsite gym, nature walks, and a leisure centre within walking distance of the hotel, this location ensures superb accessibility, making it an ideal choice for professional events seeking a vibrant setting and efficient facilities.
As an IHG Green Engage System participant, the hotel demonstrates a commitment to sustainability, actively working to reduce its environmental impact.
Jack
The Hoxton, Holborn
The Hoxton, Holborn offers stylish, flexible spaces in Central London. The Apartment features seven creative rooms with state-of-the-art AV, fast Wi-Fi, and a Pantry Kitchen that transforms into a private bar – perfect for meetings, launches, and networking events.
Erin
Crabwall Manor Hotel and Spa
Crabwall Manor Hotel is a charming boutique venue set in the peaceful Cheshire countryside, just minutes from the historic town of Cheshire. This Grade II listed manor blends timeless character with modern comfort, featuring 55 beautifully appointed bedrooms and suites that overlook the landscaped gardens. Ideal for smaller gatherings, the hotel offers four light-filled event spaces for up to 100 delegates, along with gorgeous outdoor areas perfect for team-building and dining.
With a strong commitment to sustainability, Crabwell manor delivers intimate, ethical and refined setting for meetings and events
Josie
Holiday Inn Salisbury – Stonehenge
The venue features four elegantly designed meeting spaces, accommodating up to 50 guests, ensuring seamless connectivity and state-of-the-art conference facilities. A distinctive highlight is the landscaped outdoor Courtyard, offering a tranquil private space for drinks receptions or al fresco dining. Further enhancing its unique appeal is a luxurious 30-seater private Screening Room with its own bar, perfect for exclusive presentations.
The Reading Room is renowned for its modern European cuisine, emphasizing fresh, local, and seasonal ingredients. Committed to “conscious luxury,” The Roseate actively implements a zero-plastic policy and prioritizes sustainable and responsible practices throughout its operations, ensuring a truly distinguished and ethical event.
Cat
Hotel Indigo Clerkenwell
Offering event planners a modern and vibrant boutique venue, which reflects the dynamic character and spirit of its East London neighbourhood.
The hotel features versatile meeting spaces with natural daylight, suited to smaller professional gatherings and events and the onsite restaurant offers a distinctive dining experience, with a focus on quality local and seasonal ingredients. As a participant in the IHG Green Engage System, the hotel demonstrates a strong commitment to environmental sustainability through robust practices in waste, energy, and water reduction.
Felicity
Pullman Liverpool Hotel
Nestled on Liverpool’s vibrant waterfront, Pullman Liverpool Hotel is a boutique 4‑star venue offering 216 stylish rooms with city or river views. Designed with a contemporary, intimate feel, it combines flexible meeting spaces, a connectivity lounge, and event-ready facilities for business or leisure. Guests can enjoy an on-site restaurant and bar, a fitness lounge, and high-speed WiFi throughout, all within easy reach of the Royal Albert Dock, M&S Bank Arena, and Exhibition Centre Liverpool.
Connie
Feversham Arms Hotel
Set in the charming market town of Helmsley, North Yorkshire, this hotel blends refined comfort with the calm of the countryside—perfect for smaller, focused meetings or executive retreats. Just over an hour from York and Leeds, and easily reached via York, Thirsk, or Darlington stations, it offers the ideal mix of accessibility and seclusion. Delegates can unwind in the on-site spa with its steam room and treatment facilities, before retiring to one of 33 stylish bedrooms. Whether you’re planning a strategy session, a team getaway, or a leadership meeting, this venue delivers a quality, countryside feeling, yet within easy reach of the city.
Jack
For planners seeking settings that encourage collaboration, creativity, and connection, these small capacity venues deliver in every sense. Designed to support focused meetings and high-quality delegate experiences, they combine thoughtful amenities with distinctive character.
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