This accessible event space offers an affordable option for meetings, bespoke training events or private interviews.
Alongside innovative audio-visual and video-conferencing facilities through a large HD screen mounted on the wall, the rooms can be set up to suit your needs.
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This room is ideal for...
- Small meetings
- Interviews
- Training
- Presentations.

What’s included in meeting room hire?
- Complimentary Wi-Fi
- The use of a flipchart and pens
- The use of writing pads and pens for all delegates
- Bottled still water
- Wall-mounted flat-screen HD display
- Video conferencing technology
- Functionality to send video and audio signals to any room
- Built-in sound system.
Explore the Appleton Room
From sit-down fine dining dinners to informal buffets, barbeques and cocktail parties, we can cater for all kinds of events, no matter how formal or casual.
Browse our latest menus or find out more about our catering team.
View our FAQs or contact our Sales Team if you have any questions about the Appleton Room.
Appleton Room hire costs
The price of hiring the Appleton Room includes all of the above facilities and excludes VAT. Catering can also be added at an additional cost.
For more information view our current room hire costs.
Maximum capacity
10 (Boardroom)
Day rate
(8am to 5pm)
£260
Half day rate
(N/A)
-
Evening rate
(5.30pm to 6.30pm)
£210
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Did you know?
This room was named after Sir Edward Appleton, noted for his research into the upper atmosphere.
Appointed Professor of Experimental Physics at King’s College in the 1920s, Appleton worked for years to form validated proof for his physics theories.
In memory of an iconic physician, the Appleton Room is an ideal spot for STEM businesses to meet and discuss intricate plans and ideas in a private space.
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