West Road Concert Hall is hired out on a ‘time x space’ basis, with the daily rate quoted on an 8.5 hour day, to include get-in and get-out times. The cost includes use of the Faculty’s portable AV equipment and use of the standard lighting rig in the Concert Hall.

Personnel

A custodian will be available at all times during the period of your booking, whose responsibility is to look after the building as a whole, and to give advice on standard procedures relating to efficient supervision and safety.

Rooms can be set out for you at the start of your conference (with 2 weeks’ written notice) but please be aware that you will need to supply all your own stewards, security, backstage and front of house personnel to staff your event. It is often possible for us to source student help on an hourly rate at certain times of the year, but we do need 2 months’ notice of this.

Disabled access

Three wheelchair spaces are available in the Concert Hall with easy access at ground floor level throughout. A Hearing Loop is installed in the Concert Hall for patrons who are hard of hearing, and toilets adapted for disabled patrons are available in the Foyer. Guide dogs are welcome in the building.

Public Liability Insurance

The University has public liability insurance to cover injury, loss or damage resulting from its own negligence. You are also required to hold public liability insurance to cover injury, loss or damage resulting from your and/or your agent’s own negligence with a limit of indemnity of £2m. For further information, please see our Standard Conditions of Hire.

Parking

• you are entitled to use two parking spaces outside the Faculty of Music during the hours of your booking only;
• approximately 50 Pay & Display spaces are available on West Road immediately opposite the Hall;
• all car parking spaces on the Sidgwick Site (currently 200) are free outside normal office hours (Mon-Fri 9am – 5pm);
• the nearest unregulated streets are Herschel, Adams and Cranmer Roads;
• parking spaces for the disabled are available on Sidgwick Site.

Standard Conditions of Hire

View our Terms and Conditions of hire (PDF file, 132Kb).

For information on catering, accommodation and audio-visual equipment, please see their dedicated pages.