The Aldgate Centre

About Venue

The Aldgate Centre is a modern, light-filled event space in the heart of the City of London, attached to St Botolph without Aldgate, a church with a history on this site stretching back to before 1125. It is one of the most distinctive dry hire venues in central London, combining a brand-new, purpose-built event space with a heritage setting that gives every event a sense of place and meaning.

The space itself is genuinely impressive. Floor-to-ceiling windows flood the room with natural light, white walls and light wood flooring keep the feel clean and contemporary, and two high-performance moving acoustic walls can divide the room into up to three separate areas for breakout sessions, parallel meetings, or a multi-zone event layout. A terrace complements the space for outdoor use when the weather allows. The building has been designed with sustainability at its core, with air-source heat pumps, a green roof, and a commitment to reaching carbon neutrality by 2030.

The Aldgate Centre is a registered charity with a long history of social action and community work in the local area. Every booking directly supports that work, so hiring the space does more than secure a great venue. It is suitable for conferences, meetings, corporate dinners, product launches, receptions, birthday parties, wedding receptions, and public events of all kinds. A full professional kitchen is available for caterers, and the venue is a dry hire with no corkage charge on alcohol brought by clients.

Aldgate station is next door, and Liverpool Street, Fenchurch Street, Tower Hill, and Bank are all within a nine-minute walk. The building was designed with accessibility as a priority, with lifts, ramps, and adjustable facilities throughout.