

Portsmouth Guildhall, Meeting Room 1
Portsmouth Cultural Trust, Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AB -
Up to
40 guestsOffers
cateringInternal Catering
allowed
About Venue
From the grandeur of the Main Auditorium to the intimate surrounding of the neighbouring rooms, Portsmouth Guildhall has a space to meet your needs. With its central location, the Guildhall also benefits from excellent transport links and accessibility, making it the ideal choice for your events. Whether you are planning a conference, meeting, seminar, exhibitions, business function, training, team building, networking event, dinners, award ceremonies, parties and receptions; Portsmouth Guildhall offers the best in both corporate and private party packages. Any of these functions will be made more memorable set against the backdrop of the fascinating history and stories that surround Portsmouth Guildhall.
Your booking is made effortless with an expert events team, classic facilities, excellent on-site catering services, and in-house technical specifications and support.
Over recent years the building has been transformed into one of Hampshire’s leading cultural platforms for the arts, providing a world class venue for private and commercial entertaining in the heart of the city.
Best known as the South of England’s prime live entertainment venue, Portsmouth Guildhall aims to become Hampshire’s main business hub offering a unique selection of conference halls and breakout spaces.
Situated on the third floor of Portsmouth Guildhall, the Meeting Room 1 includes a screen to connect your laptop to and offers lots of natural daylight. With high ceilings, this bright, spacious and airy room is a great space for meetings.
Meeting Room 1
Capacity & Layout
Theatre
up to 40
Boardroom
up to 25
Cabaret
up to 25
Pricing
& Opening Hours
Weekly schedule
monday
00:00 - 24:00
tuesday
00:00 - 24:00
wednesday
00:00 - 24:00
thursday
00:00 - 24:00
friday
00:00 - 24:00
saturday
00:00 - 24:00
sunday
00:00 - 24:00
Food & Beverage
Catering arrangements
Refreshments
Alcohol
Facilities & Amenities
Disabled access
Flipchart
Lectern
Natural light
Table / chairs included
Tea
Public transport
Premises parking
Breakout rooms
Audio & Visual
Microphone
Projector & screen
TV screen
Flipchart
WiFi
Other
AV & catering prices available
Space Rules
Cancellation policy
Cancellation by Client Cancellations more than six months prior to the event will result in the loss of the full deposit. Cancellations between three to six months prior to the event will result in a 50% of total charge being due. Cancellations less than three months prior to the event will result in full charge being due.
Location
Reviews
- John-Paul HiggersonApril 2026
Went to the Take Down festival at the guild hall. A very regal building and a really great venue. I will be back next year and this time I will attend both days. Well worth the 3.5 hour drive.
- Laurie WattsApril 2026
Such a good venue for music ...some absolutely amazing staff all happy and smiling 😁 happy to help and assist! Definitely shall be back ,! We were on the balcony vip and on the floor genuinely loved every moment
- Teodor Ivanov ZhelyazkovInvalid Date
Great place for concerts, stand up comedy graduation ceremonies and other type of performances. The Lord Mayor offices are here as well as the City Council chamber. The Guildhall hosted the International Comic Con for first time in 2018 and they will do so again in 2019.
- MariaInvalid Date
We recently went for comic con. They usually have good events on and this was no exception. The best toilets are definitely in the basement. They have a few bars, a main stage and various other multipurpose rooms available. It's a beautiful building and an important Portsmouth location. Very accessible.
- Matt and Julia LawrenceApril 2026
The Guildhall is a universal venue that has multiple experiences and evenings. I have been here several times to watch the LOL comedy evenings and now Al Murray. The venue is able to handle these shows very well but the only thing that let's it down is the cost of alcohol. I know you'd excited r it to be costly from a tap, but it's from cans and £28 for 2 cans of beer and 2 cans of gin was way over the top. That said there are plenty of places close by that serve drinks far more reasonably. It's a good venue and will be going again
- Dr. Rajiv YadavMay 2026
I got to see this while returning from Portsmouth Harbour to train station. Really beautiful architectural work reflecting history. It is situated in just a minute from train station.
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