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The National Archives, Events Auditorium

Location pin

The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Richmond, TW9 4DU - 

  • Users

    Up to
    150 standing

  • Table with chairs

    Offers
    catering

  • Delivery truck

    Internal Catering
    allowed

The National Archives is the official archive for the UK government, England and Wales. We are the guardians of some of the nation’s most iconic documents dating back more than 1,000 years, from the Domesday Book and Shakespeare’s will, through to secrets of the security services and tweets from Downing Street.

Situated in a riverside location in leafy Kew, we are a year-round venue with large, landscaped grounds offering both daytime and evening hire. Our high quality event and conference facilities can accommodate guests for anything from a small meeting, to a celebratory dinner or reception through to a full 250-delegate conference. Our unique offer includes optional ‘heritage experiences’ as part of our day delegate rate packages; from behind the scenes tours and original document displays, to themed expert talks and events.

We are easily accessible by both tube and rail and are well located for access to the North and South Circular roads and M4 and M25 motorways. There is a car park for visitors.

Commissioned in 2016, this impressive state of the art, partially raked auditorium is a high tech space for lectures, film screenings and theatre style meetings. Situated on the first floor, this room boasts integrated AV including a 5 metre screen, ceiling mounted projector, wireless mics and audio recording capability, The room can open up into the adjacent Learning Room to give an increased capacity of 250 guests. Included with the space is a complimentary catering space adjacent to the room.

Capacity & layout

Theatre

Theatre

up to 150

Catering & drinks

Catering arrangements

Catering arrangements

Amenities

Stage

Stage

Cloakroom

Cloakroom

Air conditioning

Air conditioning

Disabled access

Disabled access

Public transport

Public transport

Premises parking

Premises parking

Breakout rooms

Breakout rooms

Audio & visual

Sound system

Sound system

Microphone

Microphone

Projector & screen

Projector & screen

WiFi

WiFi

Location

Reviews

  • Xavier Swancelleste

    February 2024

    My main interest in visiting the National Archives centre was to see the Doomsday book. I had heard a lot of rumours about it and I was a very keen member of my local libraries. Where although over 30 years I had travelled around. Moving to 2 different counties. But I had probably spent 2 or 3 years reading books 📚 So I thought that visiting the centre that housed this great book. Would make a lot of sense. I planned my journey carefully but not carefully enough. I had planned an extremely early start. So I would actually travel up to London from Dorset the day before. So on the day I would just have a short distance to travel. Which hopefully would allow me more reading time when I reached Kew. To cut a long story short I got attacked at Hammersmith by two assailants. Although they hurt me physically they failed to put me off from my day trip to the Doomsday book 📖.