The Hellenic Centre is an ideal venue for private and corporate events. This unique red brick and Portland stone building, commissioned to be built in the 1900s as a Swedish Gymnasium, is nestled in the heart of Marylebone village, opposite Paddington Street Gardens, one of the most attractive areas of Central London.
Impress your guests with this unique and enviable location. We are a few minutes from Baker Street tube station and in easy reach of main train stations such as Kings Cross, St Pancras and Euston.
We have many versatile spaces, from our extraordinary Great Hall, with high ceilings and skylights equipped with modern AV technology, to smaller elegant rooms all with natural daylight, equipment and comfortable furniture. Our spaces allow ultimate flexibility in adding your own identity to an event.
Great Hall
The Great Hall at the Hellenic Centre is a versatile venue, a blank canvas that can be adapted to a wide range of social or corporate events; it’s a large, neutral white space with high ceilings and natural daylight from above. Hire of the Great Hall also includes the spacious Balcony – a mezzanine floor which offers a view down on events taking place in the Great Hall itself. The Balcony can be used for facilitating purposes or as a break out room for up to 15 people.
Suitable for weddings, bar mitzvahs, dinners, banquets, exhibitions, films, theatre, concerts,social events, conferences, AGM's, workshops, press days, product launches, wine tastings.
Capacity: max 250
Friends Room
The Friends and Members Room, situated on the ground floor, is a light and airy space with high ceilings. It is an ideal space for a conference or a creative workshop as well as cocktail reception for up to 100 guests, standing. The two rooms can be separated with bi-folding doors to accommodate smaller meetings or a breakout space. They can also be hired together with the additional interlinking spaces on the ground floor, ideal as an extension to events taking place in the Great Hall.
Suitable for meetings, workshops, lectures, conferences, exhibitions, cocktails, private dinners.
Capacity: up to 100
Boardroom
This elegant, first-floor room provides space for meetings, conferences and lectures. There is ample natural light from the large sound-proofed windows.
Suitable for meetings, conferences and lectures.
Capacity: 18-50
Library
The Library, situated on the second floor, provides space for meetings and small conferences. There is ample natural light from the large sound-proofed windows. More information about the books in our library.
Suitable for meetings, small conferences.
Capacity: 25
Glass room
Situated on the third floor, this intimate space with natural daylight is ideal for small meetings, training sessions and as a syndicate room.
Suitable for small meetings, training sessions
Capacity: 12
Print room
The Print Room is situated on the third floor, this intimate space with natural daylight is ideal for small meetings, training sessions and as a syndicate room.
Suitable for small meetings, training sessions
Capacity: 12
Map room
The Map Room is situated on the third floor and has a window for natural daylight. This intimate space is ideal for small meetings, interviews, mediation and training sessions or as a syndicate room.
Suitable for small meetings, training sessions, interview space, mediation sessions.
Capacity: 4
Bar
The Bar area, when available, is offered as a lunch space to clients hiring the smaller meeting rooms who have pre-booked lunch via the HC in-house catering service. It can be hired exclusively as an extension to Great Hall events but not independently.
Suitable for cocktails.
Capacity: 20
Venue Overview
- Public Venue
- 473 people total
- 250 people in the same space
Facilities
Location
16-18 Paddington Street
Marylebone
W1U 5AS - Greater London - England
Westminster