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Royal Air Force Museum London

Royal Air Force Museum London

Colindale, London, Greater London

The Royal Air Force Museum offers a unique event space with a choice of flexible function areas to suit a range of events. The museum is a charity, and all profits go straight to the museum.

For events there is a boardroom for up to 20 guests, a lecture theatre for up to 224 people, and the Dermot Boyle wing accommodating up to 120 guests. There is also an Art Gallery and the Halton Gallery, opposite the historic Hangars. These and other rooms can be used as additional space for breakout rooms in conjunction with the larger spaces.

As well as business meetings, this is a superb choice for receptions, gala dinners, Christmas parties and private celebration. Have a glass of wine underneath a Spitfire or Hurricane historic aircraft, or dinner in the Battle of Britain Hall under the Lancaster Bomber. The modern space housing the museums ‘Milestones of Flight’ will make an impressive event both unique and memorable.

The grounds of the museum offer additional event space ideal for product launches, filming, marquees, team building space and complimentary parking for up to 300 cars. There are excellent delegate rates and packages, as well as audio visual equipment, business amenities and technical support. There is a dedicated planning and events team who will be delighted to assist with your event, whether it be a small corporate function or a private celebration for up to 800 guests.

The events team work with various catering companies as well as offering an onsite caterer. They can recommend suppliers and help with entertainment and themes. They can also source local accommodation and can offer corporate rates.

Located near Brent Cross in North London, only 20 minutes from central London. The M1 is close by, as are train and tube stations, Heathrow and Luton Airports are easily accessible.

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Venue Royal Air Force Museum London
Max Capacity 800 guests
Address Grahame Park Way
Colindale
London
Greater London
NW9 5LL

Capacity Overview

Max Capacity
800
Reception
800
Theatre
250
Dining
360
Dinner & Dance
360
Cabaret
120
Boardroom
30

Featured Event Spaces (7)

Historic Hangers - Royal Air Force Museum London

Historic Hangers

Area: 6,700m2
Dimensions: 134m (L) x 50m (W) x 6m (H)
Max Capacity
800
Dining
360
Dinner & Dance
360
More Details

Dating back to 1915, the Historic Hangars offer a vast array of world famous aircraft, including the Typhoon and Tornado where guests can enjoy drinks amongst the exhibits, as well as mingling through our Aeronauts Interactive Gallery. The more adventurous can even take a ride with the Red Arrows on our flight simulator, only available before dinner!

Dinner can then be served around the Lancaster Bomber, which can accommodate up to 360 people on banqueting round tables.

Dermot Boyle Wing: Cosford Room - Royal Air Force Museum London

Dermot Boyle Wing: Cosford Room

Area: 300m2
Dimensions: 25m (L) x 12m (W) x 6m (H)
Max Capacity
300
Reception
300
Theatre
250
Dining
170
Dinner & Dance
100
Cabaret
120
Classroom
64
Boardroom
50
More Details

The Cosford Room is the larger of the two areas forming the Dermot Boyle Wing, this self contained room has an exceptionally high ceiling of 6m and an unobstructed carpeted floor space of 300 square metres.

The Cosford Room provides a blank canvas that is ideally suited for themed events and special presentations. Typical uses are trade shows, exhibitions, product launches, meetings, car clinics and auctions.

Lecture Theatre - Royal Air Force Museum London

Lecture Theatre

Max Capacity
224
Theatre
224
More Details

The Lecture Theatre offers tiered seating for up to 224 delegates with fold-down writing tablets and state-of-the-art audio visual equipment. It is available for use during both day and evenings, either on its own or in conjunction with other facilities.

With easy access for production crews from the main car park and full technical back-up, the Theatre is capable of hosting large and complex presentations. Control of the audio-visual facilities can be by the speaker at the lectern or from the high level projection room.

Halton Gallery

Area: 231m2
Dimensions: 33m (L) x 7m (W) x 3m (H)
Max Capacity
220
Reception
220
Theatre
80
Dining
100
Dinner & Dance
70
Cabaret
60
Classroom
60
Boardroom
30
More Details

Located on the ground floor within easy access to the Lecture Theatre and Historic Hangars the Halton Gallery is a versatile room suitable for conferences, exhibitions, private luncheons and breakout areas.

With floor to ceiling windows along one wall allowing plenty of natural daylight for the comfort of your guests the Halton Gallery can fit your specific requirements.

Dermot Boyle Wing: Locking Room

Area: 180m2
Dimensions: 15m (L) x 12m (W) x 3m (H)
Max Capacity
200
Reception
200
Theatre
100
Dining
100
Cabaret
60
More Details

The smaller room in the Dermot Boyle Wing – the Locking Room, has a more intimate atmosphere to compliment the larger linked location, the Cosford Room. The Locking Room is ideally suited as a refreshment area for events that use the Cosford Room as the main meeting area.

Art Gallery - Royal Air Force Museum London

Art Gallery

Area: 247m2
Dimensions: 13m (L) x 19m (W) x 3m (H)
Max Capacity
150
Reception
150
Theatre
80
Dining
100
More Details

The elegant Art Gallery, located on the first floor, is the perfect space to be used as a breakout area for the Lecture Theatre located closeby as part of your conference or meeting.

The Boardroom - Royal Air Force Museum London

The Boardroom

Area: 57m2
Dimensions: 6m (L) x 9.5m (W) x 4.5m (H)
Max Capacity
20
Dining
20
Boardroom
20
More Details

The Museum’s Boardroom and the adjoining Cranwell Room, together or separately, offer impressive locations for those very important meetings. Having floor to ceiling windows the bright and airy first floor Boardroom can cater for seated groups of up to 20 people.

Key Features

  • AV Equipment
  • Disability Access
  • Family Friendly
  • In-house Catering
  • Licensed Bar
  • Music Licence
  • Outside Space
  • Parking
  • Smoking Area
  • Wi-Fi Access