Venue hire in Canterbury Kent - Westgate Hall community event space

Westgate Hall is a vibrant community venue for hire in Canterbury, Kent. It’s a place where village meets city and everyone is welcome.

Spacious, distinctive, adaptable – our bright, airy 360-square-metre venue is located right in the heart of Canterbury city’s vibrant centre, with an adjacent car park.

Making your events come alive is what we do

Venue hire

Markets, Fairs, Festivals, Performances, Meetings, Training, Celebrations, Commemorations, Parties, Weddings, Community, Education, Health and Wellbeing events – our venue can be transformed to suit a variety of large and small events. Use our professional onsite catering kitchen and licensed bar and connect with our recommended suppliers and audio-visual specialists. Enjoy free WiFi and exceptional, personalised customer service.

Whatever your vision, we are here to provide the perfect venue

All at an affordable price and just 60 minutes from London by high-speed train.

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If dates need to change, we will work with you to adapt plans.

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A community venue for everyone

A party event at Westgate Hall showing a stage, colourful lighting and people eating.

Parties, Celebrations, Weddings

Make those special moments memorable at Westgate Hall - Canterbury’s atmospheric community venue for hire. Reunite for your postponed or forthcoming event in our large, airy, neutral space, right in the heart of the city centre.

A group of people at a panel discussion event.

Corporate events and training

Connect with employees, investors, networks and colleagues in an impressive, fully equipped yet affordable and practical venue that can flex for meetings, training, workshops, away-days, conferences and as additional workspace.

Markets and Fairs

Bring stallholders and buyers together all under one spacious roof, with onsite cafe and break-out room hire options. Whatever the theme, we're ready to help you to showcase your products and maximise sales.

Event venue hire at Westgate Hall - Canterbury Festival

Events and performances

Community shapes Westgate Hall and you can shape our venue to become the event function space you need to gather family, friends, social groups, clubs, students, festival-goers and performers in one, unique place. Let's turn your moment into lasting memories.

Bemix community venue hire at Westgate Hall

Community and Education groups

Westgate Hall is your extracurricular support system. Learn how teachers, educators and professionals can create an extra classroom, rehearsal space, exam hall, graduation and conference venue for students and colleagues in our multi-purpose venue.

Health and Wellbeing

Westgate Hall takes care of your event needs so that you can focus on taking care of our community. Trusted by the NHS for years, civic duty is second nature to us. We can accommodate large-scale health screenings and tests, and provide a safe space for wellbeing markets, fairs and fitness events.

Filming at Westgate Hall. Photo by Carlos Dominguez

Filming and production

Spacious yet intimate, private and flexible, Westgate Hall is an indoor filming venue for hire that provides the perfect setting for your creativity to come alive. Online tutorials, virtual performances, media interviews - whatever you're shooting or editing, we can facilitate your production needs.

Who we are

Westgate Hall is where village meets city. It is a neutral space in Canterbury, Kent. Everyone is welcome.

At the core of what we do is people. We are a place where you can express yourself, build memories and adapt to the priorities of the times. Our walls have held the story of our community now for over a century, and will continue to do so, through these difficult times and during more joyous times ahead.

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