Open Door has a range of rooms and spaces on our ground and first floors that may be hired at affordable rates, daytime or evening, by individuals, community groups, artists, charities and small businesses.
Booking process
If you have any queries, please contact [email protected] or check out Hallmaster's User Guide.
Booking process
- Please see our availability calendar below for venue hire - click on each room to see standard pricing, description and photos. (Please note, for private pottery lessons / painting parties please enquire through The Studio)
- When you have found a suitable room and date / time, you can proceed to make a provisional booking using the + sign.
- You will be prompted to log in to Hallmaster, our venue booking system as an existing user, or create an account as a new user, before continuing to make your booking.
- Please ensure you add as much detail as possible about your activity on the form - this will mean your booking is approved much more quickly, and allows us to promote your activity on our What's On page (unless you request it not to be). You will be asked to agree to our venue hire Ts&Cs - please ensure you read these carefully as you will be bound to them by making your booking, thank you.
- Your booking will remain provisional / requested until our bookings administrator has reviewed and approved it, when you will also receive an invoice by email. Please pay within 7 days to confirm your booking. If you are making a recurring booking, you may be required to pay for some initial dates up front, and thereafter will be invoiced monthly in arrears. You will be notified once your booking is confirmed. You can log in to Hallmaster at anytime to see the status of your bookings.
- Our bookings administrator will be in touch if more information is needed, and will also confirm access arrangements etc by email where necessary. PLEASE NOTE: if your booking starts or ends outside our regular opening hours set out here, or you are booking The Studio: Pottery + Arts space in Park Street at any time, please be aware that you will be required to visit Open Door ahead of your booking to be shown the fire procedures , fire exits and the location of the key safe. Failure to undertake this means your booking will not be able to go ahead and may result in loss of monies paid. Please contact [email protected] / 01442 768120 to book an appointment to do so.
If you have any queries, please contact [email protected] or check out Hallmaster's User Guide.
We are happy to consider a wide range of uses, including small business activities, and especially those that fit with our ethos of fostering social, mental and physical well-being, creativity and community cohesion.
We also run private pottery lessons & painting parties - please enquire through The Studio.
We also run private pottery lessons & painting parties - please enquire through The Studio.