Church & Meeting Room Hire

All Souls' is a Historic Church and a Sacred and active Christian Worship Space.
Consequently any activities being undertaken in the building must align with the 'Conditions of Hire' (below) and the 'Permitted Activities' (below) in order to protect the historic fabric and sanctity of our building, as defined by All Souls' District Church Council and The Church of England.

Please Note:
We are unfortunately unable to offer the Nave as a Worship Space to other Churches
at this time, due to the fragile and historic nature of our building.  

We offer our Church (except the Sanctuary) and the Undercroft (Hook & Dinsdale Rooms) for rental to the universities, charities, music groups and any other groups, as both performance/arts spaces and meeting rooms.  

Our building is versitile in how it can be used and lends itself to lots of activities and events, from concerts, art shows and plays, right down to a team meeting, team building day, individual  supervision session or childrens birthday parties.

We are fortunate to also have new kitchen facilities in the Undercroft, however only one toilet at the current time, which is not disabled accessable due to the heritage nature of our building. 

Users are able to park their cars in our car park for events, thus avoiding additional town centre parking charges, however note that some spaces are rented during weekdays, however there is still usually plenty of room.

Please do enquire to see if we can meet your needs.
We do offer some flexability within our rental rates for charities and student use.

Please click on the links below to discover more about hiring All Souls'

The Church -
The Nave

The Nave

The Undercroft -
The Hook & The Dinsdale Rooms

The Hook Room & Undercroft

To review our Permitted Activities
or make a Booking Enquiry see below

Permitted Activities

a) Our attitude towards an application for the use of our premises will be a positive one. We will seek to encourage the local community,  appropriate organisations and hirers to use our premises for meetings and other activities. 

The District Church Council may request references from a new user before agreeing a booking.

(b) The Churchwardens and District Church Council will not, however, accept bookings for functions or activities which -

• conflict with the Christian gospel 
• conflict with the Church’s Vision Statement and our primary function as an active Christian Worship Space
• prevent our regular activities from functioning in full,
• directly promote any political party or opinion
• initiate, promote or inflame, racist, sexist or violent tendencies amongst users or the general public. 
• could/might lessen or detract from the good name and reputation of All Souls’ Church

No acts of worship, other than Christian worship,
are permitted on the premises.

We are unfortunately unable to offer the Nave as a
Worship Space to other Churches at this time, due to the
fragile and historic nature of our building.  

The Churchwardens and District Council refuse the right to refuse requests for hire by groups or for activities which, in the opinion of the are either contrary to the purposes and beliefs of the Church of England, or where the Church considers that such use or activities may cause offence, on grounds of their religion or belief, to a significant number of Christians. 

Note: If events are found to be in conflict with the above, the Churchwardens reserve the right to terminate the booking/event with immediate effect. 

(c) Lettings will not interfere unduly with Church life. They will not normally be accepted if the premises are already booked for a Church event.

(d) No alcohol may be brought onto the premises and consumed in the Nave (body of the Church) 

(e) The Sanctuary/Chancel is out of bounds and may not be used/entered. 

(f) We will not normally hire out the premises for any parties, particularly those which will involve large groups of teenagers or young adults between the ages of 14 – 21.

(g) Out of respect to other users and our neighbours surrounding the premises, we expect all users to conduct themselves in a reasonable and courteous manner whilst on the premises, and when leaving the premises. Lettings will not normally be taken for events likely to create noise or other nuisance to neighbours, and decisions will be made at the discretion of the Church Wardens. 

(h) All events are to finish no later than 10pm, with the premises to be empty by 11pm. The premises will not be available to the Hirer before the beginning of the booking time,and must be vacated 15 minutes after the booking.