Cambridge Central Library meeting rooms for hire
- Provided by:
- Cambridge Central Library
Library meeting rooms are available for booking by community and commercial hires.
These modern and professional venue facilities are conveniently located in the heart of the city centre, situated on the 3rd Floor of Central Library, Cambridge, with lift access. Our versatile venue space can accommodate up to 100 attendees across the six meeting rooms. The venue is supported by a team of friendly staff.
Hire of these facilities is highly affordable and meeting rooms are priced at an hourly rate, so you only pay for the time required. Room hire revenue helps Cambridgeshire Libraries to continue to provide our services to the community and local businesses. Ask our staff if you would like to know more about our service offer and about our Business & Intellectual Property Centre.
To book a venue at Cambridge Central please e-mail: bookings.centrallibrary@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or call 07775691105.
Please read our terms and conditions of room hire before making a booking.
Opening time notes
Opening times
- Monday:9.30am – 6pm
- Tuesday:9.30am – 6pm
- Wednesday:9.30am – 7pm
- Thursday:9.30am – 6pm
- Friday:9.30am – 6pm
- Saturday:10am – 6pm
- Sunday:12pm – 4pm
- Availability:
- All Year
- Evenings
- Weekends
Facilities and equipment
Conference room
This room has been designed to offer a flexible venue for any event. It is perfect to host larger meetings, training events and lectures. The room features a retractable partition wall that could allow your event to spread into the main library and be open to the general public if agreed by our management team.
Room capacity: up to 50 people, depending on layout.
- Size of room: 7.45m x 9.40m
- Dedicated air conditioning
- Projector and screen, and portable microphone system
- Free Wi-Fi
- Flip chart and marker board
- Hearing loop
- Rates: commercial/for-profit £51.25 per hour, community/not-for-profit £24.00 per hour
New prices come into effect from 1st April 2023, please email for further information.
Seminar room
The Seminar Room is suited to hosting meetings, interviews, training sessions and presentations.
Room capacity: up to 25 people, depending on layout.
- Size of room: 7.30m x 5.20m
- Dedicated air conditioning
- Smart TV, portable microphone system
- Free Wi-Fi
- Flip chart and marker board
- Hearing loop
- Rates: commercial/for-profit £44.50 per hour, community/not-for-profit £21 per hour
New prices come into effect from 1st April 2023, please email for further information.
Interview rooms
These rooms are ideal for smaller meetings, breakout sessions, interviews and other group work.
Capacity: 4 people (rooms 4 and 5), 6 people (room 2)
- Size of room 2: 2.80m x 3.85m Size of room 4 and room 5: 2.70m x 2.60m
- Rooms 4 and 5 are not recommended for confidential conversations and may be affected by noise disturbance as adjacent to the main library floor
- Flipchart
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rates per room: commercial/for-profit £26.50 per hour, community/not-for-profit £12.25 per hour
New prices come into effect from 1st April 2023, please email for further information.
Exhibition space
The exhibition space is in the public area right next to the Conference Room. This means that whether you are displaying art, photography or a public exhibition, there will always be people around to see it.
- Hired for weekly bookings (Monday pm – Monday am). Daily hire can be requested and considered
- Dimensions: 6.8m x 10m
- Free Wi-Fi
- Table standing display boards
- Rates: commercial/for-profit £200 per week , community/not-for-profit £96 per week
New prices come into effect from 1st April 2023, please email for further information.
Foyer space
The foyer space is situated on the 1st Floor, right by the entrance in the public area, offering a prominent location for your display. This area has excellent footfall and is ideal to promote your services or organisation to everyone who visits the library.
- Hired for weekly or daily bookings
- Free Wi-Fi
- Table standing display boards
- Rates: commercial/for-profit £360.50 per week / £141.60 per day, community/not-for-profit £173 per week / £58.70 per day
New prices come into effect from 1st April 2023, please email for further information.
Payment methods
Cambridge Central Library can accept cash, card or cheque payments. We can also send you an invoice but a surcharge applies for invoices under £50.
Last updated on: 31/01/2023
Contact details
Book a meeting room
bookings.centrallibrary@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Tel: 07775691105
Location
Cambridge Central Library, 7 Lion Yard, Cambridge, CB2 3QD
Car park - Nearest is the multi-storey public car park in Grand Arcade Public transport - Bus station in Drummer Street. Bus stops in Emmanuel Street, 400 yards away. Railway Station 1 mile away. Toilets with disability access.
Facilities and Accessibility
- Accessible parking
- Baby facilities
- CCTV
- Wheelchair access
- Disabled toilets
- Toilet facilities