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We understand the importance of your function, we will provide the service you expect.

Whether you are planning a business function, a Wedding, Bar Mitzvah or Conference, we will ensure that it is a memorable occasion for you and your guests.

With a range of economically priced halls and an informed and helpful booking staff – we aim to make hiring your hall as simple as possible.

The halls for hire are as follows:

Walthamstow Assembly Hall
Forest Road
Walthamstow  E17 4JD

Chingford Assembly Hall
Station Road
Chingford  E4 7EN

Simple to book

To help them advise you on the most suitable Hall for your needs, please consider the following questions:

  • When do you want to hire the Hall?
  • What is the type of function – a Wedding Reception, Concert, Conference etc.
  • How many people will be coming to your function or event?
  • At what time would you like to hire the Hall from and what time would your function end?
  • Would you like to be provided with a Bar Service?
  • Is access required for people with disabilities?
  • Are you staging an entertainment, cabaret or function with admission charges?
  • Does your function need lighting and a public address system?

For full details of available Halls for hire and prices please contact the Assembly Hall Booking Office on 020 8496 8018.

  • Contact the Booking Office for any enquiries, to arrange viewing appointments and to check date availability.
  • You may only view the Halls by selected appointment times only.
  • If you wish to provisionally hold a date – we will hold your date for 7 working days only.  If you do not confirm the date by 5pm of the seventh day – the date will become available for other customers to hire.
  • When you wish to confirm the function date contact the Booking Office on 020 8496 8018 and we will issue by post the Booking Form and the Conditions of Hire.  You have 14 working days to complete the Booking Form and return by post with deposit (25% of Hall Hire Charge) for the function date to be officially confirmed.

If we do not receive the return of the Booking Form with remittance by the date specified your function date will be made available for other customers to hire.

  • Your balance payment must be received in full six weeks prior to your function date.
  • Customers booking a function date within six weeks prior to the function date will be subject to pay in full at the time of booking.
  • The Damage Deposit is £1000 for Walthamstow Assembly Hall and £750 for Chingford Assembly Hall.
  • Providing no damages or violation of the Conditions of Hire took place during the event you will be refunded the damage deposit.  Refunds will be returned as a cheque payment to the named Hirer as per contract within 14 working days after the function date.
  • The Hall Assistant will be present during your function to to help you ejoy your hire to the full and ensure you keep to the hire and licensing conditions and the regulations governing health and safety and fire.

Cancellations

  • All cancellation requests must be received in writing into the Booking Office and signed by the Hirer as per contract.
  • If you cancel more than 42 days before your function date you will forfeit the deposit paid at the time of booking.
  • If you cancel within 42 days prior to your function date then you will forfeit the full Hall Hire Charge.
  • In both cases, all additional monies paid towards the booking will be refunded (Damage Deposit and Kitchen Charge).
  • In the event of the date being hired to an alternative hirer for a similar amount , you will be refunded full amount paid minus 25% of the total Hall Hire Charge for an administration fee.(deposit paid at time of booking).

Bar services

At Waltham Forest we do our utmost to provide you with the very best in bars services.

We offer competitive drinks packages, a corkage option, attractive wine lists and special case rates. We can provide glasses, bar sundries and bar staff for your function. Tea, Coffee and a snack service can also be supplied on request.

Why not choose one of our drinks packages to compliment your meal or make your own choice from the wide selection available.

All packages are served to your guests on arrival and throughout the meal by our uniformed staff.

As the licensee within Waltham Forest Council Hall, Waltham Forest Bar Service reserves the bar rights as the exclusive supplier. It is not possible for hirers to supply their own alcohol. Unless it is under one of the following circumstances and only with the written permission of the Bars Manager:

  • At the discretion of the licensee it may be possible for the hirer to supply some sherry and table wines during full sit-down formal buffets and dinners.

OR

  • A corkage agreement form has been signed and the appropriate fee paid.

Hirers have agreed these arrangements with the Licensee Manager.

If you require a Bar Service or Case Rates, Waltham Forest Bar Services will supply all drinks including soft drinks.

If you have any further queries or would like further information, or a copy of our Bar Services Brochure, please do not hesitate to contact the Bars Manager, Diana Grosvenor at:

Arts and Events
Silver Birch House
Uplands Business Park
Blackhorse Lane
Walthamstow  E17 5SD

Tel: 020 8496 8018
Fax: 020 8496 8203

Hall hire

Walthamstow Assembly Hall is available for hire from 9am-1am, Monday to Sunday. Minimum hall hire time is eight hours.

The Hirer of the hall is deemed as the person who completes and signs the Assembly Hall Booking Form (the Contract) and is the sole person responsible for any matters concerning the Booking.