Westgate Hall – a spacious, trusted, flexible community venue for hire in Canterbury, Kent

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Westgate Hall is a distinctive, neutral space in the heart of Canterbury’s city centre. Our bright, airy 360-square-metre venue with adjacent car park is open to everyone.

Flexible, accessible and fully equipped

The Hall can be transformed to suit a variety of large and small events and functions. Choose from a range of event space layouts. Use our professional onsite catering kitchen and licensed bar. Connect with our recommended suppliers and audio-visual specialists. Enjoy free WiFi, and an exceptional, personalised customer service.

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

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Community shapes Westgate Hall

We can shape our venue to become the event function space you need to gather family, friends, colleagues, social groups, clubs, students, festival-goers and performers in one, unique place.

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Amanda McKean, Canterbury Festival

"Hosting live performances during Covid-19 seemed a challenge, until we worked with Westgate Hall. They covered all the minutiae and thought of absolutely everything. The space transformed into the perfect backdrop for our social-distanced events, providing ample space without losing great atmosphere"

Social Enterprise Kent

"Westgate Hall has stepped up to the mark in every way. They’ve helped to solve our Covid-challenges at really good value and made it stress-free and easy for us to connect with staff. It’s such an asset to have this great venue on our doorstep"

International Rescue Committee

"Let me thank you for the wonderful hospitality and support you provided for our graduation event yesterday. We had lots of great feedback about you and your colleagues. Everything was perfect. We would love to see you again for our future events.