Christmas planning always starts earlier than feels natural.
Christmas planning always starts earlier than feels natural. For corporate teams, client events and end-of-year celebrations, the best dates go first, and the best venues go with them.
Christmas 2026 bookings are now open for events taking place between 16 November and 31 December, from intimate lunches of 15 guests up to exclusive-hire celebrations of 500.
Book before 15 October 2026 and your event includes a complimentary bubbly reception for your guests.
Here's what you need to know before you enquire.
Diaries fill quickly in the run-up to Christmas, especially for teams trying to get everyone together before the year ends. Booking early gets you first choice of date and more time to plan the format properly - not to mention a complimentary bubbly reception if you confirm before 15 October.
Not every Christmas event looks the same, and we’re built to flex around the brief rather than forcing one format on every booking:
Team Christmas lunches
Festive dinners
Corporate Christmas parties
Client gatherings
Awards evenings
Drinks receptions
End-of-year celebrations
Full festive menus and drinks packages are in development for 2026, but seasonal add-ons are already confirmed, including entertainment packages, festive mince pies, sparkling reception upgrades and bespoke drinks options. That's enough to start planning now: date, guest numbers, format and any must-haves. The finer details can follow as the festive offer is finalised.
Location matters more at Christmas than any other time of year. Guests are often travelling straight from work, arriving from different offices, or heading home late after the event, so the fewer complications getting there and back, the better.
We sit close to Waterloo, Blackfriars and Southwark, putting us within easy reach of the Underground, mainline rail and bus routes across London. For organisers, that means less to manage around arrival, departure and last-minute travel questions from guests.
A Christmas event often needs more from its AV than people expect: a toast that needs to reach the back of the room, an awards presentation, a hybrid element for colleagues who can't attend in person, or the all-important Christmas quiz (nobody wants to argue about the tiebreaker question over a dodgy microphone).
With a built-in PA system with ceiling-mounted speakers zoned throughout the venue, sound stays even whether you're in an intimate space or a full exclusive-hire event. Roving, lapel and table microphones are available on-site for speeches and award announcements, and for any hybrid element, our Logitech Rally Bar technology supports video links for colleagues joining remotely. It's this kind of detail that matters most on the night and is easy to overlook when planning from a spreadsheet.
A Christmas event should still feel generous and celebratory, but for many organisations it also needs to align with internal sustainability commitments, not sit apart from them.
15Hatfields is the UK's first Platinum ECOsmart-accredited venue, and every event, including Christmas bookings, can come with a complimentary carbon impact report covering five key areas. That gives organisers real data to bring back to their own teams, rather than a general assurance that sustainability has been considered.
Full details are available on our Sustainability Page.
You don't need every detail confirmed to start the conversation. A useful enquiry includes:
Preferred date or date range
Estimated guest numbers
Event type: lunch, dinner, drinks reception, party or awards-style celebration
Whether you're interested in exclusive hire
Food and drink preferences, if known
Any entertainment, AV or seasonal add-ons you're considering
Sustainability or internal reporting priorities
Budget range, if available
The 15Hatfields team can advise on availability, format and next steps.
Start planning your Christmas 2026 event
We are now taking enquiries for Christmas events from 16 November to 31 December 2026. Whether you're planning a team lunch, client gathering, awards evening or full exclusive-hire party, get in touch and we can help shape a Christmas event that's organised, well-hosted and considered from the location to the last detail.
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