Conferences, Meetings and Seminars

The Merchant Taylors’ Hall is steeped in tradition, but with all the 21st-century facilities, you need to get business done.

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This prestigious 600 year old Guild Hall provides a magnificent venue for meetings, exhibitions, and conferences. It offers flexible space for 15-120 delegates, plus city centre car parking and gardens.

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The indoor space is flexible to accommodate 15 – 120 guests in various room layouts, while our garden allows delegates to enjoy fresh air during networking breaks or outside sessions and activities to be included in your itinerary. Free WiFi is available throughout, and AV set-up is available to meet your event needs.

Our dedicated staff will partner with you throughout the planning stages to ensure everything is just as you’d like it and be with you throughout your event to ensure everything goes smoothly. Our award-winning caterers offer a choice of delicious and nutritious food and drink packages to keep delegates focused and energised.

York offers a highly accessible, central UK location less than 2 hours by train from London Kings Cross and only an hour’s drive from Leeds Bradford International Airport. We’re an accessible venue for wheelchair users and there’s free on-site parking (up to 10 spaces) and hundreds more spaces available only 400 yards away. It’s just a 15 minute walk, or short taxi journey, to York train station.

We'd welcome the opportunity to to show you round this very special place and discuss how best we can help you with your next corporate event.

Tailored Packages to Suit Your Meeting or Conference Requirements

We have flexible packages to meet your Conference or Meeting needs and budget. We are happy to tailor our range of day delegate packages to your requirements and create a bespoke offer.

Our packages include, as standard, the private hire of the Blue Hall and or the Great Hall, ten car parking spaces, gardens, tables and comfortable conference chairs, dedicated events hosts and a full catering team to serve refreshments.

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Essentials Day Delegate Rate

  • Ten Car Parking spaces for your exclusive uses

  • A Merchant Taylors Conference Pack

  • Arrival serving of Tea & Coffee

  • Mid-morning Tea & Coffee with Homemade Biscuits

  • Light Buffet Lunch

  • Mid Afternoon serving of Tea & Coffee

  • Use of Whiteboards

  • Lectern with Microphone

  • An additional handheld Microphones

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Premium Day Delegate Rate

  • Our clients love this one it’s our most popular Day Delegate Rate

  • All of the Essentials Package plus……….

  • Enhanced catering,

  • Mid-morning Tea & Coffee served with homemade biscuits

  • Afternoon Tea & Coffee service served with homemade Scones, jam and clotted cream

  • The use of a Projector & Screen with ClickShare Connectivity

  • ClickShare AV connectivity

  • Use of a Giant 58” Monitor with ClickShare Connectivity

  • Two Lapel or Headset Microphones

  • Paper Flipcharts

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Platinum Day Delegate Rate

  • This is a bespoke day. We will work with you to create an even more unforgettable conference or meeting. These are the foundations; you can make it into anything you want.

  • All of the Essentials & Premium Packages plus……………..

  • Arrival Tea & Coffee served with warm Danish Pastries

  • Afternoon Tea & Coffee is served with Homemade Scones, Jam and Clotted Cream

  • The Lunch is created for your event by using a choice from our Chef’s favourite menus

  • Additional Car Parking spaces