Meeting rooms and venue hire

The SPL is available to hire at very reasonable rates. We can accommodate meetings, away days, presentations, events, book launches, press conferences and many other options. Talk to us about your requirements using our Venue Hire form.

Friends of the SPL are entitled to a 10% discount on venue hire. Friends membership starts at just £12 for a year. Find out how to join here.

Reduced rates are available for e.g. registered charities. Please let us know your circumstances in the venue hire form at the bottom of the page or click the link below.

The Scottish Poetry Library is a fully accessible building. See our accessibility guide here for more details.

Meeting Rooms 1 and 2

Full day (7 hours): £250 per room (£200 for registered charities)

By the hour: £40 per room (£30 for registered charities)

Availability
Mon-Thu: from 9am to 4pm (later times are negotiable…please ask)

Meeting Room 1 is our workshop/meeting room/break-out space located on the ground floor of the Library.  The room is usually set boardroom style and can accommodate up to 12 people. The room can also be set out theatre style and can accommodate 20 people with a screen/lectern at the front.

Meeting Room 2 has a similar configuration and is on the Mezzanine level. It can accommodate up to 8 people. See below for pictures of our meeting rooms.

We can meet your audio-visual and online needs via our fast, free WiFi and 55″ or 65” UHD screens. We also have flip-charts available. Both meeting rooms have good ventilation and air circulation. We are able to facilitate hybrid meetings (Zoom, Teams etc).

Full Building

Availability

Usually outside our core opening hours (Mon-Thu 10-3) although with sufficient notice we can close the library to the public. Evenings are available on request. Friday hires are dependent on staff availability.

£500 per event (includes both meeting rooms). Rate for registered charities £400.

A deposit of £100 is usually required.

You may have a larger event in mind, for example a multi-space training day, press conference, book launch, seminar, AGM or corporate event. Both of the meeting rooms are included and can be used as breakout spaces, green rooms, interview rooms or to serve food. Our capacity for these kind of events is 50 (we can accommodate an audience of 50 seated theatre style on the Mezzanine level).

For a full building standing event, such as a corporate launch with drinks being served, we can accommodate up to 100 people.