Room Hire

Please note that our venues are not available for hire during regular services.

St Giles’ Parish Centre and Church Hall are available to hire. These rooms are ideal for anyone wishing to hold corporate meetings, birthday parties or lectures and seminars. We have a car park and additional parking at the side of the church drive.

Parish Centre

Our Parish Centre is a large room that can hold up to 30 people for functions. The room can be made available with chairs and tables and there is also access to the kitchen area, which has a fridge, microwave, and hot drinks facility. A data projector and screen are also available. 

Broadband WiFi is available. 

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Church Hall

Our Church Hall is a large room that can hold up to 30 people for functions. The room can be made available with chairs and tables and there is also access to a kitchen area, which has a small cooking facility, fridge, microwave, hot water.

A data projector and screen are also available. 

Broadband WiFi is available. 

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Church Hall Kitchen

How to hire one of our rooms

To hire one of our rooms, please contact the Parish Administrator – 0191 374 1079, stgileschurchdurham@live.co.uk.  If the room/date is available, you will be sent a full booking form to complete.

Please find the rates and conditions for hire below:

Hiring Costs for St Giles’ Parish Centre and Church Hall

  1.  All our rooms are hired on an hourly basis
  2.  Hire of any of our rooms includes access to a kitchen
  3.  It is assumed that hirers will help with setting up and tidying up the rooms
  4.  If additional work is required by church staff, this will be added to the costs
  5.  Current charges are:
    • £20.00 per hour for the Parish Centre and the Church Hall (including setting up time)
    •  All bookings should be made through the Parish Administrator by completing a booking form which will be provided on request.
  6.  Rooms are hired subject to our Conditions of Hire.

Contact details for the Parish Administrator are:

Email:           stgileschurchdurham@live.co.uk

Phone:           0191 374 1079 (leave a message on the answerphone if no answer)

Office hours are 09.00 – 13.00 on Wednesday and Fridays.

Conditions of Hire