Lauderdale House

Lauderdale House is situated in Waterlow Park, which is a public park owned by Camden Council. Like other park users, your guests are free to be anywhere in the park until it closes at dusk. While there is no private use of any areas, we have always found other visitors very respectful. When the Park closes at dusk, you and your guests may continue to use the side terrace by the French windows and the Tea Lawn at the back of the house.

As a Grade II* listed venue, we do not permit anything to be attached to the walls, so it is best to plan your decoration around free-standing or table-top pieces, such as flower arrangements. We do, however, have a series of hooks discreetly placed along the ceiling that can be used for bunting or fairy lights. You can also bring battery-powered fairy lights to decorate the railings along the side terrace. No naked flames are permitted in or around the building, but battery-powered LED candles are, of course, welcome.

We have the following kit available for your wedding: a projector with HDMI and Mac cables, a projector screen, large floor easels, a lectern, and a small PA system with a microphone, which can be used for ceremonies and speeches.

Please note our PA is not suitable for evening party music. Any other lighting/audio equipment will need to be hired in. Please liaise with the Events team to ensure you have booked sufficient set-up time and/or space and to verify that it is suitable for our heritage building before hiring in equipment.

Your stewards will be your contacts for the building. For all matters related to catering, Pink Food will designate a 'Manager on Duty' who will coordinate the rest of their on-site team. All staff will be briefed, as we use a system to maintain notes about your booking, and will be happy to help where they can.

We want to make sure that all your most important guests can attend your wedding, so we are happy to provisionally hold your preferred date for up to 2 weeks without a deposit.

We do not have any on-site parking. There is one Blue Badge parking spot just in front of the building. Highgate Hill (the road directly outside the house) and several other roads in the immediate area have on-street parking which is free all day on Saturdays and Sundays and from midday on weekdays. Pay and display is in operation outside these times in some areas. Please always check the signage before parking your vehicle.

If you would prefer not to use our in-house furniture, you are more than welcome to hire furniture in. All we request is that you liaise with us regarding dropping off and collecting, as we do not have any storage space for additional furniture.

Having hosted all sorts of events for over 40 years, we know many local suppliers and are happy to recommend them. Please contact our Events team for our recommended suppliers list.

We are a proud arts venue and love celebrating local artists in the house. We have three exhibition spaces that we use to host temporary exhibitions year-round, each lasting 4 weeks. If you feel the artwork would be an issue, we can arrange to have it removed for your event at an additional cost. We will require at least three weeks' notice to arrange this for you.