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Royal William Yard offers far more than individual venues – it's a complete destination where you can craft something truly distinctive. Across the site you'll find spaces of varying sizes and functionality, from small meeting rooms to dramatic spaces. Whether you're planning conferences, workshops, exhibitions, product launches or showcases, there's a setting that fits.
Venue Hire, Meeting & Working Spaces
The Yard adapts to your style and vision. Screen presentations in Everyman Cinema's elegant surroundings, break out into BLOCK's dynamic meeting rooms, and host your event your way in one of our many venues and spaces.
Everyman Cinema
Everyman Cinema Private Hire transforms corporate events into something memorable. Set within the historic Grade I listed Melville building with breathtaking marina views, you can hire individual screens (seating 57–72 guests) for presentations, conferences and networking events.
Luxurious sofas, plenty of leg room and unique design features create an atmosphere that’s worlds away from standard conference rooms. Technical facilities include HDMI laptop connections, high-speed wifi, handheld microphones and a dedicated tech team, whilst the luxurious bar serves cocktails and sharing plates to fuel your gathering.
BLOCK
Office Space & Co-Working
BLOCK spans 17,000 square feet over two floors of the iconic Melville building, offering everything from hot-desking and spacious coworking zones to cellular private offices, along with professional meeting rooms and event spaces perfect for presentations, workshops and strategy sessions.
Steel Brew Co.
Brewery & Event Hire
Steel Brew Co Event Hire offers something different for team celebrations and client entertaining. This extensive taproom and microbrewery serves its own craft beers alongside guest brews from independent breweries and a range of South West spirits and wines.
The stylish space features cosy nooks for smaller gatherings and versatile areas that work beautifully for larger functions. Available for full private hire, Steel Brew Co can host everything from informal team socials to more structured events, with food partnerships bringing Royal William Yard's diverse restaurant offering straight to your table.
Group Dining & Socialising
When it comes to bringing colleagues and clients together over good food, Royal William Yard offers something special. Each venue brings its own character to your gathering, whether you're celebrating success, building relationships, or simply ensuring everyone's well fed and ready for what's next.
Seco Lounge
Restaurant & Event Space
Seco Lounge offers an elegant setting for group dining and a versatile private hire space within their Wardroom. The space can comfortably accommodate up to 60 guests and benefits from its own private bar and toilet facilities, as well as a striking full-length golden feature wall – a flexible space available to hire for meetings, parties, receptions, exhibitions, community groups and a wide range of other events.
Bistrot Pierre
Restaurant & Event Space
Bring a touch of French flair to your occasion – Bistrot Pierre Plymouth offers relaxed French dining by the waterfront with a range of dining options ideal for corporate lunches, client meetings and team get-togethers in a relaxed yet professional setting, perfect for business occasions and client entertaining.
Le Vignoble
Independent Wine Bar
An independent wine bar, brings sophistication to corporate entertaining. Choose from private guided wine tastings with expert-led sessions that take guests on a journey through carefully curated selections, or opt for unguided tastings using their innovative wine machines – perfect for more relaxed, self-paced exploration.
This cosy setting is also available for private hire without tastings, creating the right atmosphere for conversation to flow as freely as the wine, whether for client entertainment or rounding off a productive day.
Beyond the Boardroom
The beauty of hosting events here is the wealth of experiences waiting just beyond your meeting room door. These aren't just add-ons – they're opportunities to transform your event into something people will talk about afterwards.
South West SUP
South West SUP offers an incredible way to see the coastline from an entirely different perspective. Private stand-up paddleboarding sessions get teams onto the water, building connections and shifting perspectives in ways no meeting room can match. Whether you're complete beginners or experienced paddlers, there's something genuinely transformative about working together on the water, surrounded by Royal William Yard's dramatic waterfront setting.
Halogi
Hálogi offers a sleek horsebox sauna, heated by a traditional Finnish stove to a constant 90°C and accommodating up to six people. Follow your sauna session with a plunge into one of three cold water tubs – that contrast of fire and ice does wonders for focus and wellbeing and creates shared experiences that bond teams.
Ace Swimming
ACE Swimming at Firestone Arches provides professional coaching for a supervised sea swim – building skills alongside confidence.
South West Coast Path
The South West Coast Path runs right through the Yard, and with the path's headquarters based here, the team can connect you with local guides to create bespoke walking tours along Plymouth's historic waterfront and beyond – perfect for strategy sessions that need a change of scenery.
Plymouth Boat Trips
Plymouth Boat Trips run services between April and September, offering a water taxi service connecting the Yard with the Barbican, Mount Edgcumbe and Saltash. Or arrange a bespoke private cruise departing directly from Royal William Yard's marina.
Ready to create something remarkable?
You can book directly with the venues and businesses, or work with our dedicated Event Manager who can create collaborations across our businesses that transform a standard corporate day into an experience people genuinely remember.
