Conway Hall in London, United Kingdom

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Telephone:	+44 20 7405 1818
Website:	www.conwayhall.org.uk
Address:	25 Red Lion Square, London, United Kingdom, WC1R 4RL Bloomsbury
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:	240 ftHolborn Theobalds Road 330 ftHolborn Red Lion Square 430 ftHolborn Police Station
Categories:	Venues & Event Spaces Music Venues

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Accepts Credit Cards	Yes
Accepts Bitcoin	No
Parking	Street
Bike Parking	Yes
Wheelchair Accessible	Yes
Good for Kids	Yes
Good for Groups	Yes

Good For Dancing	Yes
Happy Hour	No
Coat Check	No
Smoking	No
Outdoor Seating	No
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Today

Today	8:30 am – 12:00 am Closed now
Local time (London)	00:47 Friday, 27 June 2025

Business hours

Monday	8:30 am – 10:30 pm
Tuesday	8:30 am – 10:30 pm
Wednesday	8:30 am – 10:30 pm
Thursday	8:30 am – 10:30 pm
Friday	8:30 am – 12:00 am
Saturday	8:30 am – 12:00 am
Sunday	8:30 am – 10:00 pm

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Built in 1929 and now Grade II listed, Conway Hall is a landmark of London’s independent intellectual, political and cultural life.

The hall plays host to a wide variety of events from conferences and lectures to concerts, dance classes, drama, festivals, film screenings, charity fundraisers, filming location and more.

Open seven days a week, the building offers a unique blend of historical charm combined with a distinct choice of rooms for hire.

History

Established in 1929.

Conway Hall is owned by Conway Hall Ethical Society, a charity registered in England and Wales, and was first opened in 1929. The name was chosen in honour of Moncure Daniel Conway (1832 — 1907), anti-slavery advocate, out-spoken supporter of free thought, biographer of Thomas Paine and appointed lecturer from 1864 until 1892.

The Hall now hosts around 2000 lectures, classes, performances, community and social events a year. It is renowned as a hub for free speech and independent thought.

We have a library which holds the Ethical Society’s collection, which is the largest and most comprehensive Humanist Research resource of its kind in the United Kingdom.

Meet the Manager

Jim W.

Manager

I first discovered Conway Hall and Conway Hall Ethical Society in the autumn of 2010. At that time, I realised I had discovered an entity both professionally interesting and personally engaging. Put very simply, the amazement I felt at discovering that there was such a thing as an ‘ethical society’ galvanised me to apply for the role of Chief Executive Officer.

My sincere hope is that many of you will also discover Conway Hall and find something to enrich or intrigue you. From our atmospheric Library to our fascinating programme of Sunday Lectures, there is something for everyone. There are our historic Sunday Concerts, with a breathtaking pedigree, our courses on Humanism, delivered with panache by lecturers from London School of Philosophy, and then there are our hirers who take over our spaces and dance Salsa and Tango or debate Human Rights issues and have festivals!

There is so much going on!

Have a look for yourselves and let me know what you think.

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8 reviews of Conway Hall

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Gemma M.

Place rating: 4
London, United Kingdom

An unusual venue in central london, inside there appears to be lots of different rooms, a humanist library and a big hall. I recently went to see burlesque in this venue, but I’m not sure the venue suited the genre.
We were sat in the balcony which provided us a good view of the stage. There were lots of seats available, but it lacked the atmosphere of a burlesque venue and felt like I was sat in a village hall. This wasn’t helped by the fact that not all the seats were taken upstairs.
It did feel a bit clinical and with a makeshift bar and concessions stand in the entrance. I’m not sure what it was like to be downstairs, but I did notice that they had to sit on uncomfortable looking plastic chairs. Whereas the seats in the balcony were cushioned.
Definitely would be a good venue for a lecture or something else but not quite for burlesque.

Alysia S.

Place rating: 5
Tensta, Sweden

This is a happy but little strange place.
It’s a rented space venue and the groups that rent the rooms are everything from salsa dancing classes, lectures and pagan ritual groups.
Awesome people, amazing energy and really cool activities.
So worth checking out their website and what they got going on.

Rina A.

Place rating: 4
Regent's Park, London, United Kingdom

Claims to be «the landmark of London’s independent intellectual, political and cultural life», it hosts a wide variety of lectures, classes, performances, community and social events. It is the only remaining ethical society in the United Kingdom.
It’s a particularly great venue for the Sunday Sermons held by The School of Life

Lauren D.

Place rating: 3
New York, NY

Big, rented space venue. Apparently they allow one hour and a half between space rented one and another– on the dot of 4pm (scheduled end of some vegan event) was the announcement, «please leave, or we have to pay extra because there is another event at 5:30!»
As rented spaces go, not bad– a bit crowded with the stalls, but that’s how these events go-not the venue’s fault. Good, bright lighting, high ceilings.

Tinaba

Place rating: 5
London, United Kingdom

One of the best Tango Clubs in town holds its Milonga here most Fridays. Some days you could be in Argentina it is so right. Great floor and acoustics, plus the organisers have a great Cocktail Bar, yep you can drink and Tango. Come along and take a look.

Nicole R.

Place rating: 5
Wood-Ridge, NJ

I’ve been to Conway hall 3 times in the past month so needless to say it has something going for it :) Well, not the hall exactly, but the sorts of events put on there. As it’s the base for SPES, they tend to hire out the venue to some really cool organisations, such as Centre for Inquiry and British Humanist Association. I believe they also hold some philosophy sorts of classes and workshops. It’s a bit hard to find as it is tucked into a corner of Red Lion Square. One might expect a large, grander entrance but it is quite plain and easy to miss if you don’t take the time to look. But it’s worth it :)

Sian

Place rating: 5
London, United Kingdom

What a strange little place! Half town hall, half follk rock concert venue. I came here on Saturday for the Betsey Trotwood’s Winterlude and frankly had a brilliant time.
The strange thing about the day was, that while we were listening to folk and rock music, all of the other usual events were going on. So I can tell you with good authority that you can do yoga, classes on method acting and lectures in social science, as well as drinking ale and dancing about in the main hall (although unfortunately you won’t be able to do that every day).
A rather grand venue for a bunch of rocky hippies, but a great one. They also get points for being so polite, and changing the loo paper in the very very clean loos halfway through the day. Check out what they’ve got going on, it’s worth a look.

Place rating: 5
London, United Kingdom

Conway Hall is the legendary base of the South Place Ethical Society (SPES) and is and has been home to ethical, humanist and secular organisations and groups for many years. An historic place for freethinkers, rationalists, humanists and others. Wonderful and popular concerts on Sundays and they hire out rooms for suitable organisations for meetings, events, lectures and so on. A wonderful piece of British history that is still going strong today.