WELLING PRIVATE HIRE - Details and terms
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You must accept these booking terms to book so please read fully.
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DEPOSIT
We don't charge a fee to hire areas at our venues, however we require a £100 deposit to secure the booking.
Your booking is only confirmed once the deposit has been paid.
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MINIMUM BAR SPEND (DRINKS ONLY)
We ask for the following minimum bar spend for exclusive garden hire;
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Monday -Thursday £300
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Friday / Saturday / Sunday from opening until 6pm £300
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Friday & Saturday 4pm until closing £650
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Friday & Saturday 5pm until closing £600
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Friday & Saturday 6pm until closing £500
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* Garden and low seaing area +£200
* Full venue hire - please enquire
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DEPOSIT REFUND
Your deposit will be refunded by bank transfer the day after the event providing:
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a) None of your party brought their own drink into the venue
b) The minimum spend as stated above is met
c) There is no damage to fixtures or fittings. This includes cigarette burns and missing items
d) If you need to cancel your booking, a minimum of 14 days notice is given
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GARDEN AREA
25-50 GUESTS - Full Garden hire - you will have exclusive access to the whole covered garden (subject to minimum spend above)
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GARDEN AREA PLUS LOW SEATING AREA
60-75 GUESTS - you will have exclusive access to the whole covered garden and low seats towards the rear inside (subject to minimum spend above)
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FULL VENUE HIRE (WELLING ONLY)
90 TO 120 GUESTS - Full venue hire - you will have exclusive access to the whole venue including the main bar and garden areas. Contact us to discuss availabilty and (huge) minimum spend.
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MINIMUM GUESTS
If the minimum number of guests for exclusive use doesn't arrive and we are very busy, we reserve the right to open the space up for other guests to share with you.
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CHILDREN
Children under 16 are welcome at Welling until 6pm. Due to our alcohol licence conditions, under 16s are not allowed on the premises after 6pm (includes the garden area and out front)
16-18 year olds are permitted at the discretion of staff.
We do not have baby change or bottle warming facilities.
ID will be required for those lucky enough to look under 25 - We do not accept pictures of ID on phones.
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SMOKING
It is against the law to smoke in our gardens. An area to the front is provided for smokers. Vaping is permitted in the garden area providing there is no objection from other guests but not inside the pub.
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DRINKS
Guests are not permitted to bring their own food or drinks into the venue. If any member of your party is found to be have consumed drinks not purchased at the bar, your deposit will not be refunded.
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FOOD
1. We can supply a buffet of grazing platters and sandwiches - 7 days notice required
2. Choose on the night from our pizza menu provided by Bella Napoli
3. You can arrange your own cold buffet and nibbles for hire bookings - strictly no drinks / no hot food / no takeaways
Please note that we do not allow sparkler candles.
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See here for menus
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DECORATIONS
Decorations must be agreed upon in advance, put up with blu-tac, (not drawing pins) and must be taken away at the end of the night.
If you'd like to come in early to decorate, please contact us first to see when the space will be available as there might be a booking before you.
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Please note that we do not allow confetti, table sprinkles or sparkler candles.
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MUSIC
We have bluetooth speakers that you can connect to to play your own music however the volume must be kept to a low, background volume out of respect for our neighbours and switched off at 10:30pm (We have a sound meter installed and could be fined)
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SILENT DISCO
Add a Silent Disco package to your booking and every guest will have their own LED headphones with 3 channels of party music, or even bring your own DJ! - See here for details
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