Empire is a beautiful 1930’s art deco cinema and an ideal wedding/banqueting venue to host your special day. With a choice of the grandeur of our main banqueting hall or the intimacy of our smaller second hall, our beautiful venue is a great setting for your big day. Empire is the biggest and most prestigious wedding & banqueting venue in the area.
Located next to Princes Gardens in the centre of Aldershot, the venue enjoys easy access to trains and a taxi rank next door with a large multi-story car park.
Our helpful staff are always happy to help and give advice on timings, venue layout and decoration of the venue to make your day unique and personal to you. Our venue has an impressive sound system and lighting, and our team of skilled technicians will be on hand to ensure everything goes smoothly.
Empire has its own on-site kitchens and leading chefs to cater for your event with freshly prepared food from our well-equipped kitchens.
Main Auditorium
The Empire auditorium is an ideal venue for weddings, with bar and catering facilities. The main hall has a state-of-the-art line array sound system and lighting rig and is the biggest venue in the area, holding large-capacity weddings.
Your wedding can be all seated or standing. Empire has a stage, plus a huge cinema screen.
Balcony Hall
A smaller hall is available for weddings of up to 300 people. This has a small stage, sound system, lighting, and its own bar. Note that this hall is only accessible via stairs.
Experience
No. of Weddings Hosted
More than 50
Overview of Empire Banqueting Hall
Wedding Venue Capacity
Dining Capacity
500
Reception Capacity
500
Wedding Ceremony & Reception
Dancefloor Available
Sound System Available
Wedding Venue Details
Disabled Access
Exclusive Use
On-Site Parking
Wedding Catering
Alcohol Licence
In-house Catering
Asian Catering
Cultural Specialists
Asian Wedding Specialist
Muslim Wedding Specialist
Other
Pricing for Empire Banqueting Hall
Packages
(price per head)
Prices Start At
£10
Maximum Price
£45
Minimum Number of Guests
300
The price per head covers the inside catering with an additional cost for the hire of the hall.
High Street, Aldershot, Hampshire. GU11 1DJ.
Trains
Empire is just a 5-minute walk from Aldershot station. Trains run frequently from most local towns (47mins to central London). For national rail enquiries telephone 08457 484950.
Website: www.nationalrail.co.uk
Buses
There are frequent bus services to and from Empire located opposite the venue at High Street stops D, E and F. For bus services, telephone Traveline on 01737 223 000
Website: www.traveline.org.uk
Parking
The best car park is the High Street Multi Storey Car park (683 spaces), which is just a minutes walk. Parking is free after 6pm, or from 50p per hour (£3.60 all day).
Taxi
There is a taxi rank a short distance from Empire, located on Court Street next to our neighbours Gala Bingo between them and the High Street car park.