Church Hire

The church's beauty, acoustics, capacity and adaptability have made it a popular choice for concerts, weddings, fashion events, filmings and meetings. See below for information on our facilities and marketing, then contact Events Coordinator Jake Kirner for further details:

Telephone preferable: 07766 202 731 

jake@stgileschurch.com

 

Church availability

Clich here (Excel) or here (PDF) to download a spreadsheet with our availability. 

 

The church is normally available every day except Sunday mornings. We have various small services in the chapel by the door (see below) during which hirers are normally happy to schedule their breaks (no need to pack away, just to be quiet). Fees are not charged during these breaks. Very occasionally we are willing to move a service to the Rectory so that the booking is uninterrupted, but we only do so with great reluctance.

 

The church can be accessed from 7am to 11pm but no outside noise can be made before 8.00am or after 10pm.

 

2024 Standard Hire Fees

 

Our fees are based on the below rates but any final fee will be agreed with Jake (tel. 07766 202 731).

 

The final fee may differ according to circumstance. Discounts are sometimes applied and one can save money by scheduling breaks to coincide with the services in the chapel (see below). 

 

Jake is able to reserve some unconfirmed bookings for a short time. 

 

Concerts (incl. rehearsal on the day of the concert)

Peak winter: £150 per hour for first six hours / £120 every subsequent hour (so £1,140 for eight hours)

Peak Summer: £140 p.h. for first six hours / £110 every subsequent hour

Off-peak winter: £125/£100

Off-peak Summer: £120/£95

 

Rehearsals (not on the day of the concert)

Peak winter: £75 p.h. first six hours / £70 every subsequent hour

Peak summer: £65/£60

Off-peak winter: £65/£60

Off-peak Summer: £60/£55

 

Recordings (audio only)

Peak winter: £170 p.h. first six hours/£150 every subsequent

Peak summer: £160/£140

Off-peak winter: £155/£135

Off-peak summer: £150/£130

 

Filming with one or two cameras

Peak winter: £175/£155 p.h. first six hours/£150 every subsequent

Peak summer: £165/£145

Off-peak winter: £160/£140

Off-peak summer: £155/£135

 

Filming with three or more cameras

Peak winter: £230/£210 p.h. first six hours/£150 every subsequent

Peak summer: £220/£200

Off-peak winter: £220/£195

Off-peak summer: £215/£190

 

Seasons

Peak winter: March, 28 Nov – 17 Dec

Peak Summer: 22 May – 14 July

Off-peak winter: Jan, Feb, April, 16 Oct – 27 Nov, 18-22 Dec 

Off-peak summer: 1 – 21 May, 15 July – 15 October

 

Note that:

- Fees normally include time spent setting up/down

- Fees include staff support and verger supervision

- Normally a minimum of three hours is charged, with some exceptions

- Additional fees are applicable for use of the piano, organs and staging, although these are sometimes thrown in for free in the case of large bookings

- The piano and organs are generally kept in reasonably good tune but the hirer must pay for any bespoke tuning, with piano tuning £100 and organ tuning from £300

 

Discounts may be given for things like:

* Multiple bookings within 12 months

* Last minute concert bookings (pencilled in advance but not confirmed until closer to the time)

* Concerts on Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays

* Bookings that could feature in one of our religious or community festivals

* Concerts where the church capacity is limited by the book fair or building works

* GHSMD students

* Local community events

Feel free to call Jake on 07766 202 731 to discuss whether you may qualify for a discount.

 

Services in the chapel

Quiet is required in church during the below times. This may mean allowing more time in the case of large ensembles. No need to pack up, just be silent. 

Mondays: 8.25-8.55am, 5.25-5.55pm

Tuesdays: 8.25-8.55am, 5.25-5.55pm

Wednesdays: 8.25-8.55am, 9.55-10.25am, 5.25-5.55pm

Thursdays: normally no services

Fridays: 8.25-8.55am, 12.25-1.05pm, 5.25-5.55pm

Saturdays: normally no services

Sundays: 8am-12noon (throughout the church), 3.55-4.35pm (in the chapel only)

 

Payment and contracts

Once most of the details are agreed, Jake will issue a contract agreeing to our key terms and an invoice for BACS payment. Organisations with complicated invoicing requirements may be charged a small additional fee for the extra admin this causes.

 

Heating

We aim to maintain 18 degrees Celsius for concert days and 17 degrees for rehearsals. However, being a draughty medieval church without insulation, we may not be able to achieve these temperatures when it is close to freezing outside. In any case we advise hirers to wear warm clothes or (when in concert dress) to invest in some warm underclothes.

 

Although modern venues are generally warmer, they tend to be much more expensive despite generally being less expensive to maintain.

 

We are also trying to achieve net-zero by 2030. Heating the church requires about five-times more energy than a medium-sized house but we are are exploring how to make our heating more directional, focussing on the people rather than the stone. We request your understanding and partnership in working towards net zero. 

 

 

The main body of the church

Looking east with one step to black and white tiled area. 

 

Click here to see a film of the London Mozart Players concert, spring 2020 with social distancing in place.  

 

Looking west with the Grand Organ with  an area below suitable to provide displays, information or refreshments.

 

Looking east and one step to black and white tiled area

 

 

 

 

 

Lighting

 

 

New lighting (completed in 2020)

 

 

Over 100 new lights with multiple settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seating (new in 2021)

 

Benches

 

Seats with arms

 

 

Stackable chairs

 

 

 

 

 

 

Church Capacity

Maximum potetencial capacity of 450 (including performers). Only seating for 370 so an orchestra needing 50 chairs would reduce audience seating to 320 unless you hire in extra chairs. All furniture stackable and movable. 

 

Click below to download the church plan.

St Giles ground floor plan.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [184.0 KB]

Click here for a 2D view of the church.

Filming

We welcome filming but extra time and detailed information is needed before approval can be given.

 

See further information including guidelines for filming in St Giles' and the Churchyard.. 

St Giles film Guidelines.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [270.6 KB]

Other areas available inside the church

 

The Tower area on ground level

 

Useful for equipment storage and as a changing area

 

 

 

 

The Vestry on ground level 

 

This has a small kitchen and is useful as a secure 

storage area and changing space

 

 

 

Musical Instruments available for hire

 

Steinway Grand B piano  Regularly serviced. Click here for full details 

Chancel organ 

Click here for full details 

Grand organ 

Click here for full details 

Weddings 

 

Who can marry in St Giles'? View document below

Welcome to Weddings at St Giles.docx
Microsoft Word document [15.5 KB]

For those planning their Wedding at St Giles' view our  wedding plan. 

The Wedding Day.docx
Microsoft Word document [17.0 KB]

Disability Access

There is a long stone ramp beside the North door for wheelchair access from the churchyard into the church.

 

Access to a disabled toilet is in the vestry area.  

 

Other Facilities

 

Four staging bocks, each 1-foot-high x 4 feet wide x 8 feet long which can be aligned to make a platform for up to 30 people

 

Two toilets (including a disabled toilet) in the vestry plus free access to the Wood Street Wine Bar’s toilets (30 meters away) on weekday afternoons and evenings (no requirement to buy a drink)

 

Free parking in the churchyard for up to six cars

 

Clothes rails

 

Additional benefits

Access to the church is via the churchyard so is off-road with no passing traffic

 

All furniture movable, including the altar, which allows great flexibility for performer and audience position

 

Marketing

All public events are listed on www.CultureInCityChurches.com and a leaflet is posted to 3,000 Barbican residents in each season promoting these events. We also include details in an email bulletins to 3,000 Barbican residents and can display some flyers and a poster in church. 

St Giles' Cripplegate Church
Fore Street
London EC2Y 8DA

 

Registered Charity               Number 1138077

Sunday 

8.30- 8.50 Morning Prayer

10.00-11.10 Parish Eucharist with Sunday Club

4.00-4.45 Choral Evensong on 1st Sunday of the month.  

4.00-4.45 Little St Luke's Church at St Luke's CofE Primary School on 2nd Sunday of the month 

4.00-4.20 Evening Prayer

on 3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays in the month. 

 

Monday 

8.00 - 8.20 Holy Eucharist 
8.30 - 8.50 Morning Prayer   
5.30 - 5.50 Evening Prayer
 
Tuesday

8.30 - 8.50 Morning Prayer 

5.30 - 5.50 Evening Prayer

6.00 - 6.20 Holy Eucharist

 
Wednesday
8.30 - 8.50 Morning Prayer 10.00 - 10.20 Holy Eucharist and coffee 
12.30 - 1.00 Bible Study in the Rectory
5.30 - 5.50 Evening Prayer
 
Friday 
8.30 - 8.50 Morning Prayer
12.30 - 12.55 Holy Communion BCP 1662       
5.30 - 5.50 Evening Prayer

 

Wednesday 

10 April                    

Lectio  Divina on Zoom  at 7.30pm.

Please contact Susan Royce for details   susanjroyce@gmail.com

 

2024 Dates for Silent Prayer from 1-1.30 pm and Cleaning Angels from 1.30-3pm with tea and cake, on first Thursday of the month.

You are invited to join others in church on  the first Thursday of the month.

If you are not able to join us, we hope you will continue to pray with us wherever you are. 

  • 4 April
  • 2 May,
  • 6 June,
  • 4 July
  • not in August
  • 5 September
  • 3 October
  • 7 November
  •  5 December.
     

2024 Dates for Standing Committee Meetings - held in the Rectory at 6.15pm

  • 8th April
  • 3rd June
  • 1st July
  • 16th September
  • 4th November

 

2024 Dates for PCC Meetings

(please note the themes for each meeting in Dark Blue) held in the church at 7.30pm but in the Rectory when with Supper 

 

  • 12th May (APCM + PCC)
  • 20th May (Supper) Mission
  • 3rd July 
  • 7th October   Safeguarding

 
Parish Office Hours

For the Parish Administrator 
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 10am-4pm

Phone 07535 442955 or 

tola@stgileschurch.com 
 

For the Bookings and Events Co-ordinator, Buildings Supervisor 

Phone 07766 202731 or 

jake@stgileschurch.com 


Safeguarding is at the heart of our Christian faith. We are all made unique and in the image of God.

‘Jesus came that we might have life and have it in abundance’ John 10 v 10.

St Giles’ works to ensure a safe environment for everyone. Please click the ‘safeguarding' tab on this website for more information.

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