Create your own special ceremony to welcome your new arrival.
Hire the Colonel North Room in the Visitor Centre and/or an area of the abbey ruin and create your own unique occasion.
Hire the Abbey Church or Cloisters any day 8am to 5pm for £350, half day £175 or for an hour £75. Boutique (our on site approved caterers) can provide catering either at the abbey or in the Gatehouse Restaurant close by in Abbey House Museum.
Hire of the Colonel North Room any day from 3pm to 5pm £200 Boutique (our on site approved caterers) can provide champagne and canapes at various prices in the room.
If you have lots of younger guests coming you can keep them entertained in the Kids Kitchen area next to the Cloisters. Your booking includes a free visit to Abbey House Museum for 20 guests on the day.
Your Baby Naming Celebration: A naming ceremony is a non religious ceremony, to welcome a new baby, adopted or step children into a family. Ceremonies have no legal status. You can lead the ceremony yourself or you can find a trained 'celebrant', who can help you to prepare the ceremony and lead it on the day. Organisations such as The British Humanist Association (BHA) can arrange a special ceremony to welcome your child or you can contact Leeds City Council's Register Office.
For more details or to make a venue hire booking please contact;
Kirkstall Abbey and Abbey House Museum, Abbey Walk, Kirkstall, Leeds LS5 3EH. Tel: 0113 2305492. Email; Kirkstall.abbey@leeds.gov.uk.