Meeting room hire West Sussex prices start at £20 an hour excluding VAT, and the county has six buildings you can book by the hour without a membership. Three sit in Crawley, one sits 1.7 km from Gatwick Airport in straight-line terms, and the other two are further west and south in Chichester and Shoreham-by-Sea. This guide lists every one of them with the real rate, the real capacity range, and the kit actually installed in the rooms.
If you want the wider picture on how hourly room booking works before you pick a building, our complete guide to meeting rooms covers what a meeting room is, how it differs from a conference room, and how far ahead to book. This page is narrower: it is only about what you can book in West Sussex today, and what separates the £20 room from the £57 one.
Wezoo snapshot — West Sussex meeting rooms
- 6 bookable meeting-room buildings across 4 towns
- Entry rates: £20.00–£56.80 per hour ex VAT (£24.00–£68.16 inc VAT); individual rooms run up to £95.72 ex VAT
- Median entry rate: £27.78 per hour ex VAT (£33.33 inc VAT)
- Room capacities from 4 to 12 people
- Operators: Basepoint (3 buildings), Regus (2), Orega (1)
What does meeting room hire West Sussex cost?
Entry rates run between £20 and £56.80 per hour excluding VAT, depending on the building, with the median at £27.78. Put another way, meeting room hire West Sussex entry rates vary by a factor of nearly three. Individual rooms climb higher — the largest room at Manor Royal is £95.72 an hour ex VAT. That is a 2.8× spread in entry rates across a county whose two furthest-apart bookable rooms are 56 km apart.
Every rate below is the lowest hourly rate at that building. Wezoo returns prices with VAT included, so both figures are shown — UK businesses that reclaim VAT should budget from the ex-VAT column.
| Building | Town | From £/hr ex VAT | Inc VAT | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gatwick – The Beehive | Gatwick | 20.00 | 24.00 | 4–10 |
| Metcalf Way | Crawley | 21.45 | 25.74 | 4–12 |
| The Pinnacle 3F | Crawley | 22.00 | 26.40 | 4–6 |
| Chichester Enterprise Centre | Chichester | 33.55 | 40.26 | 4–10 |
| Manor Royal | Crawley | 52.07 | 62.48 | 4–12 |
| Little High Street | Shoreham-by-Sea | 56.80 | 68.16 | 6–8 |
Two things the table does not show. Brand does not drive the spread: Basepoint runs the second-cheapest building and the most expensive one, and the two Regus buildings sit 2.4× apart. Neither does distance from Gatwick — the correlation between airport proximity and price explains only 14% of the variation, and the second-closest building to the airport (Metcalf Way, 2.4 km) is also the second-cheapest. Something else is going on.
The cheapest rooms in West Sussex are the ones that don’t list VC kit
Here is the pattern the price table hides. Across the five buildings other than The Beehive, video-conference equipment is listed on every single room — 15 out of 15. At The Beehive, it is listed on none of the five.
So the capability floor and the price floor sit at the same door. The cheapest meeting room hire West Sussex has to offer is also the one building whose rooms do not list VC kit.
| Building | From £/hr ex VAT | Rooms with VC kit | Rooms with natural light |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatwick – The Beehive | 20.00 | 0 of 5 | 0 of 5 |
| Metcalf Way | 21.45 | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 |
| The Pinnacle 3F | 22.00 | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 |
| Chichester Enterprise Centre | 33.55 | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 |
| Manor Royal | 52.07 | 4 of 4 | 1 of 4 |
| Little High Street | 56.80 | 2 of 2 | 1 of 2 |
Read that second column before you sort by price. Natural light is the same story in miniature: it is listed on 11 of the county’s 20 rooms, but on only 1 of Manor Royal’s 4 and 1 of Little High Street’s 2 — so the two most expensive buildings join The Beehive as the three where a window is not listed on every room.
None of this makes The Beehive a worse building. It makes it a different one. It is the closest bookable meeting space to Gatwick Airport at 1.7 km, it is the only building in the county with a 24-hour cancellation window rather than 13 days, and two of its five rooms do list a large display. That combination — cheap, close to the terminal, cancellable the day before — is built for the meeting where everyone flies in and sits in the same room. Book it for that. Pick one of the other five if you want video-conference equipment already installed in the room.
Meeting room hire in West Sussex, town by town
Meeting room hire West Sussex breaks down into six buildings across four towns. Crawley holds half the county’s supply, which makes sense — it is where the airport business park is. Horsham, Worthing, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton currently have no hourly meeting-room listings on Wezoo, so if you need a room in those towns, Crawley or Chichester is the realistic fallback.
Gatwick and Crawley
Gatwick – The Beehive — Gatwick, RH6 0PA
The Beehive is the curved art-deco building on Beehive Ring Road, the original 1936 Gatwick terminal, now an office. It is 1.7 km from the airport by straight-line distance — the closest bookable meeting space in the county to the runway. It is also the cheapest, and the only West Sussex building where you can cancel 24 hours out instead of 13 days.
- From £20.00/hour ex VAT (£24.00 inc VAT)
- Capacity: 4–10 people across 5 rooms
- In-room kit: Flip chart, whiteboard and wifi on all five rooms; large display on the two 10-person rooms
- Operator: Orega
Book Gatwick – The Beehive on Wezoo →
Metcalf Way — Crawley, RH11 7XX
Metcalf Way is the value pick of the county: £1.45 an hour more than the cheapest room, and every one of its three rooms carries the full kit list including VC equipment and natural light. It is 2.4 km from the airport, the second-closest bookable room in the county.
- From £21.45/hour ex VAT (£25.74 inc VAT)
- Capacity: 4, 8 and 12 people
- In-room kit: Flip chart, large display, natural light, video-conference equipment, whiteboard, wifi — on all three rooms
- Operator: Basepoint
The Pinnacle 3F — Crawley, RH10 1JH
The Pinnacle sits in central Crawley rather than out on the business park, and at 4.6 km from the airport it is the furthest of the three Crawley buildings from Gatwick. Rooms here seat up to six, which suits a fully-equipped interview or a small client session.
- From £22.00/hour ex VAT (£26.40 inc VAT)
- Capacity: 4 and 6 people
- In-room kit: Flip chart, large display, natural light, video-conference equipment, whiteboard, wifi — on all three rooms
- Operator: Regus
Book The Pinnacle 3F on Wezoo →
Manor Royal — Crawley, RH10 9LU
Manor Royal offers the widest capacity ladder in West Sussex — four sizes in one building, up to 12 people. It is 2.7 km from the airport in the Manor Royal estate. Note the cancellation terms: the 12-person room requires 23 days’ notice rather than the 13 days that applies to the smaller three.
- From £52.07/hour ex VAT (£62.48 inc VAT)
- Capacity: 4, 6, 10 and 12 people
- In-room kit: Flip chart, large display, video-conference equipment, whiteboard, wifi on all four rooms; natural light on one
- Operator: Regus
Chichester and the coast
Chichester Enterprise Centre — Chichester, PO19 8FY
Chichester is 55.8 km south-west of Gatwick, so this is a genuinely separate catchment rather than an alternative to Crawley. Full kit on all three rooms, two of which seat 10. If you are looking specifically in this area, we have a closer look at the options in our guide to meeting room hire in Chichester.
- From £33.55/hour ex VAT (£40.26 inc VAT)
- Capacity: 4 and 10 people (two 10-person rooms)
- In-room kit: Flip chart, large display, natural light, video-conference equipment, whiteboard, wifi — on all three rooms
- Operator: Basepoint
Book Chichester Enterprise Centre on Wezoo →
Little High Street — Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5EG
Shoreham-by-Sea sits on the county’s south coast, 36.3 km from Gatwick. Two rooms only, both mid-sized, both with VC kit. Its entry rate is the highest in West Sussex — but as the next section shows, that fact makes its day office unusually good value.
- From £56.80/hour ex VAT (£68.16 inc VAT)
- Capacity: 6 and 8 people
- In-room kit: Flip chart, large display, video-conference equipment, whiteboard, wifi on both rooms; natural light on one
- Operator: Basepoint
Book Little High Street on Wezoo →
When should you book a day office instead of a meeting room?
When you need more than a couple of hours. Meeting rooms in West Sussex are priced per hour; day offices are priced per day, flat, regardless of how many people you put in them. Cross the break-even point and the day office is simply cheaper.
Five of the six buildings above also list day offices. Here is the hour at which switching pays off, using each building’s own cheapest room as the comparison.
| Building | Room £/hr ex VAT | Day office £/day ex VAT | Break-even |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little High Street | 56.80 | 49.00 | 0.9 hours |
| Chichester Enterprise Centre | 33.55 | 39.00 | 1.2 hours |
| Manor Royal | 52.07 | 99.00 | 1.9 hours |
| Metcalf Way | 21.45 | 45.00 | 2.1 hours |
| The Pinnacle 3F | 22.00 | 89.00 | 4.0 hours |
Look at the Little High Street line: a full day in its day office costs £49, which is less than a single hour in its cheapest meeting room. For anything longer than a quick catch-up in Shoreham, the day office is the cheaper unit.
One catch decides it, though. West Sussex day offices list at most wifi, natural light and coffee, tea and water. No whiteboard, no flip chart, no video-conference equipment anywhere in the county’s day-office listings. The day office buys you space and hours; the meeting room buys you the kit. If the session involves a screen share or a wall to write on, pay the hourly rate. For a broader view of how these formats fit together, see our guide to flexible workspace explained, which sets out how hourly, daily and monthly formats compare.
Can you book meeting room hire in West Sussex by the hour without a membership?
Yes. All meeting room hire West Sussex listings on Wezoo carry a 60-minute minimum booking and no membership, subscription or contract attached. You pay for the hours you book.
Cancellation terms are where the buildings differ most, and they are stricter than the hourly booking model suggests. The Beehive allows cancellation up to 24 hours before. The other five require 13 days’ notice — and the 12-person rooms at both Manor Royal and Metcalf Way require 23 days. The same 23-day rule turns up on the largest rooms in other counties too; we unpacked how it works in our guide to meeting room hire in Kent.
Book one of those 12-person rooms later than 23 days out and you are committed to it.
Longer-term space in West Sussex
If an hourly room is not the right unit, the county has other options. Eight buildings list private offices, taken on a monthly basis — covered in our guide to office space in West Sussex. If all you need is a business address rather than a desk, see virtual office options in West Sussex. Both are separate products from the hourly hire described here.
Ready to book your meeting room in West Sussex?
Meeting room hire West Sussex: frequently asked questions
How much is meeting room hire in West Sussex per hour?
From £20 per hour excluding VAT at Gatwick – The Beehive, rising to £56.80 for the cheapest room at Little High Street in Shoreham-by-Sea. The median entry rate across the county’s six buildings is £27.78 ex VAT, or £33.33 including VAT. Individual larger rooms go up to £95.72 ex VAT.
Which West Sussex towns have bookable meeting rooms?
Four: Crawley (three buildings), Gatwick, Chichester and Shoreham-by-Sea. Horsham, Worthing, Bognor Regis, Littlehampton and Haywards Heath have no hourly meeting-room listings at present, although Haywards Heath does have a day office.
What capacity and AV equipment can I get?
Rooms run from 4 to 12 people. Fifteen of the county’s 20 rooms list video-conference equipment, along with a large display, whiteboard and flip chart. The exception is The Beehive, whose five rooms list a flip chart, whiteboard and wifi, with a large display on the two 10-person rooms.
Do I need a membership to hire a meeting room in West Sussex?
No. All six buildings book by the hour with a 60-minute minimum and no membership or subscription. Cancellation notice ranges from 24 hours at The Beehive to 23 days for the largest rooms at Manor Royal and Metcalf Way.
Where is the closest meeting room to Gatwick Airport?
Gatwick – The Beehive on Beehive Ring Road, 1.7 km from the airport by straight-line distance. Metcalf Way (2.4 km) and Manor Royal (2.7 km) in Crawley are the next closest.
Sources
Pricing, capacity, amenity and cancellation data in this article is taken from live Wezoo listings for West Sussex and was accurate at the time of writing. Distances are straight-line calculations from published building coordinates to Gatwick Airport. Local authority information for the county is published by West Sussex County Council.
