Nestled alongside the iconic Portobello Market Canopy on Portobello Road, between Cambridge Gardens and Thorpe Close, Portobello Green is a spacious outdoor green space at the centre of one of London’s most celebrated neighbourhoods and is surrounded by the buzz of market stalls, vintage shops and local cafés,
The Green offers a flexible open-air setting for gatherings and plays host to an array of large community events each year.
Mon – Thurs between the hours of 9am-9pm
Fri & Sat 9am-10pm
Sun 9am – 8pm
Standing capacity: 400 people.
75m length/ 30m width
2250 m2 (0.251 ha)
Music / Performance / Theatre productions / Film Screenings / Small Festivals / Fun Days / Iftars / Sport / Fitness / Games / Crafting / Community Gardening / Movement Performance / Dance / Sport / Yoga – light exercise / Martial Arts / Fashion events / Tea Parties / Garden Parties / Scavenger Hunts
This space is available to hire by our member organisations and local community groups, charities or CIC’s based in North Kensington.
Please note that we generally require approximately 3 weeks’ notice before your event to issue an event license to use this space. We are unable to guarantee the issue of licenses with less than 3 weeks notice.
While we generally do not charge a fee for community event licenses, we do ask event hosts to consider the necessary expenses of logistical items such as toilets, security, waste control etc. We will be unable to issue licenses without assurances on these items from event hosts.
If your event requires a Temporary Event Notice (TENs) and will take place outside the regular opening hours of Acklam Village Toilets, you will need to cover the cost of extending the toilet opening hours.
Event process timeline
Documentation
Below is a list of documents that may be required when booking a space.
*Some may not apply, depending on the nature of the event. Once collected, the paperwork is sent our Events Manager for further review, before a space license is issued by our Leasing Officer.*
The space come at a dry hire, this means that as an event hosts, you will be responsible for all aspects of your event, including logistics, relevant paperwork and reasonable steps to avoid noise and nuisance.
Last minute technical assistance may not be possible, and any technical assistance required after office hours and over the weekend will incur an extra charge.
63 AMPS – by white wall
Stage Right / Thorpe Close Entrance nearest Portobello Road
2x 16AMP
2x 32 Amp
By the stage
4x 32 AMPs
4x 16 AMPS
Stage Right
2x 16 AMPS
1X 32AMP
Please note that we are unable to provide commando plugs or adaptors. If you are unsure what adapters you need for your event, please contact us, providing details of the electrical items you intent to use, and their power loads.
Situated next to the Portobello Road Canopy, between Cambridge Gardens and Thorpe Close.