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Function rooms in Preston that give you more than four walls and a capacity number. The Flower Bowl has three distinct venue hire spaces for 6 to 160 guests, and whatever you’re celebrating, whoever it’s for, there’s activities, dining, and an events team built in from the start.
Birthday, anniversary, or corporate event. One booking covers it.
Book a function room in most places and that’s it. A capacity number, four walls, and the rest is down to you.
So you’re on the phone to a caterer. Then someone about decorations. Then hoping the timings all line up on the day. It adds up fast, and most of it happens before a single guest arrives.
Guests remember the day. Not the four walls it happened in.
Three spaces, each built for something different, all under one roof.
The David Murdoch Room is the flexible one: boardroom, U-shape, theatre, or cabaret. Up to 40 theatre-style, 24 for cabaret, 16 boardroom, or 80 combined with the adjacent room.
The Copper Lounge takes up to 60 for exclusive hire, with a private bar, karaoke, and its own WC. Add two bowling lanes if the night calls for it.
Three private cinema screens seat up to 56, 48, and 48, with tech support included.
Need more than 80? The Super Bowl package opens up the Copper Lounge, all 8 bowling lanes, and the Barbossa bar, for groups up to 160.
Birthdays, anniversaries, or a company do, these spaces work either way.
Same setup, different brief. Company parties, awards nights, away days, client entertaining, none of it needs to feel like a hired hall with the chairs stacked against one wall.
Running an away day? Book the meeting room in the morning and move straight into bowling, curling, or crazy golf after lunch. No second venue, no second booking, no one stood in a car park deciding what happens next.
One events team handles it from the first enquiry to the last order. You brief them once. They don’t need chasing.
Looking to combine the two? Our team building packages pair activities with dining for groups of 6 to 160.
Whether you know exactly what you need or are still figuring it out, we have a dedicated service for every type of event.
Birthday Party Venue – bowling, curling, cinema and the Copper Lounge for groups of all ages. Plan your birthday →
Team Building – packages combining activities and dining for groups of 6 to 160. See team building packages →
Meeting Room Hire – the David Murdoch Room with AV, flexible layouts and on-site catering. Book a meeting room →
Private Cinema Hire – three screens seating up to 56, available for private screenings and presentations. Hire a cinema screen →
City centre parking costs you twenty minutes you don’t have. The Flower Bowl sits free of it, just off the A6, with free parking and no time limit. Easy reach from Manchester, Liverpool, Lancaster, Blackpool, Bolton, and Chorley, no need to touch Preston city centre at all.
Bowling, curling, crazy golf, golf simulator, shuffleboard, cue golf, VR ride, and cinema, all on-site.
Eat at Blooms Restaurant, The Ocean, Barbossa, or Oasis Coffee Bar. The events team handles setup and coordination, and venue tours are available before you commit.
Capacity depends on space and layout. The David Murdoch Room holds up to 40 theatre-style, 24 cabaret, 16 boardroom, or 80 combined with the adjacent room. The Copper Lounge takes up to 60, and the cinema screens seat up to 56. For 160, the Super Bowl package opens up the Copper Lounge, all 8 bowling lanes, and the Barbossa bar.
Yes. All three spaces are used regularly for exactly this, from milestone birthdays to anniversaries, christenings, and wakes. The events team can talk you through which space suits your guest count and the tone of the day.
Yes. Bowling, curling, crazy golf, and the golf simulator can all be added to any hire booking, so the celebration or event doesn’t have to stop when the formal part wraps up.
On-site catering is available across all hire spaces. If you’d rather bring your own food or drink, speak to the events team about what’s possible for your booking.
The site is fully accessible. For more information, visit our Accessibility page.
Yes. The same spaces that host birthdays and celebrations work equally well for company parties, awards nights, and client entertaining. See our Corporate Venue Hire in Preston section above for more details.
Yes. Venue tours are available on request, so you can see the space before deciding. Call or email the events team to arrange one.
Activities, dining, and function rooms for 6 to 160 guests, all under one roof.
Talk to the events team, tell them what you’re planning, and they’ll handle the rest.
