How many people does the room hold?

Up to 20 across the main room and the breakout room together. There is no minimum, and small groups are welcome. If there are 10 or fewer of you, the breakout room on its own is often the better fit.

Is the room private from the cafe?

Completely. It is a separate space with its own entrance from the street and its own toilet, so the room is yours from the street door in.

Above the cafe at 87 Market Place, on Thirsk market square. You come in through the room's own door rather than the cafe door, and we tell you which one when you book.

Is the room accessible?

The room is upstairs, and we have not had step-free access confirmed, so we are not going to claim it. Ring 01845 523869 before you book if anyone in your group needs it and we will describe the way in properly.

What does it cost to hire the room?

Ring us for a price. What it costs depends on what you need the room for and what food goes with it. The slots are a morning (8:30am to 11:30am), an afternoon (12pm to 4pm) or a full day (8:30am to 4pm), and catering is quoted alongside the room rather than separately.

Is the co-working really free?

Yes. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9am to 4pm, at no charge. Most people buy a coffee and some lunch while they are here, which is what keeps it going, but nobody is watching the till.

Can you cater the room?

Yes, from the cafe kitchen underneath. Breakfast on arrival, sandwiches and soup at lunch, buffets, afternoon tea on the stands, and celebration cakes made to order. Tell us numbers and dietary needs and we will quote.

Can we change the layout?

Yes. Boardroom, rows, cabaret tables or one long table for a party. Say how you want it when you book and it will be set that way before you arrive.

Is there WiFi and a whiteboard?

Free WiFi, and an interactive whiteboard fitted in the main room. If you need anything beyond that for presenting, ask us before you book rather than on the day.

How far ahead should we book?

As soon as you have a date. The room takes one booking at a time, so a phone call is the quickest way to find out if a day is free.

Can we hire it in the evening or at a weekend?

The slots we publish sit inside cafe hours. If you need something outside them, ask and we will tell you what is possible rather than guess on a web page.

Where do people park?

The Market Place is on the doorstep and the first hour is free. Marage Road is about three minutes away and Millgate about four, both pay and display. Monday and Saturday are market days, so the square fills early.

Do you take funeral teas?

Yes, and often. A private room with its own entrance and a kitchen underneath is usually what a family wants after a service. Ring the cafe and we will talk it through.

Event space

A private room to hire on Thirsk market square

The room above Tea Time is newly refurbished and completely private from the cafe below. It has its own entrance off the street and its own toilet, so once you are in, the day belongs to you.

There is a main room and a breakout room. The layout changes on request, the whole space holds up to 20, and the kitchen downstairs can feed everybody without anyone leaving the building.

Enquire about the room Call 01845 523869

Wooden meeting table at Tea Time with green velvet chairs, a whiteboard on the wall and a Welsh dresser in the corner

The room

What you are actually hiring

The refurbishment gave the room a separate entrance from the street and its own toilet. That is the whole point of it. An interview panel or a family arriving after a funeral can come in, use the room and leave without walking through anyone's lunch.

Inside there are two spaces. The main room takes the group, and the breakout room takes the phone call, the side conversation, the candidate waiting to be seen, or the person who needs ten minutes away from a party. Tables and chairs get moved to whatever shape the day needs.

Capacity is 20 across both rooms. Small bookings are just as welcome. Plenty of days in here are six people round one table.

Facilities

What is in the room

Its own entrance
You come in from the street rather than through the cafe, so a meeting that starts at half eight comes straight up off the street.
Its own toilet
Separate facilities for the room, so the queue downstairs is nothing to do with you.
A main room and a breakout room
Two spaces, so a group can split off for a call, an interview or a quiet conversation and come back.
Layout changed on request
Boardroom, cabaret, rows, or one long table for a party. Tell us how you want it and we will set it that way before you arrive.
Free WiFi
The same connection the cafe runs on, free to use.
Interactive whiteboard
Fitted in the main room. If you need anything else for presenting, ask us before you book rather than after.
Tables and chairs
Enough for 20 across the two rooms, arranged however the day needs them.
Catering from the kitchen downstairs
Everything is made in the cafe kitchen and carried up: breakfast, sandwiches, buffets, afternoon tea, a cake if it is that sort of day.

How it gets used

Three ways people use the room

Co-workers at the Tea Time event-space table, with teal walls, bunting overhead and a white dresser of teacups behind

Free co-working

Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9am to 4pm

Two days a week the room is a free place to work. Bring a laptop, take a seat at the big table, order lunch when you are hungry. The private room is there if you need a door to close for calls.

How co-working works

Meeting room hire

Half day or full day, ask us for a price

Boardroom meetings, training days, interview panels and away days. You get both rooms, the interactive whiteboard, the WiFi and a kitchen underneath you that can feed everyone at one.

Prices and how to book

Long wooden dining table with rattan-back chairs in a warm yellow-walled room at Tea Time, set for a private occasion

Parties and occasions

Up to 20 people, catered

Birthdays, anniversaries, christenings, baby showers and funeral teas. Afternoon tea on the stands, a buffet down the middle of the table, or a cake we have made for the day.

Parties, showers and wakes

Prices

What it costs

These are prices for the room, not per person. Catering is quoted on top, once we know numbers and what you fancy eating.

Meeting room hire prices at Tea Time Cafe, Thirsk
Slot	Times	Suits	Price
Morning	8:30am to 11:30am	Board meetings, interviews, a training session that finishes at lunch	Ask us
Afternoon	12pm to 4pm	Client workshops, committee meetings, appraisals	Ask us
Full day	8:30am to 4pm	Away days, training courses, interview panels working through a shortlist	Ask us
Co-working desk	Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9am to 4pm	Remote workers, students, anyone who needs to be out of the house	Free
Breakout room on a co-working day	Half day or full day	Calls and small meetings, up to 12 people	Ask us

Meeting room hire in detail Co-working days Parties and wakes

Catering

Food from the kitchen downstairs

The advantage of a room above a working cafe is the stairs. Everything that comes up them was made in the kitchen at 87 Market Place: bacon sandwiches for an early start, soup and toasties at lunch, a buffet down the middle of a table, or afternoon tea on the stands.

Cakes are made to order for birthdays and christenings, and the same kitchen does the sandwiches and scones for a funeral tea. Tell us dietary needs when you book and we will work round them.

See the menu Afternoon tea Celebration cakes

How to enquire

Tell us what you are planning

Ringing is still the quickest way, because we can check the date while you are on the line. If it is easier to write it down, the form below asks the few things we need to give you a proper answer.

50 secures the room

Whatever the size of the group. It comes off your bill on the day, so it is not a charge on top: it is the first 50 of what you were going to spend anyway.

Send us the details below
We check the date and email you back
Pay the deposit through the link in that email
The room is yours, and the deposit comes off your bill

If you need to cancel

More than 7 days before:: Refunded in full, or moved to another date
2 to 7 days before:: Half refunded
Under 48 hours, or nobody turns up:: We keep it

Ring us either way. If we can re-let the room we will always try to sort something out, and moving a date is easier than cancelling it.

Call 01845 523869

Or email rosa@teatimeyorkshire.co.uk. We answer as soon as we can, which is usually between the breakfast rush and the lunch one.

Getting here

Parking, trains and the A19

We are on the market square, a couple of minutes off the A19 and about ten from the A1(M). For most visitors that is a shorter drive than a motorway hotel and a good deal less faff at the other end.

Market Place

First hour free, then pay and display

On our doorstep

Marage Road

Pay and display

About 3 minutes

Millgate

Pay and display

About 4 minutes

By train and bus

York, 16 to 23 min. roughly hourly.
Northallerton, About 10 min. roughly hourly.
Leeds, About 45 min. roughly hourly.
Thirsk station is a mile and a half west of the square, so allow a taxi or half an hour on foot. A 3 single-fare cap applies on North Yorkshire buses until 31 March 2027.

Full detail on trains, buses and parking, or see how to find the cafe.

Questions people ask

Room hire in Thirsk, answered

How many people does the room hold?: Up to 20 across the main room and the breakout room together. There is no minimum, and small groups are welcome. If there are 10 or fewer of you, the breakout room on its own is often the better fit.
Is the room private from the cafe?: Completely. It is a separate space with its own entrance from the street and its own toilet, so the room is yours from the street door in.
Where exactly is it?: Above the cafe at 87 Market Place, on Thirsk market square. You come in through the room's own door rather than the cafe door, and we tell you which one when you book.
Is the room accessible?: The room is upstairs, and we have not had step-free access confirmed, so we are not going to claim it. Ring 01845 523869 before you book if anyone in your group needs it and we will describe the way in properly.
What does it cost to hire the room?: Ring us for a price. What it costs depends on what you need the room for and what food goes with it. The slots are a morning (8:30am to 11:30am), an afternoon (12pm to 4pm) or a full day (8:30am to 4pm), and catering is quoted alongside the room rather than separately.
Is the co-working really free?: Yes. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9am to 4pm, at no charge. Most people buy a coffee and some lunch while they are here, which is what keeps it going, but nobody is watching the till.
Can you cater the room?: Yes, from the cafe kitchen underneath. Breakfast on arrival, sandwiches and soup at lunch, buffets, afternoon tea on the stands, and celebration cakes made to order. Tell us numbers and dietary needs and we will quote.
Can we change the layout?: Yes. Boardroom, rows, cabaret tables or one long table for a party. Say how you want it when you book and it will be set that way before you arrive.
Is there WiFi and a whiteboard?: Free WiFi, and an interactive whiteboard fitted in the main room. If you need anything beyond that for presenting, ask us before you book rather than on the day.
How far ahead should we book?: As soon as you have a date. The room takes one booking at a time, so a phone call is the quickest way to find out if a day is free.
Can we hire it in the evening or at a weekend?: The slots we publish sit inside cafe hours. If you need something outside them, ask and we will tell you what is possible rather than guess on a web page.
Where do people park?: The Market Place is on the doorstep and the first hour is free. Marage Road is about three minutes away and Millgate about four, both pay and display. Monday and Saturday are market days, so the square fills early.
Do you take funeral teas?: Yes, and often. A private room with its own entrance and a kitchen underneath is usually what a family wants after a service. Ring the cafe and we will talk it through.

Come and have a look at it

If you are in Thirsk, put your head round the door and we will show you the room. Otherwise ring 01845 523869 or send an enquiry and tell us the date you have in mind.

Call 01845 523869 Send an enquiry