Venue and hire packWinter 2026–27Unit H, 1 Anthony Way
London N18 3QT

Gaffe
1 Anthony Way
N18 3QT

Atrium Warm room Bar Main room Entrance Yard Courtyard 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 m
  1. 1Atrium
  2. 2Warm room
  3. 3Bar
  4. 4Main room
  5. 5Entrance
  6. 6Yard
  7. 7Courtyard

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Gaffe

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Overview

Gaffe is a warehouse on an industrial edge of north London. We built it ourselves and we run it ourselves.

At the weekend it is a club. Craig Richards, Jane Fitz, John Talabot, Ivan Smagghe, Daniel Bell, Binh, Cassy, Vladimir Ivkovic, Marco Shuttle, Efdemin, Peach, Jyoty, Coki and Tim Reaper have played here, for Wisdom Teeth, Tempa, Wiggle, Yoyaku, Trommel, Particles and May I?

In the week it goes quiet and you can have it, for anything that needs a big strange room.

Capacity

450 across the site

Bookings and hire

projects@gaffe.london
Two people coming in through the pink entrance curtain, seen in silhouette.
Coming in, New Year’s Day

Where this came from

Five years of parties came before this building.

  1. 2020A pair of decks in a London park, and friends.
  2. 2021–23Boats, a forest, borrowed rooms and warehouses.
  3. 2023A unit at Bloqs, the workshop across the road from where we are now.
  4. 2024–25Our first venue of our own: a railway arch in south London.
  5. August 2025Back to Meridian Water, into this warehouse. It is a licensed venue.

In our own words: Staying in the middle and Shared momentum.

Five steps, front door to courtyard

Walk through

The whole site in wire. Drag it round, tap a room, then walk it in five pictures.

Traced from the site plan, so heights are approximate. New rooms are shown as illustrations until they are finished.

1 2 3 4 5
The atrium seen from above during a shoot: a tall room open to the roof.Photograph
1 The atrium. You come in here, under the full height of the roof.
Illustration of the warm room from the booth: sofas and rugs, burnt orange walls and a curtained way in at each end.Illustration
2 The warm room, seen from the decks.
Illustration of the dark corridor between the warm room and the main room, with a heavy curtain and red light beyond.Illustration
3 Round the corner through a heavy curtain: heat stays in, bass stays out.
The main room empty, the booth lit at the far end.Photograph
4 The main room.
The courtyard in daylight, looking down its length under the timber frame.Photograph
5 Out the back to the courtyard.

22 × 7.5 m · Funktion-One

The main room

The main room packed on New Year’s Day, the ceiling lit red.
New Year’s Day
The main room empty, seen from a sofa at the side.
Empty, from the side
The booth lit in red at the end of the room.
The booth
A DJ at the decks in the main room booth with the crowd behind, lit red.
New Year’s Day, from the booth

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A long, low, dark room: steel columns, a concrete floor and the booth on the floor with the crowd.

The sound

Funktion-One throughout, tuned room by room. It lives here and it stays here.

Main room

F115 Mk2 and Evo 6SH,one of four pointsF1201 monitorsThe booth, on the floorF124 ×31234
The booth end, from the floor
  1. 1F124 ×3
  2. 2The booth, on the floor
  3. 3F1201 monitors
  4. 4Evo 6SH and F115 Mk2, one of four points
An Evo 6SH horn speaker hung from the ceiling steel beside its bass box, seen from below.
One of four pointsHung from the steel.
The stack of three F124 bass horns beside the booth, lit red.
The bass stackFloor to ceiling.
The booth lit up, with the stack of bass horns beside it.
The boothMonitors hung either side.
Seen from aboveAll four face in, so it sounds the same wherever you stand.

Courtyard

Evo 6F215 Mk2Water tankMonitorsFour BR121 subs, together under the booth12345
Two stacks, and the bass in one placeAll four subs sit together under the booth, so the low end doesn’t fight itself. Two F101s further back keep it even down the yard.
  1. 1Evo 6
  2. 2F215 Mk2
  3. 3Four BR121 subs under the booth
  4. 4Monitors
  5. 5Water tank
The courtyard booth and sound system under the stretch tent.
The same thing, in the fleshPhoto: Tom Jolly.
One courtyard stack up close: an Evo 6 on an F215 on a water tank, against a blue shipping container.
One stack, up closePhoto: Tom Jolly.

Warm room

Four F101s and a BR118Small and punchy: made for ambient, listening nights and talking over.

The booth

A DJ in the booth holding a record, lit red.

Four CDJs, three isolated Technics and your pick of mixer. Tell us how you play and we set it up that way.

Our own drawings, not to scale. We don’t take outside sound. Every model number

Heated · 9.2 × 4.8 m

The warm room

A heated lounge at the front of the warehouse, between the atrium and the dancefloor.

At night

Somewhere to sit, talk and hear something slower, with the bar next door.

By day

A base for a shoot crew, or a room of its own for small shoots, writing days, listening sessions and talks.
Illustration of the warm room from the walkway: sofas, rugs and lamps, burnt orange walls and the decks against the brick wall.
Illustration of the design. Furniture and finishes will differ.
Illustration of the low booth made from pallets, against the brick wall, with a lamp and a sofa beside it.
The booth, low and on pallets
Illustration of the warm room on a busy night, about fifty people sitting and standing around the sofas.
On a busy night
Illustration of the room with paper cloud lamps hung from the ceiling.
An option: cloud lamps

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The plan Atrium Atrium bar Warm room Sofas, rugs and decks Walkway Bar Corridor Main room 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 m
  1. 1Atrium
  2. 2Atrium bar
  3. 3Warm room: sofas, rugs and decks
  4. 4Walkway
  5. 5Bar
  6. 6Corridor to the main room

No windows, so it blacks out fully. Sizes are in the tech spec.

How the bass stays out
Main roomDense board and reusedmezzanine timber, wool insideTwo frames that never touchCorridor with a turnand a heavy curtainA second wallWarm room12345
Two walls and a corridorAbout 38 cm of wall on the dancefloor side, then a corridor with a turn, then another wall. You can hear yourself talk while the main room is going. It isn’t silent, and you’ll still feel the bass.
  1. 1Main room
  2. 2Two frames that never touch, wool inside, dense board and timber outside
  3. 3Corridor with a turn and a heavy curtain
  4. 4A second wall
  5. 5Warm room
Cutaway model of the warm room, the corridor and the bar inside the warehouse frame.
The build model, roof off
Model of the timber frame of the new rooms inside the warehouse.
The timber frame
Spring to autumn

Courtyard

Behind the building, under timber, sails and a stretch tent.

A DJ playing records to a crowd under the courtyard tent.
A Sunday in September
The courtyard in daylight: a timber frame, orange sails and shipping containers.
By day
A DJ seen from behind, facing the crowd under the tent.
From the booth
A hand-written sign on a yellow container: dancing one way, yapping the other.
House rules
Under the stretch tent, looking out to the sails.
Under the tent
The courtyard from the corner, the warehouse behind.
From the corner

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Courtyard

Behind the building, under a timber frame, sails and a stretch tent, with its own container bar and cloakroom. Day parties, markets, screenings and outdoor shoots. In winter it is the smoking area and somewhere to get some air.

Yard

Out front, and shared with our neighbours on the estate. Vans load straight through the shutter. It can be reserved for production vehicles.
Nights and days

Hire it for a night

What a night costs, what a day looks like, and how a booking goes.

Nights

Friday to Sunday. You bring the night and keep the tickets. We bring the sound, the lights, the bar, security, welfare and someone who knows where everything is.

Days

Monday to Thursday, and some Sundays. One room or the whole building, priced per job. One of us is always here.

The deal for a night

Between us. Please don’t pass these on.

NightHireBar minimumBack to you
Fridayone space, 8 hours£600£4,500£500 if the bar passes £7,000
Saturdayone space, 8 hours£1,000£4,500£500 if the bar passes £7,000
Day to nighttwo spaces, from 10 hours£2,000£5,625£1,000 if the bar reaches £8,750
  1. TicketsYours. All of them.
  2. HireThe venue, the installed sound and standard DJ equipment.
  3. Bar minimumIf the bar takes less, you cover the difference.
  4. Back to youIf the bar flies, we pay some back.

Longer than that

Each hour past 8 adds £562.50 to the bar minimum.

  1. £4,5008 hours
  2. £5,62510 hoursback at £8,750
  3. £6,75012 hoursback at £10,500
  4. £7,87514 hoursback at £12,250

“Back at” is where a day to night earns its £1,000. Staffing, security, cleaning and extra production are confirmed once we have your plan. All three spaces are quoted separately.

Day to night parties
  1. AfternoonStart in the courtyard
  2. MidnightEveryone moves inside
  3. 07:00 or 08:00Licensed close
500 tickets
Where every day to night starts. No more than 450 people are on site at once.
More than 500
Needs an entry plan agreed in advance: day-only, evening-entry and full-event tickets, each with set times.
How a booking goes
  1. Tell us the date, the hours, how many people and what you’re making.
  2. Come and see it. We give you a price.
  3. Sign and pay the deposit, and the date is yours.
  4. Then put it on sale. Not before.

projects@gaffe.london

Monday to Thursday

Hire it by day

Shoots, rehearsals and workshops. Open the one you need.

A film crew shooting in the atrium, seen from above.
The main room empty under coloured light.
The courtyard in daylight.
Shoots
Atrium
Tall, with skylights, steel and a concrete floor.
Main room
Black, with the club lights and speakers still rigged.
Courtyard
Timber, sails and shipping containers.
On request
Blackout in the atrium · a lighting tech · the warm room as a crew base · the yard reserved for your vehicles.
Rehearsals and sound checks
Main room
Full volume on the house system, set up as it runs on a night.
Warm room
Quiet work only. It is a lounge, not a studio.
Workshops, talks and screenings
Warm room
Sofas, and music at conversation level.
Atrium
Anything bigger or messier. It has held installations the height of the room.
What is in the building

Tech spec

Sizes, sound, power and hours, in one list.

Main room
About 22 × 7.5 m, 3.4 m ceiling. Black walls, no daylight, concrete floor. Unheated.
Sound
Funktion-One F124 ×3, F115 Mk2 ×4, Evo 6SH ×4.
Booth
CDJ-2000NXS2 ×4, Technics 1210 ×3. Xone:96, Xone:92 or DJM-900. Monitors F1201 ×2 and BR118.
Light
24 LED bars and 8 pars on Madrix.
Power
32A three-phase and 32A single-phase in the main room.
Warm room
9.2 × 4.8 m plus a 2.5 m walkway, 2.65 m ceiling. Heated and cooled. Rigging channel across the ceiling. F101 ×4 and BR118.
Atrium
About 7 m deep, open to the roof, with the loading shutter to the yard.
Courtyard
About 3,000 sq ft (280 m²), spring to autumn. BR121 ×4, F215 Mk2 ×2, Evo 6 ×2, F101 ×2 as delays. Music outside ends at midnight.
Capacity
450 on site at one time.
Licence
To 07:00 after a Friday night, 08:00 after a Saturday, midnight on Sundays.
Day hire
Monday to Thursday, 10:00 to 23:00, and some Sundays.
Help yourself

Photos

Everything we have is in one Drive folder. Help yourself.

Or grab one of these. Tap to download.

Main room, New Year’s Day
Under the shade sails · Focal Point
In the smoke
The entrance curtain
Painted containers · Tom Jolly
Hands up
Lights through the ceiling · Focal Point
Courtyard seating · Focal Point
Booth, close up
Coming in
Containers · Tom Jolly
Silhouettes
Logo

Free to use for a night or a shoot here. Please keep the photographer’s credit where one is shown.

Links out

Seen and made here

A music video, a four-hour recording, and what people have written about the place.

Made here

Written about

Through other people’s cameras

What’s on

Meridian Water, N18

The neighbourhood

Where on earth this is, and what’s around it.

Meridian Water station North Circular The new bridge, not open yet Lee Navigation Bloqs and its café Gaffe Banbury Reservoir Tottenham Hale, 5 min by train ↓ 200 m 1 2 3 4 5 6
The walk:
  1. 1Gaffe
  2. 2Bloqs and its café
  3. 3Meridian Water station
  4. 4The new bridge, not open yet
  5. 5Lee Navigation
  6. 6North Circular

Meridian Water is the stretch of Edmonton that Enfield Council is rebuilding around the station. Homes are going up, and a bridge over the canal is nearly finished.

Victoria line, then 5 minutes

Getting here

We know we’re tucked away. That’s part of the magic.

Victoria lineOxford CircusKing’s Cross Liverpool StreetHackney DownsTottenham Hale Meridian WaterGaffe Trains5 minon foot StratfordLea Bridge
  1. Oxford Circus, King’s Cross · Victoria line
  2. Liverpool Street, Hackney Downs · train
  3. Stratford, Lea Bridge · train
  4. Tottenham Hale · then 5 minutes by train
  5. Meridian Water · then on foot
  6. Gaffe
Tube
Victoria line to Tottenham Hale, about 12 minutes from King’s Cross. It runs all night on Fridays and Saturdays.
Train
Tottenham Hale to Meridian Water, or direct from Stratford in about 15 minutes, every half hour. The last ones leave at about 23:00.
Bus
The 192 from Tottenham Hale and the 341 from Waterloo stop at the station. The 341 runs all night.
Road
Just off the North Circular at Cooks Ferry.
On foot
For now, the footpath beside the North Circular, down to Anthony Way. Once the new bridge opens, straight over the canal.
In summer
A Lime bike or the towpath through Tottenham Marshes. Daylight only.
For your crowd
Download the map to post with your event. We send directions and a drop-off pin with every booking.
Weekday viewings by appointment

Come and see it

The quickest way to know if the place works for you is to walk round it.

projects@gaffe.london

Unit H, 1 Anthony Way
London N18 3QT

Weekday viewings by appointment.

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The courtyard on a sunny morning: a patch of grass, a picnic bench and shipping containers under the timber frame.
A weekday morning in the courtyard