The Salvation Army's Strawberry Field in Woolton — the site behind the Beatles song — with a visitor exhibition, gardens, a cafe, a Sgt Pepper-shaped performance bandstand and four hireable spaces.
Strawberry Field in Woolton is owned and run by the Salvation Army on the site that gave the Beatles song its name. It houses an interactive visitor exhibition — including John Lennon's 'Imagine' piano — alongside gardens, a cafe and a shop, with the gardens, cafe and shop free to enter and a ticket required for the exhibition. It runs the Steps to Work training hub for young people facing barriers to employment, plus regular community and wellbeing activities.
The Strawberry Field Bandstand stands in the garden and is the site's performance space. Built in the shape of the drum from the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band sleeve and backed by a mural by the pop artist James Wilkinson, it marks Lennon's own earliest musical memory of hearing the Salvation Army band play in these gardens. It is fitted with a computerised grazing LED lighting system with queued sequences, a second conventional stage rig with pin spots, digital recording facilities linked to the main building and full internet video streaming, and it is hired for live music as well as used for the site's own programme.
Four spaces are let. Room With a View is a ten-seat boardroom with floor-to-ceiling windows over the gardens and a large screen. The Bradbury Suite takes 10 to 70 guests for meetings, team-building and celebrations, opens directly onto the garden, carries a projector and wall-mounted screen and divides for breakout use. The Strawberry Field Centre is the cafe space, hired whole for private events with its patio and free run of the private garden; no capacity is published for it. The bandstand is hired as a sheltered outdoor stage; no capacity is published for it either, so neither is recorded as a bookable space here.
The site has free on-site parking for cars, bikes and minibuses, lifts and accessible parking, unlimited wi-fi, breakout rooms, AV including projectors, screens and audio, optional room dressing, a prayer space and catering options. As a Salvation Army site, alcohol is not permitted on the premises.
Meeting room
Small meeting and interview room with a conference table, comfortable seating, a large TV with HDMI, a tap and sink, and floor-to-ceiling windows over the Strawberry Field gardens.
Published by the operator as a ten-seat boardroom.
Function suite
Large flexible suite with direct garden access, a projector and wall-mounted screen, a large TV with HDMI and a tap and sink. Divides to create a breakout space, and is let for meetings, team-building, parties and christenings.
The operator publishes "accommodates 10 - 70 guests" and "fits up to 70 guests" without breaking the figure down by layout.
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