Situated at 25 Canterbury Street, Lyttelton, this facility comprises a boardroom, a smaller meeting room and a small kitchen with a microwave and hot water.

Bookings for venues are temporarily unavailable until 9 June 2025 while we make some improvements to how you can book Council spaces.

Existing bookings are not affected. Thanks for your patience.

Lyttelton Mt Herbert Community Facility has the following capacities:

Room Capacity
Boardroom 30
Meeting room 8

Hours of hire

  • 8am to 10pm

 Access

  • Fully accessible, ramp at the front of the building
  • Accessible toilet
  • Some off-street parking is available at the Recreation Centre next door

The below pricing takes effect from 1 July 2024.

Boardroom

  • $16.00 per hour for not-for-profit community groups where the booking is for community benefit and does not charge attendees.
  • $25.00 per hour for not-for-profit community groups where the booking is for a community group and charges fees or takes payment.
  • $40.00 per hour for commercial, business, private or celebration hire. This includes auctions, meetings, birthdays, weddings, private events, funerals etc.

Cleaning fees

  • The cleaning charge, to ensure the facility has been left fit for purpose is up to $189.00 for cost recovery.
  • Additional cleaning charges may apply if required.

General fees

  • Cost recovery up to $88 for after-hours building inspection and security charge for bookings where the hire is:
    • Booked after 6pm Monday to Friday for 4 hours and longer.
    • Booked after 5pm Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday for 4 hours and longer.
    • At the discretion of Council staff and not limited to the events above.
  • $60.00 replacement charge for lost or damaged keys/access cards.

A security guard will be present from the last hour of the hire to ensure the hirer adheres to the terms and conditions of hire and has made good the community space to the required standard.

Floor plan

Boardroom and meeting room

  • Both rooms have a heat pump and a whiteboard
  • Boardroom – overhead projector and screen with HDMI cable interface
  • Board table with 12 board chairs
  • 30 extra chairs in the venue

Kitchen

  • Electric jug
  • Microwave
  • Wash up sink and benchtop
  • All users are required to supply their own tea towels, washing-up cloths, crockery, rubbish bags and cleaning liquids

Conditions of hire

Health and safety

  • As part of the rental agreement, you accept legal responsibility to meet evacuation plans, health and safety responsibilities and to act as the facility warden
  • All users are required to complete a pre-use form. These must then be signed, dated and left in the dropbox in the foyer of the centre

Alcohol

  • The consumption and supply of alcohol is not permitted at this facility