The Lights

About The Lights

Andover's council-owned theatre and arts venue, which hires out a 249-seat raked auditorium, an Arena Hall used for conferences, awards evenings, exhibitions and gala dinners, a 40-person Conference Room and a 12-seat Board Room. It suits conferences with breakout rooms, business awards, exhibitions, training days and team meetings, with café catering including working lunches and free wifi in the arena and café-bar.

• Paid parking
• Step free
• Accessible loos
• Hearing loop
• Wifi

Finding the door

Automatic front doors off West Street with level access

Box office open Mon–Fri 10am–5pm and Sat 10am–2pm; call to discuss hire. A hirer's pack and technical guide are available.

• Guide, hearing and assistance dogs welcome

Parking

No dedicated car park. Nearest is West Street pay and display (busy because of the leisure centre); also Marlborough Street, Chantry Centre multi-storey (locked outside Mon–Sat 7am–11pm, Sun 9am–5pm) and Simplyhealth car park (public evenings and weekends). All council car parks are free after 4pm. Anton House car park is free after 6pm; Andover College car parks £5 on exit evenings and weekends. Limited disabled parking at the leisure centre.

• West Street car park

  Nearby · 1 min walk · 54 spaces

  Time limit: All day

  £1.00 up to 2h, £2.00 up to 3h, £3.00 up to 4h, £4.00 up to 5h, £5.90 all day (8.30am–4pm Mon–Sat); free after 4pm, Sundays and overnight

  Unrestricted access

• Marlborough Street car park

  Nearby · 3 min walk · 47 spaces

  Time limit: All day

  £1.00 up to 2h up to £5.90 all day (8.30am–4pm Mon–Sat); free after 4pm, Sundays and overnight

  Unrestricted access

• Simplyhealth car park

  Nearby · 2 min walk

  Free in public hours except pay and display on Saturdays 8.30am–4pm

  Mon–Fri 5pm–6.30am; weekends

Getting here

A few minutes from Andover bus station (linked to the Chantry Centre car park). Buses 3, 4, 5, 8, 73, 76 stop at the College lay-by outside. Andover railway station is about 13 minutes' walk.

• Andover, outside College Lay-by · 2 min walk

  3, 4, 5, 8, 73, 76, TVR

• Andover Bus Station · 4 min walk

  Stagecoach 1, 2, 3, 8 and others

  Connected to the Chantry Centre car park

• Andover · 13 min walk

  Straight-line estimate

Inside

Access: Level access to all main spaces through automatic doors, accessible toilets, induction loops in the Auditorium and Arena Hall, up to six wheelchair spaces in row A of the auditorium.

Food and drink

On-site Arena café-bar; working lunches can be arranged for meetings.