Booking Rooms
To book rooms at Guide House, please complete the booking form, and either print it out and send it to Guide House, or send it to the Guide Office by email by pressing the ‘Submit’ button after completion of the form.
If any of the building users are mobility, hearing or visually impaired, the Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan must be completed by whoever makes the booking. You are advised of the need to do so on the Emergency and Contingency Plan which is contained in the online booking form.
You can check if the dates you require are free by opening this booking calendar.
Locking doors and setting alarm
On departure after meetings at Guide House, you must check that the door is locked by trying the door handle.
You should be aware that if you unlock the door, step inside and close the door after you, the door is not automatically locked. It may seem so, but it is not. Consequently, you may be running meetings thinking that the door is locked when it isn't, or you may leave the building assuming that the door is locked when it isn't. To keep the door locked while you are in the building you should (1) unlock the door, and pull it slightly open (2) immediately lock the door again (3) step inside and pull the door shut. You can subsequently exit the building just by pushing the emergency bar to open the door, stepping outside and pulling the door shut behind you, and the door should be locked without you having to lock it again.
However you do it, the main thing is, when you leave, to check the handle to ensure the door is locked . The alarm should already be set when you arrive at Guide House. To unset it, key in the code you will have been given. When the system is unset, a green light shows against 'Unset' on the panel. To set the alarm on departure, key in the code, and press the 'Full' button.