Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale Afternoon Tea Experiences

The online purchase of tickets for the Soho Downstairs Afternoon Tea and The Grantham Afternoon Tea is strictly subject to the following terms and conditions ("Ticket Terms"). By purchasing a ticket, you agree to be bound by these Ticket Terms. You also agree to use your ticket in accordance with these Ticket Terms and the Guest Admission Policy (below). Please read these Ticket Terms and the Guest Admission Policy carefully before purchasing your tickets.

1. Purchasing your tickets

1.1. Tickets may be purchased through the website listed in paragraph 7.1 (via Design My Night) below ("Site") or subject to availability, at the venue for same day attendance (“Same Day Tickets”), using a credit or debit card approved by us.

1.2. By placing an order for tickets through the Site, you are making a request to book tickets for the relevant time and date subject to these Ticket Terms. Please note that this does not mean that your request has been accepted.

1.3. We will only be bound by an online booking through the Site once we have processed your payment and we have sent an email to you confirming your booking.

1.4. In the event of the booking system overbooking your requested time and date, we will contact you to arrange an alternative date or will refund your tickets.

1.5. Same Day Tickets are only sold when there is available space for you, and if applicable your party.

1.6. Same Day Tickets are non transferable and non refundable. They can only be used on the date and time stated on the order confirmation.

1.7. Ticket prices relate to the afternoon tea you wish to attend, not the day or time at which you purchase your ticket. Tickets are sold at the price displayed on the Site. All prices and fees include any applicable value added tax. Please note that ticket prices vary depending on the option chosen.

1.8. It is not possible to use any promotional vouchers or codes or gift cards to book tickets through the Site.

1.9. Tickets are subject to availability and are non-refundable. We are under no obligation to refund you or exchange your ticket(s) in the event that you:

- make any error when purchasing your tickets through the Site (including but not limited to selecting the wrong afternoon tea or the wrong number of tickets)

- are unable to attend through issues with transport

- if you are excluded from the afternoon tea for any breach of these Ticket Terms or the Guest Admission Policy, or

- if your ticket is lost, stolen or damaged.

1.8. Seating is allocated in accordance with the layout of the rooms. The Downstairs Afternoon Tea is a single communal style table. The Grantham Afternoon Tea cannot accommodate large table bookings and you may be seated in smaller multiple tables.

1.10. We CANNOT cater for any dietary requirements as the menu is set.

1.11. We will endeavour to serve the afternoon tea food as per the published menu/s but reserve the right at all times to substitute with a suitable alternative any item for any reason, for example supply or product issues. No refund will be given if the food or drink offered is not as per the published menu/s.

2. Booking Times

2.1. At all times, we will endeavour to ensure that the afternoon tea is held on the time and date booked, however, we reserve the right to cancel or alter the timing of your booking if necessary for any reason.

2.2. If your afternoon tea is cancelled or its timing altered, we will have the discretion to do either of the following:

- refund to you the cost of tickets already purchased; or

- to issue replacement tickets for an afternoon tea at an alternative date and/or time but we shall not be liable to reimburse you for any expenses or any other losses incurred (including but not limited to travelling costs and car parking costs).

3. Rules relating to children

3.1. We do not have a children’s option and any children who will require a seat or high chair must have a ticket purchased.

3.2. We do not have space to store buggy’s and we do not have baby changing facilities.

4. Collecting your tickets

4.1. Once you have booked your tickets online your ticket will be delivered to your mobile phone or computer electronically, please note that the person receiving the PDF file is considered to be the rightful ticket holder and such ticket can only be used once.

5. Liability

5.1. Nothing in these Ticket Terms affects your rights under the law or excludes or limits our liability for fraud or for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence. In all other circumstances, our liability to you shall be limited to the price paid for your ticket.

6. Your information

6.1. Ticket purchases are made via Design My Night you will find their terms and conditions here : https://www.designmynight.com/terms-and-conditions and their Privacy Policy here https://www.designmynight.com/privacy-notice.

6.2. When you purchase your tickets through the Site we shall collect your information from Design My Night in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

7. General

7.1. "Site" means any of this website and/or applications which can be used to purchase our tickets, from time to time, (and its sub-domains).

7.2. "Cutter & Squidge", "we", "us" and "our" means Cutter & Squidge Limited

7.3. The VAT number for Us is 810 3217 83.

7.4. For the purposes of your contract to purchase any tickets, such contract will be with Us.

7.5. Our address is 2 Amalgamated Dr Brentford TW8 9EZ.

7.6. We reserve the right to change these Ticket Terms at any time without notice. Such changes will be posted on our website or you can request a copy of the latest Ticket Terms by emailing hello@cutterandsquidge.com.

7.7. We may assign, transfer or deal in any other way with our rights and obligations under these Ticket Terms to any party at any time without notice to you. You may not assign such rights and obligations.

7.8. If any part of these Ticket Terms is unenforceable, invalid or illegal, the enforceability, validity or legality of any other part of the Terms will not be affected or impaired in any way.

7.9. These Ticket Terms are governed by English law and you agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

GUEST Admissions Policy

1. This policy (the "Guest Admissions Policy") is adopted by Cutter & Squidge Limited, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 08189676 and whose registered office is at 2 Amalgamated Dr Brentford TW8 9EZ. (“C&S”)

2. The admission of guests to the Soho store is strictly subject to this Guest Admissions Policy. By purchasing a ticket for afternoon tea the purchaser agrees to be bound by this Guest Admissions Policy.

3. C&S reserves the right to refuse access to or order the immediate removal without any entitlement to a refund of any person who fails to act in accordance with this Guest Admissions Policy.

4. Tickets are not refundable and Guests are responsible for checking their tickets at the time of booking in the case of an e-ticket. C&S shall not be under any obligation to rectify tickets bought in error. Guests may not resell or trade any tickets.

5. Guests shall produce on request a valid ticket in order to be admitted. Each guest is only permitted access to and for: (i) the performance time and ii) menu specified on the ticket.

6. Guests shall retain their tickets at all times, as these may be required for re-entry into the potion room. Failure to do so may result in the guest being denied access into the potion room.

7. Ticket prices may change between the date of purchase and the date of admission specified on the ticket . In the event that the price paid for the ticket is greater than the price for equivalent tickets at the same time, guests may not claim a refund for the difference.

8.If you are late for your booking time then you will be welcome to enjoy your afternoon tea for the residual time left on your booking. However you may need to leave before you are finished if your afternoon tea sitting has ended as our team will need to prepare for the next sitting..

9. Guests may not bring or consume any food, drink or alcohol purchased outside of the premises.

10. Guests must remain within permitted guest areas or as otherwise instructed by C&S staff or agents at all times.

11. C&S accept no responsibility for the loss, theft, damage or alteration to any personal items brought onto the premises by its guests.

12. Guests shall not exhibit behaviour which is considered antisocial or disruptive by the Duty Manager acting in his or her absolute discretion. Such behaviour will result in immediate removal from the premises without any entitlement to a refund. C&S reserves the right to require the removal of a group of guests in the event that one or more of the group's number are considered to be behaving in an antisocial or disruptive manner. The removal of any guests from the premises may result in the issuance of a letter barring such guests from the premises in the future. C&S reserves the right to report any guest deemed to be exhibiting antisocial or disruptive behaviour to the police for further investigation.

13. Guests may not bring any animal on the premises, except guide, hearing and other assistance dogs.

14.Guests may not smoke (including electronic cigarettes or any other artificial cigarettes or smoking devices) within the premises. Anyone found doing so shall be removed from the premises without any entitlement to a refund.

15. Guests may not bring alcohol or illegal substances onto the premises – save that alcohol may be purchased from Us. Alcohol purchased from Us must be consumed within the licensed areas only. Licensing laws shall be strictly enforced. Anyone who is or appears to be intoxicated shall be removed from the premises immediately without any entitlement to a refund.

16. Guests shall submit to any search by C&S their persons or possessions before entry to the premises or at any time whilst on the premises. Any guest found or suspected of being in possession of a weapon, drugs or other harmful or illegal substances shall be refused entry and may be reported to the police. C&S reserves the right to confiscate items until the guests in possession of such items leave the premises.

17. Guests must not engage in any conduct towards, or speak to, any C&S staff, agents or other guests in a manner which may offend, insult, intimidate, threaten, disparage or vilify any person on any basis whatsoever. C&S shall, whenever possible, seek to prosecute guests who behave in this way on its premises.

18. C&S will refuse to serve alcohol to anyone under the age of 18 when not accompanied by an attending adult and who cannot prove that they are at least the minimum age required. A photocopy of a birth certificate (together with a form of photographic identification connecting the name on the birth certificate to the guest), passport or driving licence is an acceptable form of identification.

19. Guests understand that CCTV monitoring takes place on C&S premises for the purposes of protecting C&S staff, guests and property and for the purposes of preventing or detecting crime.

20. Guests agree not to do anything to endanger or jeopardise the safety of another guest or C&S Employee whilst on the premises. C&S reserves the right to take any and all appropriate action to protect its staff, guests and property including but not limited to banning guests from the premises, contacting the police and taking any necessary legal action and to recoup or make a claim for any costs incurred.

21. C&S reserves the right to alter or cancel the time or date of any potions room class without notice.

22. On arrival, each guest or at least one guest from each booking, will be required to submit a credit or debit card as payment security for any additional items purchased, or in case of damage or theft of any items.

23. C&S reserves the right to change this Guest Admissions Policy at any time without notice. Such changes will be posted on our website. Alternatively guests can obtain a copy of the latest Guest Admissions Policy by email at hello@cutterandsquidge.com. Nothing in this Guest Admissions Policy shall affect your statutory rights as a consumer.


Design My Nigh additional Terms Conditions
1. The ticket holder voluntarily assumes all risks and danger incidental to the event for which the ticket is issued, whether occurring prior, during or after the event. The ticket holder voluntarily agrees that the management, venue, event participants, DesignMyNight (WFL Media Ltd) and all of their respective agents, officers, directors, owners and employers are expressly released by the ticket holder from any claims arising from such causes.
2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue.
3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified.
4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event.
5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be
refused entry to or ejected from the venue.
10. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy.
11. The promoter, venue management and DesignMyNight accept no responsibility for any personal property.
12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.