Hill Street, Cathedral Quarter, Belfast
Our Studios at 46 Hill Street, housed in a converted warehouse, offer creative workspace in the heart of Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter.
Spaces currently available
We have 1 dedicated deskspace coming available from mid March 2025 in our Hill St Studios £165 per calendar month all inclusive (rates, utilities, broadband). Email christine@blickstudios.org for more info or to arrange a viewing or get in touch below
The Workspace
In our Hill Street studios we offer private and shared workspace to over 20 creatives. The space we offer is fully serviced, flexible, furnished and affordable. Our prices are all inclusive including rent, rates, utilities and broadband. You can also enjoy the dedicated breakout spaces for getting away from your desk or meeting clients.
– £165 per dedicated desk with allocated storage all inclusive (rent, rates, utilities, broadband) no VAT
– 24 hour access
– City centre location in the heart of the Cathedral Quarter close to the MAC, the Black Box, Ulster University and lots of shops, coffee shops and bars
– Minimum 3 months contract then on a rolling monthly contract
– 1 months rent required as a deposit
Email christine@blickstudios.org for more info or to arrange a viewing or get in touch below
Our Hill Street studios are situated in a beautiful loft style building, full of creatives in the heart of Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter.
– No private workspace currently available
– Prices from £500 per private workspace per calendar month all inclusive (rates, utilities, broadband) and no VAT
– 24 hour access
– City centre location in the heart of the Cathedral Quarter close to the MAC, the Black Box, Ulster University and lots of shops, coffee shops and bars
– Minimum 3 months contract then on a rolling monthly contract
– 1 months rent required as a deposit
The vision of Blick Shared Studios is to focus on the needs of creatives. To be eligible for taking workspace within Blick, you need to be working within the creative industries.
Falling within the UK’s definition of the creative industries – ‘those industries that are based on individual creativity, skill and talent with the potential to create wealth and jobs through developing intellectual property’ – includes thirteen sectors: advertising, architecture, the art and antiques market, crafts, design, designer fashion, film, interactive leisure software (ie. video games), music, the performing arts, publishing, software, and television and radio.
You will be asked to complete a short application form to ensure your eligibility before taking a space at Blick.
Alex, Designer
“Blick’s Hill Street studios are bang in the middle of one of the most exciting and creative areas to be in. It’s a great space to be in, and full of like-minded people from all manner of disciplines which in itself creates all manner of opportunities.”
Our Hill Street studios are situated in the heart of Belfast’s creative Cathedral Quarter on Hill Street, close to the Duke of York, Neighbourhood, Established Coffee, the Black Box, Ulster University, The Mac and many other arts and cultural organisations.
Blick is a local, independent social enterprise offering affordable shared workspace, events, services and support for creatives in Belfast.
We have over 15 years experience providing workspace for creatives. We know what we are doing and can be relied upon to provide a professional service as well as being friendly and approachable.
Our spaces have been designed by creatives for creatives and offer quiet, intimate working spaces in buildings with character and charm to allow for productivity and creativity as well as community and collaboration. We aim to keep our services as affordable as possible so don’t offer free coffee/tea/ additional perks just try to offer really good service in nice spaces with nice people.
46 Hill Street is one of our two Cathedral Quarter Studios based in the Belfast city centre. The Cathedral Quarter is generally referred to as a cultural quarter due to the growth of arts and culture based business and organisations that reside within the area. Our Hill Street studios are on the top floor and are made up of an open plan shared workspace area and breakout area, two private studio spaces and kitchen area. There is also an attic style mezzanine which houses a further twelve deskspaces and skylights which let in plenty of natural light for our residents. Our studios have a lovely wooden floor and original features including beams and an industrial winch. You can read more about the history of our Hill St studios on our blog below.
Choosing Blick means your money goes to support the local economy and the creative industries in Northern Ireland.
Hill Street Workspace FAQs
Membership Agreements are for a minimum of 3 months, followed by a rolling month-by-month contract.
Rent, Rates, Heating, Electricity, High-Speed Broadband, Office Furniture, use of Kitchen, Building maintenance, Cleaning of common areas, 24-hour access (There is no VAT payable).
We require 1 months rent to be paid by bank transfer as deposit to secure the space. This deposit will then be returned by bank transfer when you move out and have returned your keys and left your workspace clean and tidy without alterations. The first months rent will be due to be paid by bank transfer at the start of your rental term and invoiced thereafter on a monthly basis.
Unfortunately we don’t have a meeting room within our Hill Street studios, but the facilities within our Malone studios can be accessed free of charge by Hill Street Blick residents, but is subject to booking and availability.
We do not offer any free parking at our Hill Street Studios but there is paid on street parking in the surrounding streets and a number of car parks a short walk away, affordable daily parking is available on Corporation Street, Lancaster Street and Little Donegal Street and you can also park within St Anne’s Square Belfast.
Our Hill Street studios are open 24 hours for residents to access.
We don’t provide any extra services, we prefer to keep things simple and keep costs down for our resident businesses and put any profits we make back into supporting the local creative economy through free creative business support events and workshops.
Our buildings are fully serviced and furnished, and our prices are inclusive of rent, rates, utilities, broadband and use of communal meeting spaces, making renting an office simple.
Shared Workspace Prices Hill Street
- £165 per individual desk-space
- Discounts for renting multiple desks available
Private Office space costs Hill Street
Our private offices start from £500 for an office for 4 people but vary depending on size. Email christine@blickstudios.org for costs of specific office spaces.
Please get in touch with us, we try to be flexible where we can to meet individual business needs, so either give us a call on +44 (0)28 9020 7832 or drop us an email to christine@blickstudios.org with what you are looking for and we will do our best to accommodate you.
