Longhirst Hall - Centre for Personal and Corporate Development

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Longhirst's conferencing facilities offer complete flexibility and comfort from an international conference for 250 delegates to an informal interview room.

Offering 23 conferencing rooms, Longhirst sets itself apart from other Hotel and Conference Centres by offering truly all inclusive delegate business packages and the most flexible of timings.

The refreshment centre offers unlimited tea, coffee, chilled drinks, fruit and snacks removing any interruptions. Break whenever you want, unwind with a coffee in our Drawing room or step outside and recharge with a chilled drink in the gardens.

As the North East's leading conference centre Longhirst Hall is always listening and adapting to what our customers want. That's why Longhirst were first to offer free internet access in our meeting rooms and now offer interactive whiteboards in a number of our meeting rooms.

Rooms

The conference centre room table gives you the option to choose the conferencing room that best caters for your requirements, assess the best options according to: size, number of delegates and layout.

Ground Floor
Room U
shape
Class
room
Theatre
style
Board
room
Cabaret
style
Dimensions
L x W x H (M)
Dobson 1 20 - 40 24 24 9.3 x 5.1 x 3.0
Dobson 2 12 - 20 16 12 5.6 x 5.3 x 3.0
Court Suite - 200 270 - 150 19.5 x 13.5 x 2.5
Lawson 25 18 50 30 30 9.9 x 6.6 x 3.5
Joicey 20 16 40 30 30 10.3 x 5.5 x 4.2
Quiet Lounge 8 8 20 12 - 5.6 x 4 .9 x 3.3
Eldon - - - 12 - 7.0 x 3.5 x 2.4
First Floor
Room U
shape
Class
room
Theatre
style
Board
room
Cabaret
style
Dimensions
L x W x H (M)
Collingwood 3 8 - 18 10 10 5.1 x 3.0 x 3.0
Collingwood 4 10   24 12 15 5.1 x 4 .0 x 3.0
Collingwood 5 8   20 12 10 5.1 x 4.0 x 3.0
Sanderson 1 30 34 80 36 36 12 x 6.7 x 3.2
Sanderson 2 8 8 15 12 - 5.6 x 4.5 x 3.3
Sanderson 3 8 8 15 12 - 5.6 x 4.9 x 3.3
Sanderson 4 8 8 15 12 - 6.2 x 4.4 x 3.3
Collingwood 1 30 - 44 34 40 12.6 x 5.2 x 2.7
Collingwood 2 8 8 12 12 - 5.4 x 4.2 x 2.8
Moore 10 12 20 12 20 6.2 x 5.5 x 3.5
Stephenson 8 8 15 12 - 5.9 x 4.4 x 3.5
Barker 18 12 24 28 30 8.0 x 6.4 x 3.5
Stowell 8 8 15 12 - 5.8 x 4.4 x 3.5
Hester Clark 8 10 15 12 18 4.7 x 5.9 x 3.5
Second Floor
Room U
shape
Class
room
Theatre
style
Board
room
Cabaret
style
Dimensions
L x W x H (M)
Portland 1 20 14 30 28 30 8.0 x 6.2 x 2.5
Portland 2 8 8 10 12 - 5.8 x 4.4 x 2.5

Conferencing centre includes:

  • Dedicated, flexibly arranged conference rooms
  • Complimentary Wi-Fi internet access
  • Business centre for delegates providing IT facilities and administration services
  • Services of an Event Co-ordinator
  • AV and presentation equipment including interactive whiteboards
  • Flip chart, pads and pens
  • Whiteboard and pens
  • Highlighters, pencils, delegate name cards, notepads and folders
  • Refreshment centre open all day

Rates

All rates are per person, per night, excluding V.A.T., unless otherwise stated.

Day Delegate Rates Valid from 01/04/2008 - 31/03/2009
8 Hour (including lunch) £45
24 Hour Delegate  
Single £151
Double £230
Syndicate  
Syndicate/Conference Room £110

24 Hour Conferencing Delegate Rates include:

  • Accommodation with complimentary broad band access
  • Full English breakfast
  • 3 course dinner
  • Room Hire including broadband access, laptop and data projector in main room
  • Unlimited tea, coffee and refreshments including Coca Cola, mineral water, Diet Coke, fresh fruit, muffins, cake bars, sweets and dried fruit
  • 2 course carvery Lunch

Provision

By prior arrangement we can also offer:

Utilising our extensive grounds Longhirst has hosted a number of successful team building events for local leading business companies like Nissan, Greggs and Sage UK. While attracting high profile events to the North East, including the BBC Government News Network Conference.

Once your day has drawn to a close, why not stay with us a little while longer - Longhirst Hall is the perfect place to unwind. Relaxation can be creative in a business sense too. Impromptu networking meetings over dinner in our Boyson restaurant or a pint in the newly refurbished Orangery bar can give rise to inspired solutions. Alternatively you may just wish to exchange and savour the day's achievements with your colleagues and a better setting you could not ask for.

Longhirst Hall has plenty of car parking spaces on-site, provided free to all our guests.