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Conference & Meeting Facilities
The perfect venue for conferences, meetings, training, seminars, AGMs, exhibitions and special events.
Making your business our business
What makes a successful conference venue, corporate event, meeting or large scale exhibition is attention to detail. Whether your event is a lunch for 10 or a two day business conference for 300 people, you want it to run smoothly. Whether your business or organisation needs a place and time to reflect on how well you are doing, time away to reward and motivate staff or a space to collect your thoughts and plan for the future, we have a venue for you. Take advantage of our superb banqueting service and once your day has drawn to close, why not stay with us a little longer. We can offer you time out to relax in one of our spa areas, enjoy a glass of wine on the bistro terrace or alternatively you may just wish to exchange and savour the days achievements with your colleagues and a better setting your could not ask for. You can even book onsite accommodation in our Gardener Hall and Orangery (opening July 2009).
The Location – The Wye Valley
The Rooms
Exhibitions
Support
Technical Support
Catering
Delegate Benefits – the Take-It-Easy-Extras
Car Parking
Easy Access
Additional Services
Special Occasions
Support a Great Cause
Request a brochure or a Call Back
Hotel Standard Accommodation
Contact Us
The Location
The Wye Valley - perfect for local or national companies.
Herefordshire based businesses know the beauty of our location. It is the perfect rural retreat from the hussle and bussle of office life, and yet only two minutes from the city’s rail station, a stone's throw from the city centre (but with stacks of free parking) and easily accessible via key motor routes in and out of town. We're also less than 90 minutes drive from major towns and cities (and three of the UK 's airports) – including Birmingham , Cheltenham, Gloucester , Bristol , Newport , Cardiff , Shrewsbury and Telford . This makes us a perfect rendezvous point for companies wanting to meet colleagues (for a training session, conference or one off meeting). And while you’re here? There's history, culture, and the most stunning countryside on the doorstep.
The Rooms - Meetings and Conferencing
Need to book conference, seminar or training facilities then look no further. From large corporate clients to small-scale syndicates, our prestigious and flexible facilities are guaranteed to meet your needs.
ThePoint4 Seminars, Symposiums and Socialising. thePoint4 has a brand new and exciting conferencing and banqueting suite consisting of three rooms which can be booked individually or part as a package.
The main conference room can accommodate 120 people with full technical support such as video conferencing, projectors, laptops, digital screens, PA system with lapel microphone etc.
Adjoining this suite are 2 additional rooms integrating the latest audio-visual ICT equipment, one of which opens onto our Bistro and roof top terrace – ideal for refreshment breaks or even just to take time out from brainstorming! These rooms accommodate up to 40 people and can be hired for smaller meetings and conferences or as breakout rooms to our main conference suite.
Access to the suite can be made through either our main reception area or straight from the car park through its own entrance and foyer. All rooms have plenty of natural light and can be set up to meet your every need.
Star Room
Beautifully appointed meeting and conference room within the main campus with seating for up to 70 in theatre style, easily adapted for board room requirements. With easy access to the central reception and complete with its own kitchen and breakout room, this is the venue to impress important business contacts. The room features attractive high ceiling, spectacular feature fireplace and windows to three sides. It goes without saying that this unique yet flexible conference room is fully fitted with state-of-the-art audio visual facilities including video conferencing and PA system.
Beacon Room
Adjacent to the college’s largest car park, the Beacon Room offers a splendidly furnished suite with its own cloak and refreshment facilities. With views over the lawn and to the Orangery beyond, the Beacon Room offers seating for up to 40 people in theatre and 25 people in board room style. The room features automatic blinds, a large range of audio visual equipment including integrated flat screen and PA apparatus.
Norwood Room (opening July 2009)
The Norwood Room offers a brand new contemporary meeting place with seating for up to 80 delegates in theatre style. Not only does this venue provide you with the latest state of the art equipment but opens out into the Orangery, a beautiful conservatory area with formal and lounge seating. The Orangery with beautiful views across the lawn opens out on to an extensive patio area, offering you the opportunity to take in the sun during breaks from all that hard work. The Norwood Room offers you the perfect setting for any conference, meeting or special occasion.
The Hall
No college would be complete without a hall and at RNC we can offer a wonderfully spacious room with full size windows to two sides and doors opening out onto a private patio area. The Hall has a large fixed stage and a smaller stage can be placed in front of this if required. This room provides seating for up to 350 people theatre style and 200 people cabaret style together with professional PA system and sound/lighting room. A mobile bar is available for hire within this area together with specialist lighting rigs. The Hall provides excellent facilities to host large conferences and its solid wooden floor makes it an ideal venue for dinner dances and Christmas parties.
Exhibitions
Situated on the lower ground floor of thePoint4, our brand new and very impressive sports hall provides ample room for larger exhibitions and conferences. The hall provides special non-glare lighting and is acoustically balanced cutting down on adverse noise. We are able to accommodate exhibition stands within the area and provide security and assistance to ensure your event is a success. With retractable spectator seating for 280 people, it’s own private viewing gallery, seamless flooring, it’s own lobby area and total spectator capacity of 500 people, it’s the ideal venue for any large event.
Support
We know how important it is for you to have a stress free day allowing you to concentrate on the job in hand. For this reason we have an experienced events team ensuring that your training day runs smoothly.
Technical Support
A number of beautiful training rooms are available for hire incorporating the latest remote control IT training equipment. We have our own dedicated in-house Technical Support Team to assist with set-ups and who are on-hand to help with any technical problems which may arise. To ensure peace of mind prior to your arrival our team checks everything from the room layout to whether the flipchart pens and paper are in place. This allows you to start the day stress and raring to go!
Catering
All events can be complimented by our excellent quality catering service so whether its brunch, lunch, hot or cold buffet our highly experienced team will devise a menu to suit your taste, timetable and budget whatever the occasion.
Delegate Benefits - The take-it-easy extras - for business at its best
We've spent over £20 million on our new campus, and central to the development (and available for booking as part of your meeting or conference package) is a stunning state-of-the art sports and complementary therapy centre offering a fabulous gym, sauna, jacuzzi, steam room, hydrotherapy pool with resistance training facility, sports hall, indoor and outdoor sports pitches as well as a range of massage and complimentary therapy treatments and onsite beautician and hairdressing salon. In fact we have 2 gyms and 2 spa areas – that allows us to offer these to you for dedicated use. So why not hire these facilities for exclusive use by your delegates. Conference life doesn't get more soothing.
Car Parking
Free car parking for up to 200 cars is available onsite.
Easy Access
All meeting and conference and car parking facilities (including the gym, spa areas and hydrotherapy pool) are fully accessible by delegates using wheelchairs.
Additional services
We can also provide you with Grand and upright pianos, lecterns, flowers and any other special requests. Just let us know if any of your delegates have special requirements such as needing a hearing loop or needing training material in Braille, large print or audio – this can all be arranged.
Looking for somewhere for your special occasion?
Our conference suite and beautiful licensed Bistro with superb terrace within thePoint4 can be hired exclusively for your private celebration. In addition, our brand new Norwood Room with adjacent Orangery situated within Gardner Hall provides a beautiful setting for any special occasion. We are able to provide for all banqueting and bar requirements including Fine Dining, beautiful buffets and its an ideal location for summer BBQ’s, and Spit Roasts. All food and drink is freshly prepared each day by our friendly staff, on the premises and using locally sourced ingredients.
Supporting a great cause
The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) is not just home to some of the county's newest and finest meeting and conference facilities. It is the UK’s leading specialist residential college for people who are blind and partially sighted. Each year RNC offers students (16-65+) the opportunity to enjoy first rate training and education so they can live confidently and independently and move onto university or into the world of work. It is also home to the GB/England Blind Football Team and in August 2010 will host the World Blind Football Championships. All profits from our Conferencing packages are ploughed back into the work of the college, which every year transforms the lives of hundreds of people who are visually impaired. If you'd like to know more about RNC, the work we do, and the students who come here go back to the home page for information on the full range of services on offer at RNC.
Interested? Contact us….
You understand your business best. We understand managing events. Make your business our business by calling our team on 01432 376391 or email info@rncb.ac.uk for a conference brochure and assistance in ensuring your corporate event, training day, team building day, exhibition, seminar or business meeting goes exactly to plan.
Request a brochure or a call back
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Onsite Hotel Standard Accommodation
Situated just 15 minutes walk from the centre of Hereford with its Cathedral, Mappa Mundi, picturesque Black & White House and within a beautiful peaceful location, we are able to offer delegate accommodation within our Gardner Hall, off campus properties, four-bedroom lodges and halls of residence.
Gardner Hall (opening July 2009)
The brand new Gardner Hall offers Hotel standard accommodation with double, twin and single en-suite rooms. All rooms are beautifully appointed and are installed with plasma screen TVs and tea/coffee making facilities. The on-site care park is free of charge and the building offers conference room facilities as well as an Orangery to relax and enjoy coffee and cake or continental breakfast. Internet access is available throughout Gardner Hall and our building has been especially designed to welcome disabled visitors. Gardener Hall combines value pricing, good service and comfortable modern hotel rooms.
Lodges
Five four-bedroomed deluxe lodges stand alongside the orchard offering comfortable and flexible self catering accommodation. Each lodge is equipped with full kitchen, dining area, lounge, two large bathrooms and balcony. The lodges provide ideal accommodation for small groups, those wanting to be more independent or families just wanting to enjoy the wonderful Herefordshire countryside.
Orchard Hall
A state of the art, newly built residential hall offers 56 beautifully appointed en-suite accommodation. The triple glazed, three storey accommodation provides two access rooms specifically designed for delegates with mobility difficulties, twelve self catering apartments and three large communal lounges and fully fitted kitchens to each floor. Each lounge has plasma screen TV and leather sofas.
Halls of Residence
Three halls of residence, each offering thirty-one en-suite bedrooms provide ample accommodation for large functions. Each of the three storeys has access to kitchen, laundry and lounge facilities so you can get together for a chat after a hard days work.
Convenience
All accommodation is only a two minutes walk to our licensed bistro, gym, spa area and hydrotherapy pool and monitored by our 24 hour security staff and offers you flexibility for any event.
Interested? Contact us….
You understand your business best. We understand managing events. Make your business our business by calling our team on 01432 376391 or info@rncb.ac.uk for a conference brochure and assistance in ensuring your corporate event, training day, team building day, exhibition, seminar or business meeting goes exactly to plan.
