Are you looking for exceptional conference hotels near Heathrow? Whether you’re looking to host a corporate event, a senior board meeting, a training seminar or an executive retreat, Cumberland Lodge can be the perfect place. This is a venue with a unique blend of accessibility, facilities, comfort and character.
Cumberland Lodge isn’t a hotel or even just a conference centre. For over 70 years, we’ve been a charity dedicated to bringing young people together to work, talk, learn and decide. And we’re a country Lodge set amid thousands of acres of lawns, meadows and woodlands but we’re just a 25-minute drive from Heathrow Airport, as well as less than hour from central London by train. We have multiple rooms and facilities to suit groups of any size and events of almost any type. And we have on-site accommodation and dining facilities. This is an ideal venue for colleagues and delegates to come together, whether that’s from around the UK or around the world.
When it comes to venue hire near Heathrow, what exactly makes Cumberland Lodge the place for you?
1. Inspiring Surroundings
Few conference hotels near Heathrow could be described as secluded, but Cumberland Lodge really is. It’s a 17th-century country house set in the middle of the famous and historic Windsor Great Park. Our rooms look out on lawns, trees and woodland with deer and other wildlife frequently passing by. We’re over a mile from the main roads, business parks, industrial estates and suburbs that most people associate with this area.
This is a quiet and self-contained venue where attendees can disconnect from everyday life, focus on the work at hand and connect with each other. And what better way to make a great first impression or treat visitors to a classic English countryside experience than arriving at a historic country house?
2. Accessible to the World
Despite the beauty and seclusion of our immediate surroundings, Cumberland Lodge is easy to get to. Whether from the UK or abroad, and by road, rail or air, people can reach us easily. Heathrow has the most international connections of any airport in the world, with routes to over 200 destinations in more than 80 countries. For meetings with international participants, it makes perfect sense to consider conference venues near Heathrow.
But how many of them offer what Cumberland Lodge can? And we’re only a 25-minute drive from the airport; within an hour of touchdown your partners, colleagues and guests could be settling into a former royal residence in the middle of glorious parkland rather than an ordinary conference centre near Heathrow. It’s not just a matter of global accessibility either – for guests with special mobility requirements we have two en-suite rooms with no-step access, a lift between floors and a hearing loop in our main conference room.
3. Versatile Spaces
Cumberland Lodge has a total of 14 dedicated meeting or conference rooms throughout our buildings, capable of accommodating between eight and 100 people in a variety of seating and table layouts. We also have other spaces that can be used for break-out sessions, networking or socialising.
Whether you want to hold your conference in a library, a theatre-style hall, an elegant sitting room with antique décor, a historic chapel or an intimate office-like space, Cumberland Lodge can provide it. Weather and needs permitting, we can even offer an outdoor meeting space. Our meeting and conference rooms are in the main Lodge building itself, our dedicated Mews Conference Centre and the Groom’s House – a self-contained Georgian house with its own meeting rooms, kitchen, bedrooms (sleeping up to 11 people) and even a private garden.
4. Connections and Technology
We believe that Cumberland Lodge doesn’t just outdo typical conference hotels near Heathrow because of our location and facilities. Because our mission is to bring people together to learn and share ideas, we also have the latest in modern technology to support your event.
All our meeting spaces have power supplies and internet connectivity. Our larger spaces have inbuilt audio-visual equipment, and we can supply it to our smaller rooms as required. You can hold hybrid or live-streamed events from our spaces.
5. Rest and Refuel in Comfort
Cumberland Lodge is not really any ordinary conference centre near Heathrow. And it isn’t a hotel. But we have many of the facilities of each, which we combine to make an ideal and unique conference venue. We have a total of 58 en-suite bedrooms, which can sleep up to 95 overnight guests.
How many other conference venues near Heathrow have three dining spaces, each with a distinct character? Cumberland Lodge does, with our dining spaces seating between 16 and 64 guests. We can also offer outdoor dining from picnic tables on the lawn. And we have our own team of chefs who can prepare menus tailored to each visiting group from locally sourced and high-quality produce.
6. A Unique Purpose
When you hold your event at Cumberland Lodge, you’re supporting a renowned charity with a special purpose. This brings a unique character to your conference that you won’t get with other conference hotels near Heathrow. Since 1947 we have been dedicated to reducing social and political division by bringing young people – the leaders, thinkers and doers of tomorrow – together to converse, discuss and learn from each other. As well as associating with and supporting our work, booking your conference at Cumberland Lodge brings that same atmosphere and ethos to your event.
We aim to provide a ‘low tech’ and ‘disconnected’ environment, fostering face-to-face conversation and letting guests get away from the world for a short while. That doesn’t mean we’re hard to reach or expect people to go without technology to help research and present ideas, but it can bring a distinctive aspect to dining and socialising time outside the meeting space.
Do You Want to Book A Conference Near Heathrow?
If you’re planning a conference, meeting, seminar or retreat and want to hold it near Heathrow, Cumberland Lodge can be the place for you and your guests. Contact us today for more information and to discuss your requirements – we’re ready and waiting to help you arrange the best event.