Conference and Meeting venues in Dumfries

Known as ‘The Queen of the South’, Dumfries is a charming market town destination for conferences, meetings and events.

Situated on the banks of the River Nith, close to the Solway Firth and the Galloway Forest, Dumfries offers a host of opportunities for adventurous land and water-based teambuilding events and corporate activities in areas of outstanding natural beauty. The historic town provides a choice of meeting venues, in particular business-mindedhotels with superb conference and banqueting facilities able to cater for all corporate events.

Dumfries is easy to reach via A roads connecting to the A74(M), via good rail links and through flights into Glasgow Prestwick, Glasgow and Edinburgh airports for international conference delegates.

Academic venues provide a choice of excellent conference facilities. For example, the University of Glasgow’s Crichton University Dumfries Campus offers Browne House, a fully equipped training and conference centre with several meeting rooms able to accommodate up to 120 delegates. Alternatively Barony College provides a cost effective meeting venue experienced in hosting conferences, exhibitions and training events with capacity for 400 delegates in a peaceful rural location. Cultural venue the Theatre Royal is Scotland’s oldest working theatre also hosting conferences and corporate events, whilst the Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre celebrates the poet who lived his last years in Dumfries and offers cinema theatre space for up to 69 delegates in a picturesque setting. Sporting venue Dumfries Ice Bowl offers a mini conference area for small delegate group events and the Tartan Lounge at Queen of the South FC cater for up to 70 delegates for conferences and meetings. Comlongon Castle is an idyllic historic venue providing a majestic backdrop for corporate events and weddings, whereas Easterbrook Hall and The Crichton Church is a striking historic venue with 6 versatile conference rooms able to accommodate up to 600 delegates, the church being the perfect fairytale wedding venue. Dumfries hotels offer outstanding conference and banqueting facilities as, for example, the Cairndale Hotel and Leisure Club boasts several conference suites including the stunning Park House Ballroom with capacity for 300 delegates. Hetland Hall Hotel is an elegant country house hotel with 3 dedicated meeting rooms for up to 200 delegates whilst the Cally Palace Golf Hotel is a picture perfect historic mansion perfect for corporate retreats, golf days and teambuilding events. Set in scenic countryside the Gretna Hall Hotel is the ideal base for conferences, training and teambuilding events with capacity for up to 120 delegates, and Smiths at Gretna Green is a stylish, award winning boutique conference hotel able to accommodate up to 200 delegates.