Conference and Meeting venues in Kettering

Located at the heart of England, Kettering is an underrated destination for conferences, meetings and events.


Within easy reach of the capital but with the added benefit of the glorious Northamptonshire countryside, which is ideal for teambuilding events and outdoor corporate activities, Kettering offers picturesque urban and rural landscapes alongside a good range of conference venues ranging from historic venues to the UK’s very first theme park. Emerging as a centre for business, Kettering is rapidly growing in popularity as a meeting destination for corporate events.

Kettering is easy to reach being situated off the M1 with good A road access, via good rail links including London and via London Luton or East Midlands airports for international conference delegates.

Wicksteed Park is a multi-functional venue and theme park. Set in147 acres of grounds this unusual venue mixes attractions with countryside and wildlife whilst also providing characterful spaces in which to host conferences and events. The Pavilion, for example, is ideal for large events, banquets, exhibitions, conferences and weddings with capacity for up to 800 delegates. The whole park can also be used to create unique teambuilding events whilst the refurbished Celebration Suite is perfect for smaller meetings and training events. Kettering Conference Centre is a high quality, versatile venue catering for up to 2,000 delegates with 3 large conference and banqueting suites, a theatre and an arena which provides 2,000sqm of exhibition space. Smaller purpose-built meeting rooms are ideal for training events whilst teambuilding activities and weddings are also catered for. Boughton House provides a stately home setting for conferences and meetings with a taste for grandeur whilst Cranford Hall is a beautiful historic Georgian mansion with 2 elegant meeting spaces and idyllic gardens perfect for weddings. Kettering hotels include the Kettering Park Hotel and Spa, which offers a selection of purpose-designed conference rooms for up to 260 delegates, and the historic stately home and country house hotel Rushton Hall Hotel and Spa, which offers a number of stylish conference and meeting rooms for the perfect business retreat.