Conference and Meeting venues in Newcastle-Under-Lyme

Newcastle-under-Lyme is often overshadowed by nearby Stoke-on-Trent as a destination for conferences, meetings and events.

This bustling market town has much to offer meeting planners however, given its rich industrial heritage and recent investment and redevelopment. It is ideally situated to explore the Peak District and Staffordshire Moorland making it the perfect choice for teambuilding events and outdoor corporate activities whilst conference venues range from the historic to the modern.

Newcastle-under-Lyme is easily accessible via the M6, via good rail links and via flights into Manchester and East Midlands airports for international conference delegates.

Academic venuesprovide a good variety of conference facilities in the area. Keele Conferences and Eventsoffers a large range of impressive meeting spaces alongside state-of-the-art facilities making any of their venues the perfect conference centre. For example, the university campus alone offers 9 lecture theatres for up to 400 delegates, 37 meeting rooms, 650sqm of exhibition space and a sports centre with over 1,000sqm of flexible conference and exhibition space. Their Keele Management Centre then offers another 11 meeting rooms, many ideal for smaller training events whilst the larger spaces accommodate conferences of up to 180 delegates. They also offer Keele Hall, a beautiful stately home and the largest conference and banqueting venue in Staffordshire, the ballroom catering for up to 500 delegates. The elegant suites are a majestic backdrop for any corporate event or wedding whilst the hundreds of acres of glorious grounds ensure undisturbed privacy. The sports centre and outdoor space are ideal for teambuilding events and corporate activities ensuring any event can be easily accommodated in any Keele Conferences venue. Newcastle-under-Lyme Collegeis another academic venue offering extensive conference spaces and facilities thanks to a new fully equipped £60 million campus, alternatively Newcastle Borough Councilprovide meeting and conference rooms across a number of venues including the Guildhall, Civic Offices and the highly regarded Borough Museum and Art Gallery. Newcastle-under-Lyme hotels include country house hotel Best Western Manor House Hotel, with 5 conference and banqueting suites, Slater’s Country Hotel and Craft Village, an idyllic retreat setting for any conference, meeting or event, and Ramada Newcastle-under-Lymewhich provides 6 versatile meeting rooms and a banqueting suite for up to 350 delegates.