Academic Venues Just Beyond London for Corporate Events

Brasenose College, Oxford provides a distinguished academic setting for conferences, summer schools, and scholarly gatherings. Located in the heart of the University, overlooking the Radcliffe Camera, it offers an inspiring environment steeped in history and tradition. The College combines characterful architecture with modern conference facilities, including flexible meeting rooms and reception spaces. During university vacation periods, accommodation and catering are available, supporting fully residential events. The nearby Frewin Campus extends these facilities across a mix of historic and contemporary buildings. Together, they offer a versatile and well-equipped academic venue, ideal for intellectual exchange, professional development, and residential study programmes.

Working with over 70 academic venues in and around Oxford, Conference Oxford is the official first point of contact for event organisers, PAs, and Event Managers looking to host a day conference, meeting, celebratory dinner, or award ceremony at an Oxford University venue or college.

Providing help with a venue search amongst the University venues, site visits to view the facilities, and support and advice if you are looking to use more than one venue for your event.

The Examination Schools is Oxford’s largest city centre event venue. The Grade II listed building was designed by Sir Thomas Jackson and constructed in the late 1880s to house the University of Oxford’s examinations. Whilst still used for this purpose today, this historical space boasts 12,000m2 of floor space and a range of stunning original features.

Hemsted Park is a premier performing arts destination nestled in the heart of Kent on the picturesque 250-acre campus of the world-renowned Benenden School. With a 700-seater capacity venue, its state-of-the-art facilities are ideal for conferences and events.

Studio 3 is the Mast Mayflower Studios' smallest space, most commonly used for workshops, rehearsals, and Youth Theatre sessions.

The Museum of Natural History's Lecture Theatre has a seated capacity of 280 people and is fully outfitted with AV equipment including speakers, projector, and screen. The theatre is wheelchair accessible and has an induction loop for the hearing impaired. The Museum also has breakout rooms which are equipped with projectors, screens, and speakers.

We welcome you to Reuben College, Oxford's only new college in the 21st century, offering the perfect setting for academic events, lectures, and daytime conferencing. Housed within a newly refurbished, architecturally renowned Grade II listed building, the College combines historic character with modern facilities. Standout spaces for academic and delegate engagement include our dedicated tiered Lecture Theatre; our Dining Hall, with vaulted ceilings and ideal for conference dining or large keynote addresses; and the Abbot's Kitchen function room, converted from the world's first purpose-built chemistry laboratory.

Royal Holloway’s blend of historic architecture and state-of-the-art meeting facilities coupled with good value for money and a flexible approach to quotes provides something different from the standard hotel meeting room. The venue can accommodate large numbers of people for the most diverse of events, with everything from lecture theatres to small meeting rooms, sports halls, exhibition areas, refreshment and networking spaces, grand dining halls, outdoor areas and overnight accommodation all located very close by. The venue also offers a conference management service, delivered by a dedicated team of experts, ensuring clients benefit from continuity, friendliness and a personal service.

Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, offers a world-class academic setting for conferences in the heart of Oxford. Combining the prestige of the University of Oxford with award-winning contemporary architecture, the venue features lecture theatres accommodating up to 317 delegates, alongside additional theatres with capacities of 124, 84, and 76 delegates. The School also provides hybrid event facilities, seminar rooms, and professional in-house AV support. Located directly beside Oxford Railway Station, the venue offers excellent accessibility for UK and international delegates, making it ideal for academic conferences, research forums, and professional learning events.

St Anne's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It has some 450 undergraduate and 200 graduate student. St Anne's offers a broad range of undergraduate courses across the sciences, humanities and social sciences.