Are you looking to find ways to boost company bonding and morale in the interim between your summer and Christmas events? Company offsites are a great way to do this and we have pulled together a list of 5 wonderful and idyllic company offsite venues up that we believe really hit the mark!
Fairmont Windsor Park:
The Fairmont Windsor Park opened its doors in January 2022 and is a grand and indulgent retreat in the English countryside where history and iconic elegance merge. Located on the edge of historic Windsor Great Park and within an hour of London, the hotel is surrounded by 40 acres of open green space featuring a tranquil lake. The hotel has been designed to reflect the site’s heritage while offering modern elegance. This hotel boasts 15 meeting and events rooms for up to 700 delegates, 251 beautifully appointed bedrooms, 7 food and beverage outlets and an award-winning 2,500 m2 spa and wellness facility.
- The Capacity: 251 bedrooms, 15 Function Rooms, the largest Ballroom with 800 m2 accommodating 700 delegates
- Example of a team-building exercise companies can do at your venue to bring their teams closer? Guests can immerse themselves in a breath-taking setting and indulge in a diverse range of experiences. Rejuvenate their mind, body, and soul at this venue’s world class wellness facilities, tantalize their taste buds with exquisite culinary experiences, and unleash their inner athlete with a variety of thrilling sports activities. To name a few: Skin Care and Beauty Talk, Boot Camp, Ariel Yoga, Private Reformer Pilates, Farm to Fork, Chef’s table, Pizza Making, Cocktail & Floris Guess Tasting, etc.
- What is the most exciting fact about your venue? Largest Spa in UK Hotels and we are plastic free hotel.
Birch Selsdon:
With a penchant for going wild in 200 acres, just 30 minutes south of London. The ‘sister’ hotel to the award-winning Birch (Cheshunt), is all about bringing like-minded people together and providing them with the space to reconnect – with themselves and each other. It’s a welcome respite from the noise and intensity of London’s concrete jungle where members and guests can find headspace, try new things and have some (a lot of) fun.
- The Capacity: 175 bedrooms, 6 event space, 2x restaurants, 2x bars
- Example of a team-building exercise companies can do at your venue to bring their teams closer? In-house pottery and screen-printing studios, print dye workshops, nature walks, watercolour painting, gong baths, sunrise yoga, backyard bootcamps, themed spin, cocktail masterclasses just to name a few.
- What is the most exciting fact about your venue? They are re-wilding the 200-acre golf course and giving it back to nature, the land will be grazed by cattle, pigs and exmoor ponies.
Preston Court & The Wilderness:
Preston Court & The Wilderness are two venues sat on our 600 acre estate in the east Kent countryside close to Canterbury. Preston Court offering ornate gardens, a Victorian Carousel, large Kent Barn and Lodge Barn with a bar situated around a central barnyard. The Wilderness offers a lakeside cabin and event Tepee’s in a woodland glade with a Champagne Shack and catering tent tucked behind the tepees. The venues can be hired individually or together with Glamping for each site which can bridge the two venues.
- The Capacity: Each site has a capacity for 120 guests seated for gala dinners. There is capacity to create larger bespoke accommodation and dining to suit individual preferences.
- Example of a team-building exercise companies can do at your venue to bring their teams closer? To name a few: Outdoor Cinema, Interactive Graffiti Wall Art, Sound Bath, Drum Circle, Laughter Yoga, Wild Swimming, Candle Making, Axe Throwing, Kent Wine Tasting, Kent Cheese Tasting, and many more!
- What is the most exciting fact about your venue? As a family run and owned estate, they have scope and possibility of designing unique experiences tailored to clients. They have a Vintage carousel and beautiful protected woodlands and water meadows that are a tonic to city life.
The Grove:
Set in 300 acres of stunning Hertfordshire countryside, The Grove is the ultimate five- star retreat. Lovingly restored, the former home of the Earls of Clarendon is located just 18 miles from central London, and is home to an award-winning and newly-refurbished spa, a championship golf course and a unique selection of mouth-watering restaurants. The idyllic country estate offers the perfect hideaway for a multitude of creative events, meetings and celebrations of all sizes. A generous variety of 28 flexible spaces are on offer, with each space differing in size. One thing that the spaces all share in common is bright, stylish interiors with air conditioning flowing throughout. Additionally, the spaces feature a neutral colour palette, designed for the ultimate flexibility, offering a blank canvas for each event’s design requirements.
- The Capacity: The Amber Suite is the largest event space at The Grove which can accommodate up to 450 guests for a meeting.
- Example of a team-building exercise companies can do at your venue to bring their teams closer? From a competitive round of archery to a session of laser clay pigeon shooting that requires a keen eye and unwavering concentration, they have plenty to get your team bonding. Story Events can work with you to create a range of team building activities on the impressive grounds or nearby locations for outdoor pursuits.
- What is the most exciting fact about your venue? Take your pick: Hosted the 70th Annual NATO conference, and a historical fact is Queen Victoria used to come to the original mansion as a weekend retreat.
Sopwell House:
Sopwell House is a 4 star Georgian country house hotel within easy reach of London St Pancras and Luton Airport. A family-owned luxury hotel that takes rest, relaxation and warm hospitality seriously. The hotel boasts 128 rooms and suites including 16 individually designed stylish Mews Suites. There is also Omboo, their Asian sharing plates dining experience, the Brasserie, Conservatory Bar, Cocktail Lounge and 15 event spaces perfect for meetings, conferences and spectacular weddings. Home also to the award winning Cottonmill Spa, a vibrant haven featuring cutting edge fitness, beautiful facilities and world class treatments by the very best British brands.
- The Capacity: 8 event spaces, suiting small meetings or interviews, to product launches and large conferences, they can accommodate from 20 guests in their smallest room up to 380 guests in the largest meeting space.
- Example of a team-building exercise companies can do at your venue to bring their teams closer? Story Events can help you plan a well organised corporate event day at Sopwell House. With a variety of activities to choose from including sports and lawn games, motorised segways, hovercraft and laser-shooting, this venue can accommodate team building events of all sizes.
- What is the most exciting fact about your venue? In 1901 Admiral of the Fleet, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Father of Louis and Alice, leased the house as his family’s country home. Louis, later Lord Mountbatten of Burma, was the last Governor of India. Alice married Prince Andrew of Greece and was the mother of Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh. It is believed that Prince Andrew proposed to Alice in the gardens of Sopwell House.
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