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Conference and Venue Guide 2014/2015 Luton Conference and Venue Guide 2014/2015 www.luton.gov.uk/tourism 1 www.luton.gov.uk/tourism Contents Page Contents/Introduction 2 Going Out/Places to Visit 3 Places to Visit 4 Luton Holiday Inn 5 Basepoint Innovation and Business Base 6 Wrest Park Enterprises 7 Holiday Inn Express, Luton Airport 8 Putteridge Bury 9 UK Centre for Carnival Arts 10 Community Centres 11 Community Centres 12 Stockwood DiscoveryCentre/Wardown Park Museum 13 Hat Factory/Luton Library/Luton Library Theatre 14 The Leagrave Centre 15 Ramada Encore 16 Crescent Hall 17 Active Luton Conference and Events 18-19 Travelling to Luton 20 An ideal place for business or pleasure Luton is a bustling and lively place with a strong cosmopolitan feel. It’s a town with its own international airport and good road and rail links to the rest of the UK. With a great choice of entertainment, accommodation, places to eat and drink and attractions Luton is the perfect place to host your event. Luton offers a selection of venues to cater for everyone’s budget and needs with first class facilities and service. Picture supplied by The Hat Factory 2 www.luton.gov.uk/tourism Going out Need to entertain your guests? Why not try Luton’s entertainment with something for everyone? Visit the Galaxy Centre leisure and entertainment China, India, France, Thailand, Greece, Italy and complex based in the town centre offering a wide traditional English cuisine are widely available at a range of facilities including an 11 screen cinema, range of prices. games station, Namco bowling centre, restaurants But if you don’t want the entertainment to stop, and The Whitehouse Lloyds No 1 bar. why not visit one of Luton’s nightclubs with a wide Or visit one of Luton’s many restaurants serving a range of music on offer? wide range of food to suit your tastes. Dishes from Places to visit Wardown Park Museum Stockwood Discovery The Mall Wardown Park Museum is Centre In the heart of Luton, The Mall situated in a beautiful Victorian Stockwood Discovery Centre is a offers 120 great shops to choose House within a landscaped park, treasure trove of exhibitions and from including major stores close to Luton’s town centre. beautiful gardens, best known for such as Debenhams, Marks and The museum includes the its famous Mossman collection of Spencer, W H Smith, Next, H&M, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire carriages — the largest collection Argos, Primark and many more Regiment Gallery and the of its kind on display in the UK. It high street names and unique popular Luton Life Gallery has an extensive local collection, speciality shops. After all that featuring the history of Luton’s changing exhibitions, a children’s shopping, you can revive yourself industries and communities. It playground and a popular in one of the many eateries. also features an ever-changing Garden Café. It is also a paradise 01582 41 26 36 hat and lace collection. A for garden enthusiasts and one www.themall.co.uk cosy tearoom serving drinks of the few places in the country and snacks and museum where the work of acclaimed shop selling souvenirs, local artist Ian Hamilton Finlay can be history publications and old seen on permanent display. Free photographs is located on the entry. ground floor. Free entry. Stockwood Discovery Centre Old Bedford Road London Road, Luton LU1 4LX Luton, LU2 7HA 01582 54 86 00 01582 54 67 22 www.stockwooddiscoverycentre. www.wardownparkmuseum. com com 3 www.luton.gov.uk/tourism Places to visit Woodside Animal Farm There is so much to see and do. Visit the many farm animals as well as lemurs, squirrel monkeys and reptiles. Why not feed some of the animals with the special treats on sale? The children can happily wear themselves out in the play and activity areas with climbing frames, mini tractors, crazy golf, mini funfair rides, trampolines, an indoor heated play barn and much more. 01582 84 10 44 www.woodsidefarm.co.uk The Hat Factory Luton Library Theatre Barton Mill Luton’s cutting edge arts centre A traditional 200 seat theatre The Olde Watermill shopping hosts a varied programme of on the 3rd floor of Luton village is a thriving shopping live music, comedy, theatre, Central Library hosts a varied village built around a 1000 year circus and dance from touring, programme, including children’s old watermill. The village has over internationally-acclaimed theatre, extremely popular 15 unique retail shops, a garden performers. It also serves as a Christmas shows, big name centre set around the mill pond, space for nurturing fresh talent stand-up comedians, amateur and the Watermill Tearooms with and hosts workshops, classes dramatics, music concerts and its freshly prepared home cooked and office space for creative special events. food, freshly baked scones and industries and start-ups. The Box Office: cakes and its popular Wednesday kitchen cafe (ground floor) serves 01582 87 81 00 and Sunday Carvery. If you have delicious, fairly-sourced hot food www.lutonculture.com children that need to let off and drink. Box Office: steam, then our outdoor play 01582 87 81 00 area will keep them amused. www.thehatfactory.org 01582 88 29 00 www.oldewatermill.co.uk 4 www.luton.gov.uk/tourism Holiday Inn Luton South Contact name: Nikki Forder This impressive 140 bedroom hotel is situated Job title: Conference and Events Supervisor just south of Luton. The hotel boasts a collection Postal address: London Road, Markyate, of outstanding function/conference suites, stylish Nr Luton, AL3 8HH lounge/bar, restaurant and a full leisure centre Telephone number: 01582 44 99 33 including a swimming pool. We also have over 250 Fax number: 01582 449041 free car parking spaces at the hotel. All our function/ Email: [email protected] conference rooms have natural daylight and air Web address: www.hollidayinn.co.uk conditioning. We have a selection of standard No. parking spaces: 250 and executive rooms at the hotel, and can also Miles from Luton Central train station: 7 accommodate family group bookings and tour Miles from Luton Airport Parkway train station: 7 operators. We also have our Borders restaurant which Miles from London Luton Airport: 7 offers A la Carte menu and an excellent Sunday Number of conference rooms: 5 Carvery lunch. Licensed for weddings: Yes Disabled toilets: Yes Ramp/lift: Yes Disabled access (full/part): Yes Board Name of Room Theatre Class Room U Shaped Cabaret Banqueting Room Modern Meeting 30 20 20 N/A 20 N/A 160 Seated Counties Suite 200 90 N/A 96 40 200 Evening Hertford 140 50 32 72 30 120 Bedford 80 30 30 42 30 70 Buckingham 60 30 30 42 30 70 Essex 80 30 40 42 30 70 5 www.luton.gov.uk/tourism Basepoint Innovation and Business Base Contact name: Ms Fiona Mcdermott Basepoint Luton is located at Butterfield Technology Postal address: 110 Butterfield Great Marlings Park on the North East of the town within the beautiful Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 8DL and contemporary building. The Business Centre is Telephone number: 01582 43 42 00 easily accessible from the A1 and M1. Our fully serviced Email: [email protected] meeting room facilities start from just £15 an hour and Web address: www.basepoint.co.uk can accommodate 2 to 40 people. All meeting rooms No. parking spaces: 211 (first come first served) come with free Wi-fi, flip charts, use of the break out Miles from Luton Central train station: 3 area and free parking. AV equipment and catering are Miles from Luton Airport Parkway train station: 4 available on request. Contact Basepoint Luton today to Miles from London Luton Airport: 4 discuss your meeting room requirements or become Number of conference rooms: 5 a Basepoint member to receive discounted meeting Licensed for weddings: No room rates. Disabled toilets: Yes Ramp/lift: Lift Disabled access (full/part): Full Board Name of Room Theatre Class Room U Shaped Cabaret Banqueting Room MR1 — — — — 4 — MR2 — — — — 6 — MR3 — — — — 16 — MR4 — — — — 40 — MR5 — — — — 25 — 6 www.luton.gov.uk/tourism Wrest Park Enterprise Contact name: Mr David Taylor Located in a beautiful parkland setting in the heart Postal address: Capability House, Wrest Park , Silsoe, of Bedfordshire and virtually equidistant for Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK45 4HR Luton, M1 and A1, the Wrest Park Enterprise campus Telephone number: 01525 86 43 50 consists of 3 business centres: Enterprise House, Email: [email protected] Capability House and Endeavour House. Web address: www.wrestparkenterprise.co.uk The conference rooms can accommodate a range of No. parking spaces: 44 meetings from 8 delegates to a 60 delegates theatre Miles from Luton Central train station: 10 style conference room. All our rooms come equipped Miles from Luton Airport Parkway train station: 11 with projector and screen, flipchart and pens. Video Miles from London Luton Airport: 12.5 and audio conferencing are charged separately. Number of conference rooms: 4 Visitors will find free Wi-Fi, ample parking and Licensed for weddings: No comfortable break out spaces, plus catering as Disabled toilets: Yes required. Ramp/lift: Yes The conference rooms are available Monday to Friday, Disabled access (full/part): Full 9am to 5pm. Our prices are charged by the hour, half day or full day. Call us today for a tour of our facilities. Board Name of Room Theatre Class Room U Shaped Cabaret Banqueting Room WEC 019 — — — — 8 — Boardroom — — 15 — 13 — Conference Room 60 24 25 30 22 — Training Room 30 18 22 24 18 — 7 www.luton.gov.uk/tourism Holiday Inn Express, London Luton Airport Contact name: Paul Jasper Holiday Inn Express London Luton Airport is a fresh Postal address: 2 Percival Way, Luton, LU2 9GP modern hotel with great value meeting rooms ideal Telephone number: 01582 58 91 00 for presentations , interviews and training.
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