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Fitzwilliam College

Venue at a glance

  • Spacious, modern buildings in attractive and historic garden setting
  • Purpose-built and versatile meeting rooms for between 10 and 250 delegates, in and out of term-time
  • Residential accommodation for 300 delegates (including 175 en-suite bedrooms) out of term-time
  • Two fully-equipped lecture theatres – seating 50 and 250
  • Easily accessible from all major routes with free parking for 120 cars.
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Introduction to Fitzwilliam College

Located on an attractive 7-acre site stretching between Storey’s Way and Huntingdon Road, Fitzwilliam College is a 10-minute walk from the river at Magdalene Bridge in the centre of Cambridge. It is easily accessible from Junction 13 of the M11 and Junction 32 of the A14, as well as other major road routes and offers free parking for 120 cars.

 
Auditorium Auditorium
Auditorium
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The recently built auditorium with its tiered seating and state of the art audio-visual and lighting facilities is our largest function room. The striking simple interior seats audiences of up to 250 and is extremely versatile, meeting the diverse range of operational requirements for conferences, exhibitions and concerts. Access via a lift is available for disabled people. With its adjustable sound flaps and full blackout facilities, makes it one of the best venues acoustically in Cambridge for concerts and recordings. An experienced AV Technician is onsite to assist speakers with their presentations, and to provide valuable support throughout the duration of the conference.

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Old Library Old Library
Old Library
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Old Library 1 forms part of a recently renovated area. This room is conveniently located as a break out room, or as a stand alone meeting room for up to 50 people, with natural light and views overlooking Fellows’ Court.

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Old Library 2 Old Library 2
Old Library 2
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Old Library 2 has recently been renovated, creating a large area of open space. This room is perfect for exhibitions, poster board sessions, receptions and lends itself well for use as a break out room in a cabaret style.

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Old Senior Combination Room Old Senior Combination Room
Old Senior Combination Room
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The Old Senior Common Room has recently been refurbished. It’s unique shape and style makes it a popular room for holding meetings, as well as for dining. The large glass windows provide the room with an abundance of natural light and look out onto well-kept gardens.

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Auditorium Meeting Room (In the Auditorium Building) Auditorium Meeting Room (In the Auditorium Building)
Auditorium Meeting Room (In the Auditorium Building)
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Ground floor with natural light.

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Auditorium Foyer (In the Auditorium Building) Auditorium Foyer (In the Auditorium Building)
Auditorium Foyer (In the Auditorium Building)
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As delegates look out from the large glazed windows of this modern Foyer, across the beautifully kept gardens, they are reminded of Fitzwilliam's heraldic motto "Ex Antiquis Et Novosimus Optima" - "the best of the old and the new" as they catch sight of The Grove, built some 200 years ago. This location is ideal for registrations, refreshments and informal receptions.

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Walker Room 1 (In the Auditorium Building) Walker Room 1 (In the Auditorium Building)
Walker Room 1 (In the Auditorium Building)
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First floor; lift; natural light.

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Walker Room 2 (In the Auditorium Building) Walker Room 2 (In the Auditorium Building)
Walker Room 2 (In the Auditorium Building)
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Second floor; lift; natural light.

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Gaskoin Room (In Hall Building) Gaskoin Room (In Hall Building)
Gaskoin Room (In Hall Building)
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Music Room (In Hall Building) Music Room (In Hall Building)
Music Room (In Hall Building)
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Society Room (In Hall Building) Society Room (In Hall Building)
Society Room (In Hall Building)
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First floor, natural light, lounge capacity for 25 with comfortable easy chairs.

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Reddaway Room (In Hall Building) Reddaway Room (In Hall Building)
Reddaway Room (In Hall Building)
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The Reddaway Room, another large room on the first floor, seats 180 theatre style. It has a fully wired public address system, total blackout facilities, an optional platform, differential lighting, air-conditioning and natural light.

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Trust Room (In Hall Building) Trust Room (In Hall Building)
Trust Room (In Hall Building)
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The Trust Room is panelled in Columbian Pine and seats 80. This popular conference venue is where the College's governing body traditionally meets. Ground floor, natural light and air-conditioning.

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Walter Grave Room (In Hall Building) Walter Grave Room (In Hall Building)
Walter Grave Room (In Hall Building)
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The Walter Grave Room is popular because of its size and elegance. Seating up to 50 for a formal meal, it has open views of the College gardens, and guests can enjoy pre-dinner drinks on the adjoining patio. Ground floor, natural light; ideal for small exhibitions and poster displays.

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Gordon Cameron Theatre (t) (Wilson Court) Gordon Cameron Theatre (t) (Wilson Court)
Gordon Cameron Theatre (t) (Wilson Court)
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Part of the Wilson Court Conference Suite, the meeting rooms of the Suite can be used singly or as an integrated group. The Theatre seats up to 57 delegates in air-conditioned comfort. It has its own projection room and tiered seating with individual writing tablets. This small theatre offers a high quality audio-visual system, including data projector, laptop computer, DVD/CD/VHS player and a complete PA system. As its main design feature is that of a theatre, this is the only room within the Suite which does not have natural light. It's easily accessible for disabled delegates with wheelchairs.

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William Thatcher Room (Wilson Court) William Thatcher Room (Wilson Court)
William Thatcher Room (Wilson Court)
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Part of the Wilson Court Conference Suite; a quality venue designed to meet the needs of the 21st century delegate. Every room enjoys excellent natural light and is enhanced by the choice of natural colours and materials, like ash, which gives the rooms a restful quality. All rooms are located on the ground floor, providing easy access for the disabled. Light refreshments can be served in the pleasant Common Room, which opens on to a terraced patio.

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Seminar Room 1 (Wilson Court) Seminar Room 1 (Wilson Court)
Seminar Room 1 (Wilson Court)
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Part of the Wilson Court Conference Suite; see William Thatcher Room notes.

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Seminar Room 2 (Wilson Court) Seminar Room 2 (Wilson Court)
Seminar Room 2 (Wilson Court)
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Part of the Wilson Court Conference Suite; see William Thatcher Room notes.

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Seminar Room 3 (Wilson Court) Seminar Room 3 (Wilson Court)
Seminar Room 3 (Wilson Court)
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Part of the Wilson Court Conference Suite. The connecting doors between Seminar Room 3 and the Common room can open up to create a pleasant lounge area with a garden terrace for delegates to relax in during breaks, or to hold an informal drinks reception or finger buffet.

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Wilson Court Common Room (Wilson Court) Wilson Court Common Room (Wilson Court)
Wilson Court Common Room (Wilson Court)
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Part of the Wilson Court Conference Suite. The connecting doors between Seminar Room 3 and the Common room can open up to create a pleasant lounge area with a garden terrace for delegates to relax in during breaks, or to hold an informal drinks reception or finger buffet.

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College Chapel College Chapel
College Chapel
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Richard MacCormac's award-winning Chapel was a triumph of design and craftsmanship, which received glowing tributes from the architectural press and won three awards, the Civic Trust and David Urwin Heritage Awards for its architecture, and the national prize of the Carpenters' Company for its woodwork. The Chapel can seat 36 people in a group without feeling too large and up to 136 in a conventional aisled arrangement. A tranquil setting for quiet periods or the ideal location for smaller informal musical recitals.

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Dining Hall Dining Hall
Dining Hall
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Our striking College Hall was designed by Sir Denys Lasdun, is panelled in Columbian Pine, has solid ash chairs and oak stained tables. It is a splendid venue for larger formal occasions, such as gala dinners & Christmas parties.

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Café Bar and Lounge Café Bar and Lounge
Café Bar and Lounge
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The fully stocked College bar is open during normal licensing hours. With sporting photographs and College oars it provides an atmospheric setting for drinks receptions or those after dinner digestifs. A wide variety of wines are available including the College's own label of Port, Sherry and Chateau-bottled wines.

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Accommodation at Fitzwilliam College

There are three types of accommodation. Tree Court – standard study bedrooms with wash basins; Fellows’ Court – with an extra level of privacy and comfort with the addition of an en-suite shower and wash basin and Wilson, Gatehouse and the recently refurbished New Court – all luxury bedrooms with full en-suite facilities. The College has an on-going annual programme of refurbishing and redecorating its conference bedrooms. All types of accommodation have a washbasin facility, are comfortably furnished and centrally heated. On arrival Guests are provided with a hospitality tray of complementary toiletries, together with tea and coffee making facilities. Our Domestic Department operates a daily room cleaning service with fresh towels. Direct dial telephones with national and international dialling facilities are provided in all bedrooms.

Single Ensuite 176 rooms
Single Standard 170 rooms
Twin Ensuite 24 rooms
Twin Standard 0 rooms
Disabled 2 rooms
Total: 372 rooms
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Conference venue address

Fitzwilliam College
Storey's Way
Cambridge
CB3 0DG

Contact details

Tel: +44 (0)1223 332040
Fax: +44 (0)1223 332093
http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/conferences
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Technical facilities available

  • 35mm Slide Projector
  • Data Projector
  • Dual 16mm film Projection
  • DVD
  • Fax
  • Flipchart
  • Internet Access
  • ISDN
  • IT Facilities
  • Laptop Computer
  • LCD Projector
  • Overhead Projector & Screen
  • PA System
  • Photocopying
  • Radio Microphones
  • TV & Video
  • Video Cameras
  • Visualiser
  • Whiteboard

Sports facilities

  • Baseball
  • Cricket
  • Croquet
  • Football
  • Pool
  • Sports fields
  • Squash
  • Tennis

Additional notes

  • Wedding receptions for non College members
  • Parking spaces for 120: The College car parks are on Huntingdon Road and Storey's Way (Porters' Lodge entrance) with on-street parking in the side streets on both roads.
  • Policies on children: Subject to permission
  • Summer School minimum age 16 with a ratio 1:8 for supervision
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 Fitzwilliam College is proud of its imaginative and appetising cuisine, which can be anything from an exotic buffet or traditional lunch, to dinner with Quail en Croute, Claret Granite, Saddle of Lamb Renaissance and Summer Pudding Fitzwilliam.

The College Hall, designed by Sir Denys Lasdun, is panelled in Columbian Pine, has solid ash chairs and oak tables and can seat 220; the Walter Grave Room has open views of the College gardens, and guests can enjoy pre-dinner drinks on the adjoining patio; the De Smith Room seats 30. The Fellows' Parlour is available for exclusive dinner parties of up to 12 people; coffee and liqueurs may be taken into the adjoining Writing Room, where guests can relax in luxurious leather Chesterfields. 

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History of Fitzwilliam College

 

Fitzwilliam College is unique in Cambridge. It is not an ancient foundation but exists thanks to a University scheme to encourage student access in Victorian times. In 1869 the first students were admitted to the University without the need to join and reside in a college – at that time an expensive proposition. Known as ‘Non-Collegiate’ students, these young men could attend lectures and take degrees while living in private lodgings. Their teaching was organised from Fitzwilliam House, situated opposite the famous Museum.

 

When, in 1887, these Non-Collegiate students decided that their various sports clubs needed a distinct identity, they voted to be called ‘Fitzwilliam’ – creating both the name and the shield which the College uses today.

 

With the introduction of free university education after the Second World War it was suggested that Fitzwilliam should be disbanded. But the support of its students and alumni was mobilised and eventually the University agreed that Fitzwilliam should become a fully-fledged college and the present site was acquired. The original buildings (designed by Sir Denys Lasdun and opened in 1963) form the core of the College today.

 

The magnificent College grounds were originally the gardens and park of a fine Regency house called The Grove. Emma Darwin, who lived here after the death of her husband, Charles, delighted in the gardens and trees and wrote about them in her diaries. Now fully integrated into the College, The Grove houses the Fellows’ Senior Combination Room and the Master’s Study as well as rooms for graduate students.

 

Award-winning, inspirational new buildings (including the unusual circular Chapel designed by Sir Richard MacCormac, and the Library & IT Centre designed by Edward Cullinan Architects and opened in 2010) have been added in recent years, making the site a must-see for students of twentieth- and twenty-first-century architecture. The College now fills the tranquil, wooded site and provides superlative accommodation for its large student community. 

 

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Our clients say...

"The Girls' Day School Trust held its first Oxbridge Conference at Fitzwilliam in July this year. The College proved to be an ideal venue for the event. The meeting rooms are of high quality and the grounds are inspiring. Students were accommodated on site, and so were able to get a taste of college life - they very much enjoyed the food. Fitzwilliam staff were efficient, helpful and accommodating. We would certainly have no reservations about returning in subsequent years."

Mary Sansom, The Girls' Day School Trust

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