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Lucy Cavendish College

Lucy Cavendish College
Strathaird House
Strathaird House
Stunning Gardens
Delicious Food
Ideal for Special Occasions
Warburton Hall

The College's mix of traditional and modern buildings present a friendly professional atmosphere in a tranquil setting with up-to-date conference facilities. Located just ten minutes from the centre of Cambridge, Lucy Cavendish is an ideal location for conferences offering excellent facilities, affordable prices and a dedicated and friendly conference team.

To complement the meeting rooms and excellent catering provision, facilities are also on offer for organisers to host residential programmes in the most beautiful surroundings, from the end of June to the end of September.

Whether conference-style buffet lunch, banquet style gala dinner, wedding, celebratory event, informal buffet or small private lunch or dinner, the College's professional team of chefs provide an excellent standard using fresh local produce and ingredients when possible tailored to suit the occasion.

The friendly, professional team look forward to giving you a warm welcome to Lucy Cavendish College.

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Rooms and Accommodation

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A light airy room seating up to 40 delegates with a large skylight window offering an abundance of natural daylight along with French doors opening onto beautiful gardens ideal for guests to enjoy for coffee/tea breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet. A light airy room seating up to 40 delegates with a large skylight window offering an abundance of natural daylight along with French doors opening onto beautiful gardens ideal for guests to enjoy for coffee/tea breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet. A light airy room seating up to 40 delegates with a large skylight window offering an abundance of natural daylight along with French doors opening onto beautiful gardens ideal for guests to enjoy for coffee/tea breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet.
Wolfson Room
40
24
22
28
30
Width: 5m
Length: 9m
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Ideal as a syndicate room for small informal meetings, or it can be set up as a conference office with computer, printer, photocopier (by arrangement) and telephone. The Beryl Green Room provides the perfect location for up to 12 people (seated) - perfect for smaller, more informal meetings. Overlooking the gardens the room also serves well as a conference office.
Beryl Green Room
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10
8
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Width: 3.5m
Length: 4.5m
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An excellent room neighbouring the main conference room, ideal as a sitting room or break-out room to serve light refreshments. Neighbouring the main conference room and overlooking the Anglo-Saxon herb garden, the Bulman Room is ideal as a sitting room or break-out room to serve light refreshments.
Bulman Room
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10
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Width: 4.3m
Length: 6.1m
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The Reception Rooms situated above Warburton Hall are very flexible, making them ideal for drinks before or after dinner, private lunches or smaller-scale dinners or buffets. Offering one of the best views of the gardens they include a large balcony - perfect for taking group shots or mingling with colleagues. The rooms can be separated to create two well-equipped conference rooms.
Warburton Hall Reception Rooms
40
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24
24
24
Width: 4.7m
Length: 11.9m
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The Oldham Hall Seminar rooms are up-to-date meeting rooms on the ground floor with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology. These rooms can be split into three rooms by acoustic screens, each suitable for 8/12 people, or be used as one room. These rooms have been recently built specifically designed to optimise flexible layouts which make it ideal for summer school teaching or, with the screens back, make a large room suitable for bigger groups. Oldham Hall has the benefit of a large conservatory where delegates can enjoy tea and coffee breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet.
Oldham Hall Seminar Rooms
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30
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34
36
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Set in an elegant Victorian house this is a very versatile room seating up to 80 delegates. The room can be divided into two with a fully sound-proof screen. It has lots of natural daylight with French windows opening out into beautiful gardens ideal for guests to enjoy coffee/tea breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet. Set in an elegant Victorian house this is a very versatile room seating up to 80 delegates. The room can be divided into two with a fully sound-proof screen. It has lots of natural daylight with French windows opening out into beautiful gardens ideal for guests to enjoy coffee/tea breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet. Set in an elegant Victorian house this is a very versatile room seating up to 80 delegates. The room can be divided into two with a fully sound-proof screen. It has lots of natural daylight with French windows opening out into beautiful gardens ideal for guests to enjoy coffee/tea breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet. Set in an elegant Victorian house this is a very versatile room seating up to 80 delegates. The room can be divided into two with a fully sound-proof screen. It has lots of natural daylight with French windows opening out into beautiful gardens ideal for guests to enjoy coffee/tea breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet.
Wood-legh Room
80
46
34
40
50
Width: -
Length: -
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Oldham Hall Lounge and Conservatory
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Main Meeting Rooms

Theatre Layout
Classroom layout
U-Shape Layout
Boardroom Layout
Cabaret Layout
Dimensions
Set in an elegant Victorian house this is a very versatile room seating up to 80 delegates. The room can be divided into two with a fully sound-proof screen. It has lots of natural daylight with French windows opening out into beautiful gardens ideal for guests to enjoy coffee/tea breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet. Set in an elegant Victorian house this is a very versatile room seating up to 80 delegates. The room can be divided into two with a fully sound-proof screen. It has lots of natural daylight with French windows opening out into beautiful gardens ideal for guests to enjoy coffee/tea breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet. Set in an elegant Victorian house this is a very versatile room seating up to 80 delegates. The room can be divided into two with a fully sound-proof screen. It has lots of natural daylight with French windows opening out into beautiful gardens ideal for guests to enjoy coffee/tea breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet. Set in an elegant Victorian house this is a very versatile room seating up to 80 delegates. The room can be divided into two with a fully sound-proof screen. It has lots of natural daylight with French windows opening out into beautiful gardens ideal for guests to enjoy coffee/tea breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet. Set in an elegant Victorian house this is a very versatile room seating up to 80 delegates. The room can be divided into two with a fully sound-proof screen. It has lots of natural daylight with French windows opening out into beautiful gardens ideal for guests to enjoy coffee/tea breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet.
Wood-legh Room
80
46
34
40
50
Width: 8m
Length: 12m
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A light airy room seating up to 40 delegates with a large skylight window offering an abundance of natural daylight along with French doors opening onto beautiful gardens ideal for guests to enjoy for coffee/tea breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet. A light airy room seating up to 40 delegates with a large skylight window offering an abundance of natural daylight along with French doors opening onto beautiful gardens ideal for guests to enjoy for coffee/tea breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet. A light airy room seating up to 40 delegates with a large skylight window offering an abundance of natural daylight along with French doors opening onto beautiful gardens ideal for guests to enjoy for coffee/tea breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet. A light airy room seating up to 40 delegates with a large skylight window offering an abundance of natural daylight along with French doors opening onto beautiful gardens ideal for guests to enjoy for coffee/tea breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet.
Wolfson Room
40
24
22
28
30
Width: 5m
Length: 9m
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Ideal as a syndicate room for small informal meetings, or it can be set up as a conference office with computer, printer, photocopier (by arrangement) and telephone. The Beryl Green Room provides the perfect location for up to 12 people (seated) - perfect for smaller, more informal meetings. Overlooking the gardens the room also serves well as a conference office.
Beryl Green Room
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10
8
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Width: 3.5m
Length: 4.5m
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An excellent room neighbouring the main conference room, ideal as a sitting room or break-out room to serve light refreshments. Neighbouring the main conference room and overlooking the Anglo-Saxon herb garden, the Bulman Room is ideal as a sitting room or break-out room to serve light refreshments.
Bulman Room
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10
8
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Width: 4.3m
Length: 6.1m
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The Oldham Hall Seminar rooms are up-to-date meeting rooms on the ground floor with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology. These rooms can be split into three rooms by acoustic screens, each suitable for 8/12 people, or be used as one room. These rooms have been recently built specifically designed to optimise flexible layouts which make it ideal for summer school teaching or, with the screens back, make a large room suitable for bigger groups. Oldham Hall has the benefit of a large conservatory where delegates can enjoy tea and coffee breaks. Fully equipped with audio visual equipment offering the latest technology and connected to the internet.
Oldham Hall Seminar Rooms
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30
30
34
36
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Length: -
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Adjoining the seminar rooms in Oldham Hall, ideal for tea/coffee breaks offering an abundance of natural daylight with a large glass conservatory facing out onto beautiful gardens. There is accommodation on the floors above making it optimal for use for such events as summer schools making full use of the lounge area which is equipped with comfortable couches, a TV and DVD's.
Oldham Hall Lounge and Conservatory
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The Reception Rooms situated above Warburton Hall are very flexible, making them ideal for drinks before or after dinner, private lunches or smaller-scale dinners or buffets. Offering one of the best views of the gardens they include a large balcony - perfect for taking group shots or mingling with colleagues. The rooms can be separated to create two well-equipped conference rooms.
Warburton Hall Reception Rooms
40
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24
24
24
Width: 4.7m
Length: 11.9m
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Warburton Hall, with its spectacular triple-height vault interior, seats up to 140 people, set in beautiful gardens. There are Reception Rooms on the upper ground level and the main Dining Hall is situated on lower ground level with doors leading out to the terrace and lawn. The main Dining Hall is a perfect setting for dinners, weddings or parties.
Warburton Hall Dining Hall
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Width: 13m
Length: 12m
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Dining Rooms

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The Reception Rooms situated above Warburton Hall are very flexible, making them ideal for drinks before or after dinner, private lunches or smaller-scale dinners or buffets. Offering one of the best views of the gardens they include a large balcony - perfect for taking group shots or mingling with colleagues. The rooms can be separated to create two well-equipped conference rooms. The Reception Rooms above Warburton Dining Hall are very flexible, ideal for drinks before or after dinner, private lunches or dinners, informal buffets and parties or as two well equipped conference rooms.
Warburton Hall Reception Rooms
26
4.7m
11.9m
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Warburton Hall, with its spectacular triple-height vault interior, seats up to 140 people, set in beautiful gardens. There are Reception Rooms on the upper ground level and the main Dining Hall is situated on lower ground level with doors leading out to the terrace and lawn. The main Dining Hall is a perfect setting for dinners, weddings or parties.
Warburton Hall Dining Hall
140
13m
12m
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Lucy Cavendish College Accommodation

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Lucy Cavendish accommodation is situated in its own picturesque gardens consisting of three beautiful houses, built near the beginning of the 20th century, and four modern buildings. This gives a combination of the intimate atmosphere of domestic Victorian architecture with the advantages of modern, up-to-date buildings.

Study bedroom with en suite shower room. Study bedroom with en suite shower room.
Single en Suite
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Twin bedroom with en suite bathroom and desk and seating area, with fridge and tea and coffee making facilities Twin bedroom with en suite bathroom and desk and seating area, with fridge and tea and coffee making facilities
Twin en Suite
2 Rooms
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Two single bedrooms, sharing bathroom and kitchenette. Bedrooms can be twinned for summer schools.
Single Room Sets
14 Rooms
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Total
120 Rooms

Green Initiatives

  1. The College is proudly a Refill Station, keeping Cambridge hydrated and helping to prevent plastic pollution.
  2. No fish from the Marine Conservation Society's ‘fish to avoid’ list is served.
  3. Eco cleaning products are used throughout the College.
  4. Takeaway plates and cutlery made of plastic/polystyrene have been phased out and replaced by compostable products.

Did You Know?

  1. Lucy Cavendish College Library was opened by HM Queen Margarethe II of Denmark in 2000 and has approximately 30,000 books.
  2. The Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize has resulted in over 20 bestsellers, including Gail Honeyman’s ‘Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine’.
  3. 3 of our 4 guinea pigs are named by the students after feminist heroes including Virguinea Woolf and Emmeline Squeakhurst.
  4. The Anglo Saxon Herb Garden was established in 1987 with herbs that were in use prior to 1066.

How To Find Lucy Cavendish College

Lucy Cavendish College
Cambridge
CB3 0BU

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