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Sidney Sussex College

The Chapel
The College Hall is an Elizabethan building remodeled by the Georgian architect Sir James Burrough. It is suitable for fine dining dinners and wedding breakfasts for up to 127 guests when the balcony, High Table and all three sprigs are used.
College Dining Hall
Perennial Garden, Fellows' Lawn
William Mong Hall

Sidney Sussex College has been a premier conference and events venue for over 15 years.

Founded in 1596, the College occupies a central location within easy walking distance of Cambridge’s main tourist attractions and University buildings.

The College offers historic buildings, peaceful gardens and a wide range of meeting rooms and accommodation, together with award-winning catering. It is the ideal venue for your event, whether it’s a large residential conference, a small meeting or your wedding day.

Sidney Sussex is known throughout the University as a friendly College, and this same approachability is evident in our conferences and events.

The various dining rooms can cater for everything from intimate dinners for 10 to grand banquets for 127. The beautiful College gardens make an excellent setting for catering events for up to 250 people. The Gardens can be used for a range of dining options from small garden parties to large events requiring marquees. The College has an excellent reputation for taking care of its visitors and for providing award-winning cuisine served in beautiful, traditional rooms.

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Rooms and Accommodation

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The two new Chapel Court Rooms are modern meeting spaces in the historic heart of the College. They are located on either side of the Junior Combination Room and have inbuilt AV-equipment. The Chapel Court Rooms are situated in Chapel Court
Chapel Court Meeting Rooms 1 and 2
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Width: 4.3m
Length: 6.4m
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The Jesus Lane Meeting Rooms can be laid out for boardroom meetings, small lectures, or arranged in a classroom configuration for teaching sessions. Each of the rooms has inbuilt AV equipment The Jesus Lane Building is just across the road from the main site. Access is via the Cloister Court gate
Jesus Lane Seminar Rooms
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Main Meeting Rooms

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The Old Library is no longer lined with bookshelves, but the wooden panelling and stained glass windows retain a historic feel. It now provides an intimate environment for meetings, receptions and dinners, in the heart of the College, with views over Chapel Court. The Old Library is accessed via the Mong Building. The Old Library is no longer lined with bookshelves, but the wooden panelling and stained glass windows retain a historic feel. It now provides an intimate environment for meetings, receptions and dinners, in the heart of the College, with views over Chapel Court. The Old Library is accessed via the Mong Building.
The Old Library
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Width: 6.23m
Length: 10.41m
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The two new Chapel Court Rooms are modern meeting spaces in the historic heart of the College. They are located on either side of the Junior Combination Room and have inbuilt AV-equipment. The Chapel Court Rooms are situated in Chapel Court
Chapel Court Meeting Rooms 1 and 2
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Width: 4.3m
Length: 6.4m
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The William Mong Hall, is the largest meeting space in the College. This flexible flat-floored room has inbuilt AV technology and was designed to be multipurpose: it can be used for lectures, conferences, dinners and receptions. It is housed in the Mong Building, which also includes a small garden, a foyer, a reception area with in-built coat rail, and separate toilet facilities. The William Mong Hall, is the largest meeting space in the College. This flexible flat-floored room has inbuilt AV technology and was designed to be multipurpose: it can be used for lectures, conferences, dinners and receptions. It is housed in the Mong Building, which also includes a small garden, a foyer, a reception area with in-built coat rail, and separate toilet facilities.
William Mong Hall
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Width: 9m
Length: 11.6m
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The recently refurbished JCR can be used as a recreational space, or arranged to accommodate meetings and lectures. It is flanked by the two new Chapel Court Rooms, providing a suite of meeting spaces in the historic heart of the College. The JCR is situated in Chapel Court.
Junior Combination Room
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Width: 6m
Length: 9m
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The Jesus Lane Meeting Rooms can be laid out for boardroom meetings, small lectures, or arranged in a classroom configuration for teaching sessions. Each of the rooms has inbuilt AV equipment The Jesus Lane Building is just across the road from the main site. Access is via the Cloister Court gate
Jesus Lane Seminar Rooms
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The Knox Shaw Room is an ideal venue for events in every season. With wooden panelling, open fires and red hues, it provides a warming atmosphere for winter events. For the summer, it boasts views of the Fellows Lawn and easy access to the Cloister Court Garden. The Knox Shaw Room is situated in Cloister Court.
Knox Shaw
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Width: 7.7m
Length: 9.7m
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Dining Rooms

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The Old Library is no longer lined with bookshelves, but the wooden panelling and stained glass windows retain a historic feel. It now provides an intimate environment for meetings, receptions and dinners, in the heart of the College, with views over Chapel Court.
The Old Library
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6.23m
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The Rococo College Hall is a grand dining space for groups of up to 125. The interior was designed during the mid-eighteenth century by Caius Fellow James Burrough in an Italian Palladian style. The walls are lined now with portraits of past Masters.
College Dining Hall
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The Old Parlour can be used as an overflow for the College Hall, or on its own an intimate dining space.
The Old Parlour
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Sidney Sussex College Accommodation

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The College has a range of standard and en suite bedrooms on site. All bedrooms are supplied with soap and towels, tea and coffee making facilities are have free internet access. Guests can use the gardens, squash court,TV room and launderette.

The majority of our en suite bedrooms are located in Blundell Court, which is a modern building in the centre of College. Blundell Court was built in 1967 and an additional floor, the Gledhill Skyline, was recently added. All rooms have wireless internet access. Blundell Court has full disabled access, and all floors are served by a lift. There are also a limited number of en suite rooms in Chapel Court. All these rooms have an en suite shower room.
Single en suite
87 Rooms
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There are standard single rooms offered across the College. These rooms share a toilet and shower between four or five rooms. All rooms have wireless internet access. Tea and coffee-making facilities, soap and towels are provided, and the rooms are serviced daily. Cloister Court is in the historic heart of college. It was built in the late nineteenth century and its red brickwork hint at its Victorian history. This court overlooks the College's beautiful gardens on each side, which today can be enjoyed by students, fellows and guests alike. Garden Court is located next to the Master's Garden and has recently undergone major refurbishment. The building contains numerous bedrooms as well as the College library and an assortment of staff offices. The top floor of the building was added in recent years to provide additional accommodation. Cromwell Court is named after one of Sidney's most famous students. Located just 300 yards from the main College site the building boasts recently renovated rooms. Sidney House is located a short 2 minute walk away from College in Sussex Street, and had recently been renovated to a high standard, with many rooms overlooking the heart of the City. There are standard single rooms offered across the College. These rooms share a toilet and shower between four or five rooms. All rooms have wireless internet access. Tea and coffee-making facilities, soap and towels are provided, and the rooms are serviced daily. Cloister Court is in the historic heart of college. It was built in the late nineteenth century and its red brickwork hint at its Victorian history. This court overlooks the College's beautiful gardens on each side, which today can be enjoyed by students, fellows and guests alike. Garden Court is located next to the Master's Garden and has recently undergone major refurbishment. The building contains numerous bedrooms as well as the College library and an assortment of staff offices. The top floor of the building was added in recent years to provide additional accommodation. Cromwell Court is named after one of Sidney's most famous students. Located just 300 yards from the main College site the building boasts recently renovated rooms. Sidney House is located a short 2 minute walk away from College in Sussex Street, and had recently been renovated to a high standard, with many rooms overlooking the heart of the City.
Standard Single
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The College has a limited number of twin en suite bedrooms which are all located in Blundell Court in the centre of College. All of these have a shower room, tea making facilities and wireless internet. Blundell Court has full disabled access, and all floors are served by a lift.
Twin en suite
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The College has a very limited number of twin standard bedrooms which are located in Garden Court. These rooms share a toilet and shower between four or five rooms. All of the rooms have wireless internet access. Tea and coffee-making facilities, soap and towels are provided and the rooms are serviced daily.
Twin Standard
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316 Rooms

Green Initiatives

  1. Food and other products are locally sourced in order to sustain the local economy and reduce environmental impacts.
  2. The menus are developed to make use of seasonal fruit and vegetables.
  3. Fairtrade products are used whenever possible and promotes products which actively support Fairtrade initiatives.
  4. Cooking oil is recycled into biofuel.

Did You Know?

  1. The world’s most overdue library book was borrowed from Sidney in 1667-8 and returned on 16 January 1956.
  2. The head of Oliver Cromwell was buried in a secret location in the College on 25 March 1960.
  3. At least eleven Sidney men worked on code-breaking at Bletchley Park during the Second World War.
  4. Samuel Ward (1572-1643), Sidney’s third Master, was one of the translators of the King James Bible.

How To Find Sidney Sussex College

Sidney Sussex College
Sidney Street
Cambridge
CB2 3HU

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