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The Pitt Building

City Centre Venue
Light, Airy Rooms
Excellent Value For Money
Bespoke Catering Packages
Highly Regarded Events Team
Excellent Facilities

Introduction

The Pitt Building is located in central Cambridge and offers an outstanding range of modern conference facilities, combined with an historical atmosphere and first-class hospitality. Originally built to house Cambridge University Press, the University’s publisher, The Pitt Building has been one of Cambridge’s premier conference venues for over ten years.

The highly-experienced events team has a detailed understanding of the needs of events organisers, delegates and trainers. Motivated by delivering a first-class service that exceeds your expectations, there is a member of staff available at all times during your event to help you.

The facilities at the Pitt Building include 8 meeting rooms accommodating between 5 and 100 people. Room layouts are flexible, furniture is of a high standard and rooms are light and airy. All rooms benefit from an abundance of natural daylight, excellent WiFi connection throughout the building and high quality AV equipment.

Catering packages are varied, creative and flexible and range from breakfasts, and cold finger buffets to hot fork buffets and evening canape receptions. Dietary requirements are well catered for and bespoke menus can be offered.

The Pitt Building Events Team look forward to working with you.

Catering

The team at The Pitt Building look forward to working with you to prepare an exceptional menu to suit your event and budget. Menus are varied, creative and wholesome and can be tailored to the client’s individual requirements.

Catering at The Pitt Building includes working breakfasts, cold finger buffets, picnic lunches, hot and cold fork buffets or cocktail canapés.

All food is freshly prepared, beautifully presented and clearly labelled and special dietary requirements are carefully catered for. The Food Standards Agency recently awarded The Pitt Building a 5-star rating for very good hygiene standards.

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  • Rooms

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Breakout Areas

Theatre Layout Classroom layout U-Shape Layout Boardroom Layout Cabaret Layout
Bentley Room Bentley Room Bentley Room Bentley Room 60 24 20 24 30 View Media
Cass Room Cass Room Cass Room - - - 10 - View Media
Wright Room Wright Room Wright Room Wright Room 20 - - 14 12 View Media
Oriel Room Oriel Room - - - 24 - View Media
Thomas Room Thomas Room - - - 6 - View Media
Newton Room Newton Room Newton Room Newton Room Newton Room 40 16 15 24 24 View Media
Darwin Room Darwin Room Darwin Room 100 40 25 30 36 View Media

Dining Rooms

Max Diners Room Height Room Width Room Length
Bentley Room Bentley Room Bentley Room Bentley Room 50 3.6m 8m 8.6m View Media
Cass Room Cass Room Cass Room 25 3.5m 4.5m 6m View Media
Wright Room Wright Room 25 3.5m 4.5m 7m View Media
Oriel Room Oriel Room 30 8m 7m 11m View Media
Thomas Room Thomas Room - 3.5m 3.2m 4.8m View Media
Newton Room Newton Room Newton Room Newton Room Newton Room 100 2.8m 8m 14m View Media
Darwin Room Darwin Room 150 2.8m 8m 18m View Media

Main Meeting Rooms

Theatre Layout Classroom layout U-Shape Layout Boardroom Layout Cabaret Layout
Bentley Room Bentley Room Bentley Room Bentley Room Bentley Room 60 24 20 24 30 View Media
Cass Room Cass Room Cass Room - - - 10 - View Media
Wright Room Wright Room Wright Room Wright Room 20 - - 14 12 View Media
Oriel Room Oriel Room - - - 24 - View Media
Thomas Room Thomas Room - - - 6 - View Media
Newton Room Newton Room Newton Room Newton Room Newton Room 40 16 15 24 24 View Media
Darwin Room Darwin Room Darwin Room 100 40 25 30 36 View Media
Garrod Room Garrod Room Garrod Room Garrod Room Garrod Room - - 6 8 - View Media
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Venue Address

The Pitt Building
Trumpington Street
Cambridge
CB2 1RP

I would like to thank you for your really exceptional service. What you do is terrifically helpful; the responses I received from Colleges and hotels were marvellous. There is no doubt that, should I consider an event in Cambridge in the future, I will come straight to you first.