Colworth Park Conference and Events

About the venue

Colworth Park - The Stand Out Venue for Conferences and Events Opened in February 2011, The Exchange at Colworth Park, located 9 miles North of Bedford, is a modern 54,000 sq ft state-of-the-art centre with 20,000 ft dedicated to Meetings, Conferencing and Hospitality.

For over 60 years the Colworth name has been linked with science as the home of Unilever, but for the past five years it has quietly built up its events and conferencing offer. Set in over 100 acres of beautiful parkland, The Exchange offers a varied selection of Meeting and Conference suites, which provide the flexibility for a range of different layouts. From our 250 seat Lecture Theatre to smaller Meeting and Conference suites for 2 to 70 people, The Exchange is the perfect location for Board Meetings, Product Launches, Seminars, Training Courses, Client Meetings, Team Building Activities, Exhibitions and Evening Dinners. • Flexible room layouts with sliding door partitions • Room layouts can be arranged to suit your requirements • Dedicated in house hospitality chefs available to cater for all your menu and dietary requirements, from a working sandwich lunch to a hot bespoke themed buffet. • Our in house banqueting chefs can create bespoke menus to suit your event whether it be a small intimate 3 course dinner or a large themed event for up to 250 delegates • All rooms fully equipped with free AV facilities • Complimentary Wi-Fi in all meeting rooms and breakout space • Complimentary parking with up to 900 spaces • Natural daylight with beautiful scenery • Outside space ideal for team building activities Almost half of the centre is dedicated to meetings, conferences and hospitality - including a 250 seat lecture theatre, the location of this year’s FSB Bedfordshire Business Awards and the prestigious UKSPA conference, attended by leading figures across the science park sector. “Events like the recent UKSPA science park conference have been the perfect showcase for our great facilities and the top level of service we provide - thanks to the talented team we have in place.”

Meeting rooms

In the table below, you can hover over the underlined room names to see a photo of that room.

Room name

Capacity (people)

Theatre

Classroom

Boardroom

Cabaret

Banquet

Ushape

Rec.

Dimensions(H/L/W/A)

Maple

63

-

26

32

-

25

-

2.7/9.9/5.8/56

Redwood

84

-

36

40

-

29

-

2.7/9.9/7.9/77

Aspen

70

-

34

32

-

28

-

2.7/9.9/7.4/72

Maple & Redwood

150

-

30

70

-

-

-

2.7/13.6/9.9/134

Redwood & Aspen

120

-

30

80

-

-

-

2.7/15.2/9.9/150

Lecture Theatre

250

-

80

120

-

-

-

2.7/21.5/9.9/211

Oak

-

-

12

-

-

8

-

2.7/4.8/3.9/18

Cedar

24

-

16

16

-

14

-

2.7/4.7/6.1/28

Chesnut

24

-

16

16

-

14

-

2.7/4.8/6.1/29

Hawthorn

40

-

26

24

-

20

-

2.7/6.7/6.8/44

Willow

56

-

42

32

-

23

-

2.7/5.9/8.4/50

Conference Suite

88

-

48

48

-

36

-

2.7/12.5/6.8/84