April 2009
Choose Hever Castle for your residential conference or day meeting
If you’re looking for a stunning location for your corporate or private event there are few places with a better heritage than Hever Castle.
Founded in 1270, the childhood home of Anne Boleyn and restored by the American millionaire William Astor in 1903, the castle is the perfect combination of grandeur and exclusivity.
Hever Castle and the adjoining Astor Wing are available all year round on an ‘exclusive use’ basis for conferences, day meetings and company away days. Taking just one group at any one time guarantees the privacy and seclusion to ensure any meeting or event is a success. It also means staff can concentrate fully on guests to ensure the highest standards of comfort service and cuisine.
There are three superb interconnecting meeting rooms, The Tudor Suite, all of which have lots of natural daylight, plus smaller syndicate rooms. Wi-Fi Internet access is available throughout the Astor Wing giving delegates the freedom to work wire free at broadband speeds.
A range of exciting outdoor team building activities can be organised from Laser Shooting, Archery and Duck Herding through to motorised sports such as quad bikes, apache cars, digger driving and reverse steer land rover driving. All outdoor activities are held on the Hever Castle Estate and we work closely with an outdoor management company who have all the equipment, staff and necessary expertise to make it a fun and memorable experience.
The Castle is set in over 600 acres including a 38 acre lake and four acres of formal gardens. Other facilities available to delegates at Hever Castle Astor Wing include an outdoor heated swimming pool, tennis court, croquet lawn and billiard room.
The award winning Hever Castle Golf Club is also available for use by all guests. The 18 hole championship course, known as the Kings & Queens, boasts an array of stunning holes to test even the most accomplished golfer but the beautiful surroundings make playing the course a real pleasure. There are a number of packages that can be tailored to suit everyone.
HEVER CASTLE sits in the Kent countryside in the village of Hever. Lavished with antiques and works of art, surrounded by beautiful and extensive gardens and steeped in history, Hever Castle is an excellent destination for a day out or location for a special function.
The castle is best known as the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, the second and arguably most influential wife of Henry VIII and mother of Queen Elizabeth I. It was at Hever Castle that Anne first met Henry who became infatuated with her after his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, failed to provide him with a male heir and he tired of his former mistress, Anne's sister, Mary.
If Hever Castle sounds like the perfect venue for your next event, contact our specialist Groups & Events Department who will be happy to provide you with further information and make all the necessary arrangements for you. Alternatively, why not take a look at some of the other venues mentioned in this newsletter - Buckingham Palace Experience, Royal Ascot and The River Terrace at Somerset House.
