Seminars and company events
Crieff Hydro hosts conferences, training days, award dinners and team-building programs for 6 to 800 people across eight event rooms, in a Victorian spa hotel on a 900-acre estate above the town of Crieff, in Perthshire, Scotland.
The venue sells day delegate and 24-hour delegate packages. The day package covers the main meeting room, tea and coffee, a two-course or working lunch, water stations, sweets, AV and stationery, Wi-Fi and parking. The 24-hour version adds a three-course dinner, a double room with Scottish breakfast and access to the leisure facilities. Rooms can be set as a boardroom, U-shape, theatre or classroom. Team-building formats run outdoors on the estate for groups of up to 600, with games such as Mini Highland Games, It's a Knockout and Krypton Factor, and the hotel can sleep around 200 participants. Gala dinners, AGMs, award ceremonies, graduations and Christmas party nights complete the program.
Weddings and receptions
Ceremonies and receptions take place in three rooms of the main building. The Drawing Room suits 50 to 80 guests and takes up to 130 for a wedding. The Ferntower Suite takes up to 140 and works for weddings of 80 and more. The Melville handles the largest celebrations, up to 400 wedding guests, with its own bar, cloakrooms, catering area and private entrance, plus air conditioning, an LED dance floor and a starlit cloth for the first dance.
Rooms and capacities
The Melville is the largest room, with up to 800 people for a conference. The Drawing Room, with Victorian fireplaces and a Church of Scotland organ from 1910, and the Ferntower Suite, a contemporary room with natural light and its own bar, take up to 250 each for meetings. Smaller rooms suit breakouts and training: Earn for 60, Highlandman for 40, the Cinema for 38, Barvick for 36 and Ferntower Upper for 30.
Accommodation
Delegates stay in the hotel bedrooms, and the estate also has self-catering lodges with views over the Strathearn valley. Guests have access to a spa, a pool, a sauna and a gym.
Catering
Food is prepared in-house, from working lunches and barbecues to three-course dinners and gala banquets. The hotel has several restaurants and a private dining room for smaller groups.
History and setting
The hotel has welcomed guests for more than 150 years, and its main building is listed Category B. The estate climbs into the Perthshire hills, and its activities range from archery and quad biking to golf and cocktail tasting, which gives groups plenty to do between sessions.
Getting there
Gleneagles and Perth are the nearest main-line stations, and Edinburgh and Glasgow airports are each about an hour's drive away. Parking is free for delegates.
