Conferences, training days, banquets, Christmas parties and weddings for up to 220 people across nine meeting rooms, with bedrooms, suites and serviced apartments on site. The County Hotel stands on Neville Street in Newcastle upon Tyne, directly opposite Newcastle Central Station, and has received guests since 1874.
Seminars and company events
All nine meeting rooms are on the first floor, from 20 to 190 square meters. A plenary for 220 in theater style fits in the Mozart Suite, which divides into three rooms, Opera, Vienna and Waltz, for breakouts on the same corridor. Smaller daylit rooms with screens serve as boardrooms and interview rooms. The hotel sells meeting packages and private event packages, and runs Christmas private hire in season. Its position across from the station makes day meetings practical for delegates arriving by train.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel runs a wedding service with coordinators, dressed reception rooms and menus prepared for each couple, and guests can stay in the bedrooms and apartments upstairs. The County Suite and the Mozart Suite, each with a bar, suit a wedding breakfast followed by an evening party.
Rooms and capacities
Mozart Suite: 190 square meters, oak paneling and views over central Newcastle, with theater 220, banquet 150, cabaret 120, boardroom 100, U-shape 80 and classroom 70, and a private bar on request. Its three sections are Vienna (70 square meters, theater 100, banquet 80), Waltz (63 square meters, theater 80, banquet 40) and Opera (50 square meters, theater 50, banquet 40), all overlooking the station.
County Suite: 111 square meters under a 4.4-meter ceiling, with original stained-glass windows showing the County Arms of Northumberland and a private bar; theater 140, banquet 110, cabaret 90, boardroom and classroom 60, U-shape 50.
Strauss Suite: 46 square meters, lined with original bookcases from the hotel's former library, banquet 25, next to the Mozart Suite. Grainger Suite: 46 square meters, floor-to-ceiling windows and a 70-inch screen, theater 30, boardroom 22. Neville and Blaydon Suites: 20 square meters each, with 52-inch screens, theater 15 and boardroom 10.
Accommodation
Bedrooms run from City singles, doubles and twins to Deluxe doubles and accessible twins. Four suites complete the range: a Junior Suite, the City Penthouse, the West Wing Penthouse and a Presidential Suite. The County Aparthotel adds one-bedroom, one-bedroom penthouse and two-bedroom apartments, useful for project teams staying several nights.
Catering
The Hudson restaurant and the Hudson Bar serve the hotel. Menus for banquets, private dinners and weddings are prepared to order by the hotel kitchen.
History and setting
The County is one of Newcastle's original hotels, dating back to 1874, and its interiors pair 1930s grandeur with recent refurbishment. Several meeting rooms keep original features, from oak paneling and stained glass to library shelving.
Getting there
The address is Neville Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5DF, across the road from Newcastle Central Station, with direct trains to London, Edinburgh and York. Newcastle Airport is reachable by Metro from Central Station.
