Weetwood Hall runs conferences for up to 200 delegates in theater layout, smaller meetings across 20 conference and seminar rooms, exhibitions, private dinners and weddings, with hotel bedrooms, a brasserie and a pub on the same site. The four-star hotel stands in nine acres of woodland and gardens in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Seminars and company events
The hotel is set up as a conference venue first. All 20 rooms have built-in audiovisual equipment, the larger ones add a PA system with microphones, and video conferencing kit can be hired for hybrid meetings. Several suites are used for exhibitions and networking events. Parking is free, which matters for regional sales meetings and training days where most delegates drive. Delegates receive a discount card for The Brasserie and the Stables Pub, which helps when a group stays for dinner after the last session. On-site sports training facilities also make the hotel a base for team training camps.
Weddings and receptions
Weetwood Hall sells wedding packages and offers venue tours to couples. The Lawnswood Suite is listed for weddings and private dinners, with a breakout area that can run as a licensed bar for the drinks reception and a patio outside for warmer days. Rooms in the historic Manor House, including the Jacobean Room, give a smaller and older setting for part of the day.
Rooms and capacities
The Lawnswood Suite is the largest space: 174.8 square meters on the ground floor, seating 200 in theater rows, 120 in cabaret, 75 in classroom, 50 around a hollow square, 44 in a U-shape and 40 in boardroom layout. It can be split in two and has adjustable colored lighting, two screens, plasma repeat screens, wireless microphones, HDMI and Clickshare connections and air conditioning. The Headingley Suite is the second largest room and suits presentations and networking. The Bramley Suite has its own breakout area for seminars, and the Cookridge Suite divides into two spaces. Syndicate rooms serve interviews and small groups, and three meeting rooms in the Manor House have fireplaces or cartouche ceilings.
Accommodation
The hotel has bedrooms in several categories, so residential conferences and wedding guests can stay on site. The website does not give a total room count, so the events team should confirm how many can be held for a group.
Catering
The Brasserie serves Yorkshire cooking, and the Stables Pub, which welcomes dogs, pours local drinks. Refreshments for conferences are served in the breakout areas next to the suites.
History and setting
The hotel grew around a 17th-century Jacobean manor house, with parts of the building dating back to 1540. The wings for meetings and bedrooms sit around the old house, inside nine acres of woodland and gardens that work well for breaks and photographs.
Getting there
Weetwood Hall is on the north side of Leeds and is described by the hotel as a gateway to the city and the Yorkshire Dales. Free parking makes arrival by car simple, and Leeds city center, with its main railway station, is a short taxi ride away.
