Harrogate International Centre
- Venue Type: Conference Venue, Purpose Built Conference
- Setting: City/town Centre
- Meeting Rooms: 18
- Car Parking: Onsite parking, Offsite parking nearby, Car parking for disabled guests
Contact Details
- Address: Kings Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5LA, United Kingdom
- Telephone: 01423 500500
- Fax: 01423 537210
- Contact: Mr John Wood, Business Development Manager
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About the Venue
Experience world-class conference facilities in Yorkshire’s favourite spa town.
Harrogate International Centre is equipped to the very highest standards in Europe
and provides first class facilities for major national and international events.
HIC’s 2000 seat conference auditorium is interlinked with eight purpose built
exhibition halls that provide 16,500m2 of exhibition space. The latest development
to the HIC complex is the superb new £5m Queen’s Suite providing essential additional
breakout space vital for major conferences and exhibitions. Incorporating one
large room capable of seating 600 people theatre style the Queen’s Suite is subdivisible
into any combination of up to ten fully sound proofed rooms each accommodating
50/60 people seated theatre style.
Full catering facilities are available at the Centre provided by HIC’s partners
Crown Venue Catering. The in-house Technical Production Team provides state of
the art lighting, sound and set design, there is full Event Management Support
and the HIC Accommodation Booking Service at Harrogate’s Tourist Information Centre
completes the Harrogate package.
HIC’s great location in the centre of the elegant spa town of Harrogate sets
it apart from other conference destinations. Step out of HIC and you’ll discover
a Harrogate that is much more than just a conference town with fabulous shopping,
stylish cafes, bars, excellent restaurants, welcoming hotels and a fascinating
spa heritage.
Rooms
For further information on each room, including accessibility information, please follow the links on the rooms below.
| Room | Dimensions | Maximum Capacity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | Length | Width | Height | Theatre | Classroom | Reception | Boardroom | Banquet | |
Hall A | 1600m² (17223ft²) | 79m (260ft) | 20m (66ft) | 4m (14ft) | 1000 | ||||
| Hall B | 1850m² (19914ft²) | 91m (299ft) | 20m (66ft) | 4m (14ft) | 1600 | ||||
| Hall C | 1900m² (20452ft²) | 95m (312ft) | 20m (66ft) | 4m (14ft) | 1600 | ||||
| Hall M | 1500m² (16146ft²) | 65m (214ft) | 24m (79ft) | 8m (27ft) | |||||
| Auditorium | 349m² (3757ft²) | 9m (30ft) | 2009 | 180 | |||||
| Queen's Suite | 650m² (6997ft²) | 24m (79ft) | 25m (83ft) | 4m (14ft) | 600 | 250 | 500 | 50 | |
| Hall D | 1120m² (12056ft²) | 34m (112ft) | 28m (92ft) | 3m (10ft) | 700 | 1000 | 700 | ||
| Hall Q | 4000m² (43056ft²) | 1000 | |||||||
| King's Suite | 405m² (4360ft²) | 25m (83ft) | 18m (60ft) | 3m (10ft) | 250 | 100 | 350 | 50 | 250 |
| Hall E | 1850m² (19914ft²) | 92m (302ft) | 20m (66ft) | 2m (7ft) | |||||
| Hall F | 1550m² (16685ft²) | 79m (260ft) | 20m (66ft) | 2m (7ft) | |||||
Facilities
Overhead Projector, Slide Projector, Wireless Internet Access, Multimedia Projector, Internet AccessDirections
Directions by Road
Nearest main road: A1
Directions from this road: Via M1 from south of Harrogate.
M1 north to Junction 48. Join the A1M northbound. Take the A661 Wetherby junction
and follow A661 to Harrogate or carry on to A59 Knaresborough/Harrogate junction – stay on A59 through Knaresborough
to Harrogate.
Via A1 from South/or North.
A1 to Wetherby exit – 9 miles to Harrogate (A661) or A1 to Knaresborough exit – 9 miles to Harrogate (A59).
From the West (Manchester or Manchester Airport).
M56 to M63 to M62 Junction 29 taking the M1 northbound to Junction 48 to merge
with the A1M. Travel north taking the Wetherby turning using the A661 to Harrogate
or carry on to A59 Knaresborough/Harrogate junction – stay on A59 through Knaresborough
to Harrogate.
From the East (Hull area).
From Hull take the M62 to Junction 29. Take M1 northbound then merge with A1M
taking the Wetherby turning using the A661 to Harrogate or carry on to A59 Knaresborough/Harrogate junction – stay on A59 through Knaresborough
to Harrogate.
From the East (York/Scarborough).
A64 to York – A1237 around north of York and A59 to Harrogate via Knaresborough.
Directions by Bus or Train
Nearest bus or train station: Harrogate.
Directions from this station: Harrogate Train Station is in the centre of Harrogate
and is a 5 minute walk to HIC.
Train services to and from London Kings Cross is run by GNER www.gner.co.uk. These run to either Leeds or York.
Regular services to Harrogate from Leeds and York www.northernrail.org. National Rail Enquiries Tel: 0845 48 49 50.
From the North and East connections are via York. From the West and South West
connections are via Leeds. From the South and South East connections are available
from both Leeds and York.
