Sir John Eastwood Halls

This distinctive group of buildings covers 3,000sqm and features roll-over doors to allow large equipment to be displayed indoors. While the buildings retain their original purpose as a cattle shed, they also offer surprising versatility for a wide range of events.

The halls open out onto spacious grassed areas, perfect for animal or vehicle displays, camping, or team-building activities. With 10 bays of pens, plenty of power outlets, and large doors on both sides, the space is ideal for animal events — from bees and goats to calves, as well as horse and pony stabling.

The buildings also provide flexible indoor exhibition space, ready-made market stalls for antiques and craft fairs, and a unique setting for parties or barn-dance style events. The pens have even accommodated hundreds of displays and performances during events such as the Girlguiding Arts Explosion weekend.

A claim to fame? Makeshift showers rigged up for hundreds of runners at the British Schools Cross-Country Championships were famously used by Mo Farah after winning his first major title here at Newark Showground!