Venues

With sixteen flexible conference, exhibition and hospitality venues offering 14,000sqm of indoor space on our well-organised 84-acre campus, Newark Showground’s choice of flexible venues works for a range of indoor and outdoor events, from small business meetings to outdoor exhibitions.

A further 60 acres of former runways provides 8,000 free visitor parking spaces or can be hired for events in their own right. Camping and caravanning is often provided and managed by individual event organisers, with good on-site services and facilities available for a comfortable stay.

The flat site is divided into discrete zones and has four horse rings with collecting rings, three warm-up rings and several small animal rings. With free-draining sandy soil over gravel, the grounds remain serviceable when many other venues can struggle because of extremely wet weather.

There is also site-wide Wi-fi, CCTV, street lighting and floodlights around most of the site, including on the runway parking areas.

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Cedric Ford

The Cedric Ford


Perfect for conferences, small exhibitions and social occasions, the Cedric Ford can hold up to 1000 people. The Cedric Ford provides a popular turnkey solution for …

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Sir Stuart Goodwin


This generous room with its open-beamed ceiling accommodates many meeting styles and sizes, dinners, parties and formal wedding receptions for up to 110 guests. With its …

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Sheldon Suite


The Sheldon Suite is perfect for training seminars, board-room style meetings, presentations, this venue can hold up to 60 people. This room can also be used …

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Hollingworth Suite


This very discrete venue holds up to 10 people board-room style, and offers a calm, private space for strategic, planning or more confidential meetings. The room …

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Stanley Sheldon Hall


The Stanley Sheldon Hall adjoins the Crocker suite of three halls and can hold up to 1000 people. It is ideal for hire either alone or …

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Sir John Eastwood Halls

Sir John Eastwood Halls


This unusual group of buildings which cover 3,000sqm of space is currently being upgraded and rollover doors have been installed to allow for large equipment to …

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Joe Hallam


The Joe Hallam can hold up to 400 people and is regularly used as a restaurant, but is designed to have the flexibility to become anything …

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Newark Pavilion


The Newark Pavilion offers over 720sqm of space and holds up to 300 people. This venue is situated adjacent to the Cedric Ford and the Sir …

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President’s Suite


Accommodating up to 100 people, the President’s Suite works perfectly for any occasion. The unique venue is situated on the first floor of the Cedric Ford …

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George Stephenson Exhibition Hall


Licensed to hold up to 4,000 people, the George Stephenson is Nottinghamshire’s largest, purpose-built exhibition space. Built in 2005, it is highly versatile and one of …

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Lady Eastwood Centre


The recently re-built Lady Eastwood Centre can hold up to 1500 people. The venue offers 1,400sqm of clear, sparkling exhibition or conference space and 3 versatile …

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Crocker Halls


Available separately or as one joined-up venue, this space can hold over 2000 people. The walls between the 3 Crocker Halls can be removed to create …

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Outdoor Spaces


The flat 86-acre internal campus surrounded by 30 acres of runway is well-known for the vast range of outdoor events we host, many combining outdoor areas …

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