Find a unique academic venue for your next event
With over 35 years' experience of matching event planners with amazing spaces, the specialists at Academic Venue Solutions understand your needs.
Our friendly and passionate venue finding team won’t just help you to find the perfect venue, we’ll make sure you have everything you need for an exceptional event. If our venues are unable to help we will look at other academic venues across the UK.

A Collaboration comes to fruition with the opening of the Courtyard by Marriott Keele Staffordshire in February 2021.
It’s almost two years since the announcement of the collaboration between Keele University and Tower Hotel Management, to deliver the 150-bedroom Courtyard Hotel Keele Staffordshire, which opened on February 1st 2021.
View Promotion
Academic Venue Solutions Business Support and Training Packages
As an industry, we need to build and prepare for the future, to retain and support existing staff and when recruiting new people.
As we all move into the whole new world, post Covid, it will be even more important for your venue and your team to shine bright.
Customers will also be operating in a changing landscape – let’s make sure your teams are ready to deliver for them.
View Promotion
"WE'RE GOOD TO GO"
Academic Venue Solutions members venues are working with Visit Britain "WE'RE GOOD TO GO" scheme acquiring the Industry Standard mark, this means that it's business's have followed government and industry COVID-19 guidelines, have a Risk Assessment in place and a process to maintain cleanliness and aid social distancing.
View Promotion
Looking for accommodation only?
Looking for accommodation only? Look no further, follow this link to get access to hundreds of affordable rooms in Universities across the UK for short stays.
View PromotionKeele University Events and Conferencing
Keele University Events and Conferencing working with Visit Britain “We’re Good To Go” has acquired the Industry Standard mark.
Keele University Events and Conferencing venues provide a location that inspires, excites and leaves a lasting impression. We have an impressive range of conference and events spaces for small team meetings to events for 600 delegates. Choose from one of our contemporary campus venues during Easter and Summer vacation, or for a year-round venue delegates will be welcomed to the magnificent Grade II listed Keele Hall set amidst 604 acres of leafy landscape.
Our dedicated team of event professionals can offer conference event management in addition to introducing your to Keele University’s academic research and expertise, specialised learning environments, all providing conference and event organisers with everything you need to host your event at Staffordshire’s leading academic venue.
Covid-19 Update - February 2021
Keele University Events and Conferencing team continue to work remotely and are speaking to their clients planning events for 2021 and beyond.
More about this VenueChoose from our nationwide members academic venues throughout the UK
Whether you’re holding a small board meeting or a residential conference for hundreds of delegates, there’s an academic venue to suit your needs.
The thousands of spaces our members can offer include iconic, traditional buildings as well as purpose-built, state-of-the-art conference halls, in locations that range from vibrant city centres to rambling campuses set in acres of beautiful countryside.
Free venue-finding service
Let us help you find the perfect venue, free of charge. Tell us your event requirements and we’ll contact you with a list of the venues that most suit your needs.