Meeting and Conference Venue
The team at Holdsworth House is well known for hosting outstanding weddings. We're experts in running meetings and conferences in Halifax too.
So, hold your next large or small conference, meeting, team building or training event in our historic venue. Compare Holdsworth House to your usual meetings venue and you'll find our surroundings more interesting, more unique and more inspiring. In fact everything is above average, except the price.
Holdsworth House Meeting Rooms
For stimulating and productive meetings, choose a unique and interesting venue. At our historic manor you can switch off from the norm and get creative quickly.
Convene in one of four meeting and conference rooms, play in the paddocks, circulate in the courtyard and take a breather in the gardens. And with an award-winning restaurant, we promise you'll never look at conference food the same again.
All rooms have natural daylight and free broadband wifi. There's parking for 72 cars.
The Stuart Room
- The main conference room for up to 120 delegates
- Ground floor with car park access via double doors
- Bar, dance floor and cloakroom facilities
- Adjacent to the Colonnade Courtyard - the ideal breakout space
The Abraham Brigg Room
- Great training venue for up to 50 delegates
- Ground floor with car park access
- Quietly tucked away for productive meetings
The Ayrton Room
- First floor meeting room for 20 delegates
- Former bedroom used by The Beatles
- Rich in original features: fireplace, oak beams, mullioned windows
- Perfect boardroom with garden views
The De Aldworth Room
- First floor, south-facing room for 26 delegates
- Garden views; windows on three sides
- Popular for training or private dining
Room Capacities & Dimensions
| Stuart | Abraham Brigg | De Aldworth | Ayrton | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Ground | Ground | First | First |
| Theatre | 120 | 50 | 26 | 20 |
| U Shape | 50 | 25 | 15 | 12 |
| Lunch/Dinner | 120 | - | 20 | 14 |
| Buffet | 150 | 30 | 26 | 20 |
| Board Room | 30 | 20 | 16 | 14 |
| Width | 33'10"/10.30m | 16'8"/5.50m | 18'00"/5.50m | 15'6"/4.70m |
| Length | 55'5"/16.90m | 27'4"/8.35m | 18'00"/5.50m | 18'00"/5.50m |
| Height | 10'8"/3.25m | 7'8"/2.38m | 8'6"/2.62m | 11'00"/3.40m |
| Power Points | 20 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
Meeting & Training Packages
PAIN FREE PACKAGE
- £45.00 per delegate
- For up to 120 delegates
- Room hire
- LCD projector and screen hire
- Flip chart and paper
- Delegate stationery
- Tea and coffee on arrival
- Still and sparkling water on the tables
- Two-course fork buffet lunch
- Two servings of tea and coffee
DIRECTOR’S PACKAGE
- £75.00 per delegate
- Available for up to 20 delegates
- Room hire
- LCD projector and screen hire
- Flip chart and paper
- Delegate stationery
- Tea, coffee and freshly prepared fruit platter on arrival
- Still and sparkling water on the tables
- Two-course restaurant à la carte plated service lunch
- Two boosted break choices
BOOST YOUR BREAKS
Upgrade your tea and coffee break for an additional £6.95 per person and choose from:
- Health Conscious: fruit smoothies, flapjack
- Vintage Tea Party: mini scones and pastries, tea from our vintage crockery
- Summer Cooler: lemonade ice lollies or milkshakes with fresh summer fruits
- Winter Warmer: non alcoholic hot fruit punch, iced biscuits
Exclusive Use Venue and Team Building in halifax
Holdsworth House is the perfect meeting venue for a private conference or event. Make the manor exclusively yours and enjoy privileged, uninterrupted peace. If you decide to take exclusive use, your company will gain hire of all meeting rooms, gardens and 33 bedrooms ready for double, twin or sole occupancy.
Team building is ideal here too, with courtyards, lawns and paddocks to let imaginations run free. We work with professional team-building partners to offer activities to test your colleagues.
Find out more
AV HIRE
If you need to hire specific audio-visual equipment for your event, please call us for a quote.
CORPORATE ACCOMMODATION
You always get the best rate by booking direct but if you regularly travel to Halifax for business you may qualify for a corporate rate. Apply here
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY POLICY
Holdsworth House is an historic property and a building of local importance and significance. Dating from 1633, the manor is Grade II* Listed and so must follow specific rules and guidance in terms of its operating and maintenance.
The hotel is independently owned by the Pearson family. The Pearsons understand the importance of preserving, protecting and maintaining the manor for future generations of owners, guests and the local communities that it serves. The family is also very mindful of the impact the business has on both the local and global environments. We encourage guests, staff and workforces to consider the environmental impact their actions have whilst at the hotel.
Our team takes environmental and sustainability considerations into account in its day-to-day and long-term decisions/activities. For the list of considerations, please download the PDF
Contact Details
For meeting venue, conference, training or team building enquiries call:
Call: +44 (0)1422 240 024
Fax: +44 (0)1422 245 174
Email: meetings@holdsworthhouse.co.uk
Directions to Holdsworth House Halifax
FROM LEEDS AND M1:
Take M62 West and leave at Junction 26. Follow A58 all the way into Halifax.
FROM MANCHESTER AND M6:
Take M62 east and leave at Junction 24. Follow A629 into Halifax.
FROM HALIFAX:
Take the A629 signposted Keighley. Stay on the A629 for 1.5 miles, then turn right at the car showroom onto Shay Lane (signposted Holmfield and Holdsworth House). Continue for 1 mile, passing Trinity Academy on your left. Ignore sat nav directions to turn off this road. The Hotel entrance is on the right after Laurel Bank Close.
