Opposite page: Chelmsford Riverside; Left: Osea Island;
Below from top: Anglia Ruskin University’s Marconi Building; Hylands House; Waterfront Place; Essex Record Office
three of its four meeting and event spaces overlook the Chelmer and Blackwater canal. The Chelmer Hall, originally part of the first inland coal-fired gas works, has room for up to 200 delegates theatre-style – the same as the venue’s Upper Hall. The Café seats 100 people theatre-style and 40 in a boardroom set up, and the Horizon Suite can host a maximum of 40.
On a Shoestring Essex Record Office
Address: Wharf Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 6YT Tel: 01245 244644 See:
www.essex.gov.uk/ERO The county’s hub of historic information and records has a number of meeting rooms and spaces available for private hire. The largest is the Spalding room with capacity for up to 140 delegates and the smallest, the Andre room, is suitable for up to 12 people. Others range in capacity from 16 to 32 delegates and there’s an option of hiring three adjacent rooms together with a breakout area. Equipment available for hire includes media projectors, flip charts and AV systems. The ERO does not offer a catering service but can assist with arranging external contracts.
Small but Perfectly Formed Moulsham Mill
Address: Moulsham Mill, Parkway, Chelmsford, CM2 7PX Tel: 01245 608200 See:
www.moulshammill.co.uk Incredibly, a mill has stood on this particular site for over 1,000 years – and was listed in the Domesday Book – but the existing grade-II listed building dates back ‘only’ to 1819. Today, it is a booming craft and business centre home to numerous small companies
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and a ‘virtual office’ service. A conference room can host up to 90 people while office space is also available to hire on a longer-term basis.
Wired Up Anglia Ruskin University
Address: Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 1SQ Tel: 0845 196 6707 See:
http://business.anglia.ac.uk The Chelmsford campus of the Anglia Ruskin University (based in Cambridge) has undergone significant investment in recent years and most of the buildings at the Rivermead site are less then ten years old and come complete with state-of-the-art technology and AV facilities. Among the venues available for hire are 400 and 200-seat lecture theatres – plus two smaller lecture theatres – as well as specialist units such as a mock law court, clinical skills lab, operating theatre and a research institute.
Chelmsford info
Contact: Carol Jolly, Membership & Business Tourism Manager. Tel: 01245 435152 or email
carol.jolly@
essex.gov.uk. For further information see:
www.visitessex.com/business Getting there: By car, Chelmsford is around 60 minutes from central London and 30 minutes from both Stansted Airport (to the north) and Southend Airport (to the south). London City Airport is a 45-minute drive away. The train journey between Chelmsford and London Liverpool Street stations takes a little over 30 minutes and there are regular services.
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