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Westminster College:
loud and proud
Academic Venues
Westminster College, Cambridge, has a colourful history
with a modern twist for conferences
entrally located on the
famous ‘Backs’ in
Cambridge, and only three
minutes’ walk from the City
Centre, Westminster College gives
today’s organiser the perfect blend
of history and modern facilities.
Following a major refurbishment
and the development of the
award-winning Woolf Institute on its
campus, Westminster College is no
longer a ‘best kept secret’ among
the Cambridge college venues. Now
proudly and loudly, Westminster
College is hosting a wide variety of
events all year round, from day
meetings to weddings, graduation
balls to residential conferences.
Established in 1899, through the
determination and generosity, vision
and drive of twin sisters Agnes and
Margaret Smith, Westminster
College serves as a Resource Centre
for Learning for the United Reformed
Church (URC) and has a key role in
the development of students for
ministry within the wider URC
community.
The addition of the Woolf Institute
in 2018 added five modern, flexible
conference spaces to the
Westminster portfolio. From the
flat-floor-space KC Shasha Suite that
can hold up to 100 delegates in
theatre-style to the Weston Room
with a fantastic view of the
Cambridge skyline, the Woolf
Institute provides the perfect
contrast to the historical setting of
the main College buildings.
The original College has the
beautiful Dining Hall as its
centrepiece with space for 120
seated guests. The stained glass
windows, fireplaces and wood
panelling makes it the classic
Cambridge college dining setting –
complemented perfectly by a wide
range of meeting and dining rooms
offering flexibility in setting and
layouts. Whether using the Healey
Room with space for up to 35 in
cabaret layout through to the
beautifully intimate Gibson Room for
a smaller meetings or dining,
Westminster College provides a huge
range of opportunity.
Westminster
College is no
longer a ‘best
kept secret’
among the
Cambridge
College venues,
now proudly
and loudly
hosting a wide
variety of events
all year round.
Find out more
about Westminster
College at www.
westminster.
cam.ac.uk
www.conference-news.co.uk
The College recently hosted
award-winning tech company Let’s
Do This in the Woolf Institute over
summer 2019 as they brought
together their teams from around the
world to Cambridge. Using the KC
Shasha Suite, the Westminster team
created an office space for 35,
complete with power and Wi-Fi,
bike storage for the wide range of
road bikes used by the team each
day for training and commuting and
even a designated corner space for
the Let’s Do This office dog, Marlowe.
The event was a huge success
with head of operations, Genevieve
D’Arcy Owen, saying: “It’s been an
intense 6 weeks for the staff of Let’s
Do This, but I honestly don’t think
this would have been possible
without you and your team ensuring
that the Wolf Institute was set up as
a great work environment right from
day one, so thank you for
everything.”