External Lets

Locations & Lets

Venue hire for photography, film & television, corporate and sporting events.

Overview

The Haileybury campus sits in 500 acres of beautiful Hertfordshire countryside, just 20 miles from London, with easy access by road, rail, and air. Haileybury offers a rich mix of architectural style and wide range of spaces suitable for everything from filming period and modern drama, to hosting conferences and sporting events.

Elegant Georgian-style lecture hall

‘Big School’

Impressive large auditorium with mezzanine floor and impressive ceiling mouldings

The Big School building and space were designed by Simpson & Ayrton in 1912, with an interior characteristic of the rich taste of the Edwardian period.

An excellent venue for concerts, lectures, presentations and conferences.

• Mezzanine gallery

• 135” projection screen

Changing

Auditorium

24.9 x 16.7 m ceiling 10.6 m

Mezzanine

Bradby Hall

162 m2 Seat. cap. 320

10.1 m ceiling height

1888 red brick and timber performance hall with an all-round gallery, a warm atmosphere and pleasant acoustics

Designed by Sir Reginald Bloomfield in 1888, this stunning wood-panelled space offers remarkable acoustics whilst retaining an intimate atmosphere.

• All-round gallery floor

• Pipe organ

• Vaulted timber ceiling

First floor auditorium

15.3 x 10.6 m ceiling 10.1 m

landing lobby stage

Second floor (gallery)

7.1 x 8.7 m, ceiling 6.9 m

Chapel

Exceptional chapel building, used for services and choral performances

Our Chapel, built in 1876–78 by Arthur Bloomfield, was redecorated in the mid-1930s by Sir Herbert Bake. It is ideally suited to services, concerts and choir performances.

• Mezzanine gallery

• Klais organ

• Stained glass windows

• Decorative memorial plaques

37.6 x 19.3 m ceiling 24.2 m

Mezzanine/Choir Stalls Organ

Cloister Attlee Room

Cloister Library

Master’s Dining Room

and Common Room

143 m2 Seat. cap. 150

Large, elegantly furnished and decorated Regency-style dining room and anteroom.

• Herringbone parquet flooring,

• Feature window, with pleasant formal garden aspect

• Large dining table (9.2 x 1.6 x 0.7 m)

Dining Room

13.6 x 6.5 m ceiling 5.9 m

Table 9.2 x 1.6 x 0.7 m

Ornamental courtyard

lobby

Large formal garden

Common Room 9 x 6.1 m ceiling 3.3 m

Memorial Hall

Impressive 700-capacity wood panelled dining hall with high domed ceiling and mezzanine gallery

Designed and built by Sir Herbert Baker in 1932, our grand dining hall features wooden panelling and a high domed ceiling.

• Mezzanine gallery

• Thomson refectory tables & benches

Sports facilities

An enviable collection of indoor venues and outdoor sports resources

7 indoor sports venues

250 acres outdoor playing surfaces

All-weather pitches

Two Astroturf playing surfaces, Nunn and Theobald.

Athletic Development Centre

As well as a Fitness Suite in the Sports Complex, Haileybury has an Athletic Development Centre with state-of-the-art strength and conditioning equipment.

Athletics track

Throwing cage, long jump pit.

Cricket & Lacrosse pitches

Haileybury has three cricket pitches: Pavilion, Lower Pavilion and Lower Wood, the latter two also being used for Lacrosse. Cricket practise nets are also available.

Netball courts

Four outdoor netball courts.

Rugby/Football pitches

Nine pitches including the showcase field overlooked by Terrace, previously used as a training base by the Argentinian Rugby World Cup Team.

Sports Complex

Climbing Wall, Fitness Suite, Squash and Rackets Courts, Sports Hall and Swimming Pool. See following page.

Sports Complex

Indoor practice/competition venues for Badminton/Basketball/Volleyball, Fitness, Rackets, Squash and Swimming

A broad range of indoor sports facilities with nearby road access and parking and extensive changing facilities.

1. Climbing Wall 9 x 4.2 m, ceiling 7.2 m

2. Fitness Suite 19.6 x 6.8 m, ceiling 2.6 m

3. Rackets Court

Unique granite-walled building (c. 1896) with two period-detailed observation galleries. 18.3 x 9.1 m, ceiling 12 m

Galleries 3.7 x 9.1 m, ceiling 2.6 m

4. Squash Courts

Glass-fronted. Four courts, each 9.7 x 6.4m, ceiling 6 m

5. Sports Hall

Large uninterrupted space. 34 x 30.4 m, ceiling 10.9 m

6. Swimming Pool

Raised balcony areas. Hall 36.7 x 21.5 m, ceiling 7.6 m Pool 25 x 13 m (1.2–2.0 m depth)

5. Sports Hall 34 x 30.4 m, ceiling 10.9 m

4. Squash Courts (4)

6. Swimming Pool Pool

2. Fitness Suite

Terrace

Grand portland stone exterior with ionic porticoes by the National Gallery’s architect

Designed in 1805 by William Wilkins, the Greek Revival south front of what was once the East India College boasts three Ionic porticoes that precisely replicate architectural details from the Acropolis in Athens and achieves architectural drama by its sheer scale, 126 metres across.

Powerful scenic backdrop

Croquet lawn, arboretum & ponds

Other locations

Enquire for further information

Photos (left to right, top to bottom): Melvill ponds, Form Room Block, Clock House, Avenue, Memorial Quad, Melvill boarding house, Science Building, Art School, Library, Clock House,Terrace.

Notable hirers

Sport Saracens

Coaching, Teambuilding, Fitness

Tottenham Hotspur

Coaching

Stevenage Borough FC Coaching

Sunrisers Cricket Training facility

Argentina Rugby Rugby World Cup Hub

USA Rugby Rugby World Cup Hub

IAPs Hockey

Fixtures

IAPS Netball

Fixtures

Hertfordshire Hockey

Training, County Fixtures

Hertfordshire Rugby Training

Film, TV and photoshoots

Grantchester Kudos/Masterpiece

ITV

The Young Victoria GK Films

Momentum Pictures

Great British Railway Journeys

Boundless

BBC A Class Apart

Paloma

BBC

Prima magazine Photography

Hearst

Photos this page (left to right, top to bottom): Chapel Cloisters, Form Room Block, Science Centre (under construction, opening Autumn 2023), Red House, Boer War Memorial, ‘Big School’, Pavilion and Red House, Form Room Block and Avenue.

Our location

Rural Hertfordshire between Hertford & Hoddesdon, about 20 miles north of central London

By air

London Heathrow (50 minutes by car), London Stansted (30 minutes) and London

Luton (40 minutes) airports are within easy reach. London Gatwick Airport (75 minutes) is a little further away. All are served by rail links to central London.

By rail

There are two main railway stations close to Haileybury. Hertford North to London (Moorgate or Kings Cross) is a 40-minute journey. Broxbourne to London (Liverpool Street) is 35 minutes. Hertford North is a 5-minute car ride from Haileybury and Broxbourne is 10 minutes away.

By road

Haileybury is conveniently located close to the A10 and easily accessible via M25, A1(M), M11 and A414.

From the South East

Leave the M25 at junction 25 to join the A10 north (Cambridge), exiting the A10 at Hoddesdon.

From the South West

Leave the M25 at junction 21A to join the A405, then the A414 to Hatfield and on to Hertford. The B1197 leads to Hertford Heath village.

From the North

Leave the A1(M) at junction 4 for the A414 to Hertford, or leave the M1 at junction 7 (St Albans) for the A414 to Hertford.

From the East

Via the M11 leave at junction 7 (Harlow) for the A414 to Hertford.

For enquiries, further information and booking, please contact the External Lets team via bookings@haileybury.com or call on (0)1992 706 350.

Please note:

For some bookings, catering and/or IT/AV support may be available.

Many of our facilities are only available to book outside of our term times. However, where we can, we will endeavour to accomodate your needs.

Floor plans not to scale. Measurements approximate.

Luton

Stansted

Heathrow

Gatwick

London

Haileybury