Facilities available for Club or Society Hire
The
College Equestrian Centre is a championship quality venue within the Midlands /
Home Counties area. The venue is
easily accessible from most of the country being located within the A1 / M1
corridor, with easy access from the A14 (&M6).
Permanent facilities consist of the following:
Main
indoor arena of 30 x 60 metres
Indoor
collecting arena 40 x 30 metres
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Barriers between these can be removed to give a championship arena of 30 x 100
metres, or moved to give two optimally sized arenas
Outdoor
all weather arena of 64 x 84 metres
All
of the above arenas are on a top quality waxed surface& give a comfortable footing and maintain surface stability.
If required these arenas can be rolled to give a smooth flat surface.
This surface is suitable for horses, dogs, people, and vehicles.
Outdoor
sanded turf arena of 140 x 80 metres can be divided to suit classes.
This arena is gated at both ends to
facilitate its division if required
Outdoor
sanded turf warm up area / showing ring of 60 x 60 metres
All
of the above arenas are irrigated and permanently fenced.
Outdoor
sanded turf short dressage arenas, 6 of, 40 x 20 metres, and up to 15 acres of
mown flat grassland are also available
Cross Country Facilities
Courses at
Novice
Pre Novice
Intro
3'
2'9"
2'6"
Can accommodate training and competition requirements. Working hunter fences can be used to make a 2'3 or smaller track for schooling & training purposes
Stabling
We have 60 - 70 permanent stables always available for show use, and the ability to pull in additional high quality temporary boxes (Radford stables are 12' x 10' and being steel framed the doors don't fall off or the roofs blow away). If a booking can be held entirely within our own stables our charges are £25 first night, £25 second night, or £65 for longer plus a refundable clean box deposit. For larger shows where temporary boxes are required in addition the charge is £65 per stable for show duration. For this we act as stable booking manager.
Permanent stable layout here
Spectator
areas consist of a permanent 318 seat tiered gallery overlooking the indoor
arena, and a 66 x 4 metre covered viewing area to the outdoor arena that can
(comfortably) accommodate 200 people. There
are grassed banks overlooking the outdoor arena, and both arenas could
accommodate temporary grandstand seating (the fire exits and alarm systems
within the indoor arena complex are designed around a 1000 person seating
capacity).
Other
facilities within the arena complex include reception and office accommodation; toilet block consisting ladies, gents, and disabled (there is
a shower in the disabled WC); 100 cover cafeteria / restaurant with highly
flexible commercial kitchen (the cafeteria can also be formatted as a meeting
room); there is also a retail unit within the complex.
Events
run at The College are enhanced by our arena decoration, public address system,
and background music. Radio
microphones and network communication ensure that events can be run smoothly.
Other
facilities include large hard standing parking areas, (capacity 80 lorries or
300 cars) permanent stabling for 50 (with room to take unlimited temporary
stables) and a large area of grass paddocks.
Some of this grass area is seeded with a sport grass mix to give areas
for secondary competition arenas, while the rest is more than adequate for trade
and parking areas.
Novice,
Pre-novice and Intro cross country courses plus carriage driving obstacles are
set in 200 acres of grass and forestry land around the centre
Cost
of Facilities
Accurate
quotation will be subject to a detailed list of what facilities are required.
As
a guide:-
Indoor
and outdoor all weather arenas plus hard standing parking would be £1000 per
day weekends & bank holidays, a little cheaper midweek.
Additional
overflow parking and / or grass arenas would be £250 per day extra.
This
price includes use of our PA equipment required,
plus normal requirements for show office / toilets / catering availability etc.