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VENUE INFO For several months each year the college makes available its accommodation, catering services, meeting rooms and the services of an experienced staff for conferences, meetings and seminars. The setting, the exceptional facilities and the professionalism of our staff make Christ Church the perfect venue for all kinds of events.
• Christ Church has accommodation for up to 300 delegates in single and twin study bedrooms of good size and variety. One hundred and thirty rooms, including singles and twins, offer private shower and toilet facilities. All rooms are modernised and comfortably furnished and equipped with telephones and tea and coffee-making facilities. • Conference delegates take meals in the college’s magnificent Tudor Hall which seats up to 300. • An unsurpassed venue for conferences and events of all kinds. • Christ Church, the largest college in Oxford and among the best-known, is one of Oxford's premier conference locations. • A conference delegate at Christ Church has access to spacious quads and gardens, a renowned Picture Gallery, a Cathedral and the tranquil Christ Church Meadow.
Yes, you may know that over half of England’s Oxford educated Prime Ministers studied at Christ Church, but did you know that Cardinal Wolsey intended to enclose the wide perimeter of the main Quod?
used for scenes for the first two Harry Potter films, but did you know that students in Peckwater Quod chalk their annual sporting achievements on the walls of the buildings, currently showing more success for the ladies?!
You may know that Christ Church Cathedral is one of the smallest Cathedrals in England, but did you know that the small door at the back of the high table in the dining room leads to a rabbit like staircase and tunnel, the inspiration for Carroll’s “rabbit hole” in Wonderland?
Christ Church is open to visitors, subject to restrictions, but a private tour is a guaranteed opportunity to find out more about the inner workings and secrets of a slice of Oxford where time is always five minutes ahead of itself!
• As well as hosting conferences for many prestigious clients, Christ Church also runs its own events.
With many thanks to Head Custodian, Tony Fox, for a fascinating insight to an incredible College.
For enquiries about Christ Church Programmes, and Conference enquiries please contact: Philippa Duffin or Helen Weller. Tel: 01865 276174 / 286877
Yes you may know that John Wesley was educated at Christ Church before taking a fellowship at Lincoln College, but did you notice the rather modern looking contraption in one of the Cathedral’s stained glass windows dating back to the late 19th Century? Have a careful look, it’s a toilet, probably one of the first ever depicted in a stained glass window, along with a Welsh Dresser!
• Conference facilities are available for many weeks throughout July, August and September as well in the Christmas New Year and for several weeks around Easter.
Contact Tony at the e-mail below for your very own private tour of one of the world’s most fascinating attractions. www.chch.ox.ac.uk
It is a well known fact that the dining room was www.b4-business.com
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