- No. of meeting rooms: 7
- Meeting room max capacity: 350
- No. of Bedrooms: 495
- No. of car parking spaces:
- Nearest Motorway: A1
- Nearest Train station: London and Edinburgh
- Nearest Airport: Newcastle Airport
Van Mildert College has 125 ensuite rooms and 370 standard rooms contained in a series of six self-contained residential buildings with a central building providing meeting, dining and recreational facilities (including a bar/lounge) and a separate day-conference centre which is ideal for exclusive training and away days. The college buildings are grouped around a lake in attractive grounds. Meeting and dining facilities are accessible to non-residential visitors all year round by arrangement with the Conference & Hospitality Services Manager. During university vacations other rooms are available for seminars/break-outs and conferences can be accommodated in the residential buildings – Deerness (ensuite), Tunstall (ensuite 3 diamond), Tyne, Tees, Derwent, Wear and Middleton. The dining hall has capacity for 350. Detailed information, including lay-outs of rooms and buildings, is provided on the inserts contained in this section of the Van Mildert website.
| Suite Name | Capacity (people) | Dimensions(m) | |||||||||
| Theatre | Classrm | Boardrm | Cabaret | Banquet | Ushape | Rec. | H | L | W | A | |
| Junior Common Room | 80 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 50 | – | 80 | – | 10.4 | 3.6 | 37.44 |
| Adjacent to the Main Hall with a 10.4 x 3.6m raised dais, it is suitable for entertainment. Available in vacations only. | |||||||||||
| Lakeside Room | 40 | 30 | 20 | 40 | 40 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – |
| A small meeting or board room, most suitable for use as a dining room. | |||||||||||
| Library | 30 | 20 | 20 | 20 | – | – | – | – | 8.3 | 5.2 | 43.16 |
| Suitable for group discussion seminars and boardroom meetings. Available in vacations only. | |||||||||||
| Combination Room | 50 | 30 | 20 | 24 | – | – | – | – | 13.2 | 10.4 | 137.28 |
| Suitable for group discussions, seminars and boardroom meetings. Rail mounted flip charts and white boards Overhead projector and fixed screen Video player Laptop/Data projector for hire. | |||||||||||
| Kent Room | 12 | 10 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 5.5 | 4.6 | 25.30 |
| This is the reference room of the library and is ideal for small seminar groups. Available in vacations only. | |||||||||||
| Ustinov Room | 120 | 60 | 46 | 54 | – | – | – | – | 8.6 | 15 | 129.00 |
| A large room on the Main Reception level, ideal as a main function room. Rail mounted flip charts and white boards Overhead projector Video player Television Data projector and fixed screen Laptop for hire | |||||||||||
| Main Hall/Dining Room | – | – | – | – | 350 | – | 350 | – | 13.1 | 4.9 | 64.19 |
| This room has a 4.9 x 13.1m raised dais and a P.A. system. Screening is also available. It will seat 350 for banquets and is suitable for all types of entertainment. Available in vacations only. | |||||||||||
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