Solent Views Ryde

About Venue

The conference centre at the Hovercraft Centre of Excellence is the perfect venue to hold conferences, board meetings and social events, offering the best views of the Solent in a large extendable conference space with sea views.

Home to Hovertravel, the world’s only year round passenger hovercraft service and Griffon Hoverwork’s Global Training Centre for hovercraft pilots and crew, this facility represents the pinnacle of six decades of hovercraft manufacture and operation. Your clients, customers and guests will have an experience unmatched anywhere else on the planet. If you're looking for a venue in Portsmouth or the Isle of Wight, Solent Views is the place. We can transport your guests from Southsea in Portsmouth to Ryde in just ten minutes by hovercraft, ensuring your guests enjoying a unique flight on the world's only scheduled, passenger hovercraft service. Solent Views offers unrivalled views from the spacious and modern meeting area, with a break-out room ideal for reception and break-out sessions, plus a smaller meeting room for 6 - 8 persons.