Rothamsted Enterprises Conference Centre, The Hive

About Venue

As part of the Rothamsted campus in Harpenden, Rothamsted Conference Centre has a wide range of event and meeting spaces available to hire, and is one of the largest conference spaces in Hertfordshire. Our purpose built centre provides an extensive range of first class facilities, including:

A tiered 300 seat auditorium, with state of the art audio visual and media streaming capabilities
A large galleried area for exhibitions and displays that can also serve as an auditorium to seat up to 200
An internal plaza where delegates can enjoy refreshments and network
An 80 seat visualisation suite optimised for group interaction
Six break out meeting rooms to accommodate 10-80 people, ideal for sessions in boardroom, cabaret or theatre styles
An in-house restaurant offering a full menu of freshly prepared sustainable food to suit your event, with excellent DDR packages or dry hire available.
All our event spaces have been fitted with modern technology, including high-quality AV equipment, digital presentation facilities and a high speed Wifi connection.
Plenty of free parking on-site


The Hive is an interactive workshop area where groups can immerse themselves, explore ideas, learn and find solutions. The room enjoys a bright, vibrant colour scheme, moveable whiteboards (must be requested at time of booking), a refreshments point outside the room, flexible seating and multiple screens.

It has two large, wall-mounted screens which can connect to two laptops.

The room is usually set up in theatre style with 40 scholar chairs and 4 relaxed chairs. This creates a flexible meeting space, perfect for workshops, training sessions, seminars, or more informal meetings.

Our scholar chairs are fully mobile with a foldable work surface, that can accommodate right or left-handed users. The work surface can be folded neatly to the rear. Integrated under-seat storage and a cup holder mean you can relax in the knowledge that there won’t be any coffee spills and plenty of space to work.

Large projector screen
1 lectern mic
2 lapel mics
Laptop
Presentation clicker
Can stream the Auditorium feed onto the projector in this room
Flexible lighting