Team Building Venues
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Finding the right venue is usually the hardest part of planning a team building day, and it is the part most people dread. Funktion Events runs a free team building venue finding service across the UK. Tell us your group size, location and what you want to do, and our team finds venues that fit, checks availability and pricing, and sends you a shortlist to choose from.
We have organised team building events since 2007, more than 10,000 of them, so we know the venues that actually work: the country estates with grounds for an outdoor day, the hotels with breakout space and rooms to stay over, and the city spaces for a half-day session. Whether you need a dedicated team building venue or a larger corporate event venue, we find the space and arrange the whole day around it.
Free venue finding, no obligation, and we come back within 30 minutes. Or call 0161 341 0052.
A Person, Not a Directory
Most venue sites hand you a list and leave you to it. You pick one blind, then chase each venue yourself for availability and a price. We work the other way round. You get a specialist who already knows these venues and does the legwork, so what lands in your inbox is a short list that fits your brief, with dates and prices confirmed. Options to compare, not a directory to trawl.
How Our Free Venue Finding Works
- Tell us what you needYour location, rough group size, indoor or outdoor, and any date in mind.
- We are in touch within 30 minutesIzzie, from our team, confirms the details and exactly what you are looking for.
- We find your venuesWe check availability and pricing and build a shortlist that fits, usually back to you the same day.
- You choosePick from the shortlist and we arrange the venue, the activity and the catering around it.
The venue finding service is free. Every venue we shortlist comes with a price, and it is the same price you would pay booking direct. We are paid by the venue, not by you, so there is no markup and no charge for the finding, the advice or the day-of coordination.
Types of Team Building and Corporate Event Venue
Team building and corporate event venues fall into a handful of types, and the right one depends on your group size, whether you want to be indoors or out, and whether it is a half-day session, an away day or an overnight trip. Here is how they compare.
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| Venue type | What it's like | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Country estates & halls | Private houses with large grounds and indoor space, often exclusive-use | Larger teams wanting indoor-outdoor flexibility and room to spread out |
| Hotels with meeting space | Function and breakout rooms, on-site catering and rooms to stay over | Away days and overnight team trips |
| City event spaces | Central venues that are quick to reach by train and close to bars | Half-day sessions and after-work socials |
| Activity & outdoor centres | Purpose-built sites with kit, space and instructors on hand | Active outdoor days and bigger groups |
| Unusual & heritage venues | Distinctive spaces like museums, sporting grounds or historic buildings | A day with a wow factor or a client-facing event |
| Your own office or grounds | Your meeting rooms, function space, car park or outdoor area | Smaller or indoor activities with no venue to hire |
Not sure which suits your team? That is what the finding service is for. Tell us the basics and we will suggest the venue types that fit and find real options.
Venues We've Worked At Across the UK
We have run team building events at venues all over the UK, from city-centre hotels and historic spaces to country houses, racecourses, stadiums and outdoor grounds. The ones below are just a handful of recent examples from more than 10,000 events since 2007, for teams from under 20 up to nearly a hundred.
North West
Waterfront hotels in Liverpool and country houses around Manchester.
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City-centre hotel function room. Qubed for a global shipping company, team of 20.
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Country house hotel with grounds. Indoor and outdoor Boomwhackers, Corporate Sports Day and Chocolate Making for an accountancy firm, team of 80.
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Central hotel function room. The Betrayers for an equipment rental company, team of 25.
North East & Yorkshire
Quayside hotels, a warehouse space and a racecourse across Hull and the North East.
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Quayside hotel function room. Qubed for a construction machinery firm, team of 20.
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Outdoor space. Battle of Olympus for an energy company, team of 42.
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Indoor space. Chain Reaction for a fresh produce company, team of 17.
Scotland
Historic spaces and hotels across Edinburgh and southern Scotland.
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Historic underground venue. The Main Vault for The Betrayers, a management consultancy, team of 50.
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Hotel function room. Chocolate Making for a pharmaceutical company, team of 28.
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Outdoor space. The Crystal Team Challenge for a building materials manufacturer, team of 14.
Wales
Stadium and city venues in Cardiff.
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Stadium event space. TV Tastic Quiz for a law firm, team of 70.
South
London park spaces and country house hotels across the South.
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Outdoor space with marquee and bar. The Crystal Team Challenge for a software company, team of 96.
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Country house hotel with grounds. The Crystal Team Challenge for a construction supplies company, team of 36.
Find Your Perfect Team Building Venue
Tell us your group size, location and date, and we will shortlist venues that fit, with pricing, within 30 minutes. Free, and no markup.
Find My Venue »We Arrange the Whole Day
Booking the team building activity is the easy bit. Then comes the venue, the catering, the timings, the teas and coffees, lunch, and making it all run to schedule on the day. That is a lot of separate phone calls. Give it to us instead. We arrange the venue, the food and drink and the activities as one package, run by one team, so you turn up to a day that already works.
We Deal With the Venue, Not You
It carries on behind the scenes. Before the day, our team coordinates directly with the venue: arranging access and set-up time to unpack, a slot afterwards to pack down, and sorting the details most people forget to ask, like parking, drop-off points and where your team actually goes when they arrive. You never see any of it, which is the point.
Or Run It in Your Office
You do not always need a venue. Office team building is a real option: if you have a function room or meeting space, we can run plenty of indoor team building activities right there, a crafty session for a team of 12, for example. Some offices have the grounds or car park for outdoor activities too. Only the largest outdoor events really need a dedicated venue. If your own space might work, just ask and we will tell you honestly whether it is up to it and what will run well in it.
Let Us Arrange It, or Do It Yourself
With Funktion Events
- One team finds the venue, checks availability and confirms pricing
- You pay the venue the same as booking direct, with no markup
- We coordinate access, set-up and pack-down times with the venue
- We sort parking, drop-off and catering, teas, coffees and lunch
- We run the team building activity on the day too
- One point of contact, in touch within 30 minutes
Arranging it yourself
- Search directories and pick a venue blind
- Chase each venue for availability and a quote
- Negotiate and book the venue yourself
- Arrange parking, access and catering separately
- Brief a separate supplier for the activity
- Juggle several contacts around your day job
What Every Team Building Event Includes
- We come to you – our event team travels to your office or venue anywhere in the UK, with all the kit and setup.
- A dedicated event manager – one point of contact who plans the day with you and runs it on the day.
- Free venue finding – if you need a space, we source the right one for your group size and location at no extra cost.
- Fully insured and ABTA-bonded (Y6501) – every event is covered and your booking is protected.
Teams We've Run Events For
Looking for a venue in a particular city? See where we run team building near you for local venues and activities. Browse the full range of team building activities to run at your venue, plan a longer corporate away day, or head back to our team building hub.
“People come to me stressed about the venue, and it is the bit I love taking off their plate. Tell me your numbers, your location and roughly what you want to do, and I will come back with a handful of venues that fit, with real pricing and dates, usually the same day. Then we sort the access, the parking, the catering and the activity, so all you do is turn up.”
Izzie
Senior Corporate Event Coordinator
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Tell us your group size and location and we will find you the right team building venue, with pricing and availability, usually the same day. It costs you nothing.
Find My Venue »Prefer to talk it through? Call us on 0161 341 0052