VR Hire Exeter
An 825-seat conference suite at junction 30 of the M5, a cathedral with six hireable spaces, and a country house in university parkland. Exeter anchors the South West and gets served far less often than it should.
We know Exeter's venues
The historic core is bollard-controlled and pedestrianised, and the city genuinely runs on Park & Ride rather than expecting you to find a space. The pinch points are the Exe Bridges gyratory and junctions 29 and 30 of the M5, both of which reward local timing. It's a compact city and none of this is difficult — it simply needs someone who has done it before rather than someone reading a postcode into a satnav.
Sandy Park does most of the heavy lifting: the Exeter Suite seats 825 theatre-style with a Marriott attached, and it sits at junction 30 rather than in the city, which means parking and level access. Chiefs match days block it entirely, so those get checked first. In the centre, RAMM's Grade II galleries take receptions to 500 and the Corn Exchange offers a 500-capacity auditorium — both of them inside the bollards, both perfectly workable with the right window.
Exeter Suite, 825 theatre, M5 J30, hotel on site
500-capacity city-centre auditorium
Six event spaces in the cathedral and precinct
Grade II listed galleries, receptions to 500
Country house in Streatham Campus parkland
Exeter Business Park and Marsh Barton floors
Rooms we work in around Exeter and Devon. Sandy Park sits at the motorway junction rather than in the city, and Chiefs fixtures close it entirely — both worth factoring in. Reed Hall is the one to ask about for a summer away day: a country house in the campus parkland, twenty minutes from the motorway, with the sort of grounds that keep people lingering long after the finals.
What we bring to Exeter events
VR Sailing
Fleet racing for a county that sails properly; expect the estuary crowd to be quietly ruthless.
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VR Clay Shooting
Devon's field sport indoors — country-house away days ask for this one first.
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Virtual Sports Day
Team rounds and a final; the Exeter Suite has the floor for a full four-station build.
Explore Virtual Sports Day →Team building, Christmas parties and celebrations in Exeter
Team building in Exeter
The university and the science park supply most of our corporate work here, and both have modern floors with real access. Being the region's hub makes us efficient — one trip covers a lot of Devon.
Team building →Christmas parties in Exeter
Cathedral-quarter venues are the ones everyone wants and the ones with the trickiest vehicle access, so we plan the drop carefully. The science-park rooms remain available considerably longer.
Christmas parties →Birthdays & parties in Exeter
Family homes in St Leonard's and Pennsylvania give us space to work, and Devon's village halls are cheap, plentiful and entirely used to a loud afternoon.
Birthdays & parties →The practical bit
Travel
Exeter and the immediate area have travel included, with wider Devon itemised plainly. City-centre bookings get a loading window inside the bollarded core, and Sandy Park jobs get checked against the rugby calendar.
Booking
One of the more open diaries we keep, which is what being underserved looks like. Six weeks for December, though the remainder of the year the South West has genuine availability.
Good questions, straight answers
Do you really cover Devon, or is it a listing?
How does the pedestrianised core affect a city-centre event?
What's the simplest large venue?
How far into Devon and Cornwall do you go?
What notice do you need this far west?
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Planning a Exeter event?
Tell us the date and headcount — quotes back within one working day, with Exeter travel and logistics already priced in.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 020 3411 1264 — lines answered seven days a week.
What's the occasion?
Tap one to start — no account, no obligation.