VR Hire Oxford
The Examination Schools take 440 in the grandest room in the city, the Kassam runs 38 spaces with two thousand parking places, and Saïd Business School sits between them. Oxford's venues are extraordinary and its access rules are stricter than anywhere else we cover.
We know Oxford's venues
Oxford operates a Zero Emission Zone across nine central streets, charging any petrol or diesel van a daily fee between 7am and 7pm. That is a materially tighter rule than the clean air zones elsewhere — it catches compliant diesels too, not just old ones. We plan get-ins around the hours or use an electric vehicle, and either way it stays off your quote. Add the pedestrianised college quarter and the answer is always the same: the loading window gets agreed before anything is confirmed.
Outside the ring road it inverts entirely. The Kassam Stadium's conference centre offers 38 spaces and around two thousand parking places, which after the city centre feels almost decadent. Worth flagging that Oxford United have been pursuing a move to a new ground, so the football side's long-term future there is uncertain — the conference operation trades separately, but it's worth confirming at the time of booking. Saïd's Egrove Park campus gives another out-of-centre option with parking attached.
Oxford's largest historic city venue, 440 theatre
38 spaces, 2,000 parking places
Park End Street and Egrove Park campuses
Victorian civic building, 13 function rooms
Cathedral Suite to around 266, near the centre
Oxford Science Park and Botley floors fit us
Rooms we work in around Oxford and the county. Colleges hire privately too — if you have one in mind, send the name and we'll take up access with the domestic bursar directly.
What we bring to Oxford events
Real draw weight in a city of quadrangles; the setting flatters the format enormously.
Explore VR Archery →FPV gate-running for the science-park crowd, who compete like it's peer review.
Explore VR Drone Racing →Team rounds and a final — the Kassam has the floor space and the parking for it.
Explore Virtual Sports Day →The practical bit
Travel
Oxford and the surrounding county have travel included, Zero Emission Zone included. City-centre bookings get their loading window and vehicle sorted before confirmation — in this city that rule is enforced by camera rather than goodwill.
Booking
Term dates, graduation weeks and conference season all compress availability. Vacations are the sweet spot, and A December Friday wants six weeks' warning as everywhere.
Good questions, straight answers
How does the Zero Emission Zone affect our event?
Can you set up inside a college?
Where's the easiest venue for a large group?
Is the Kassam's future secure?
Do you cover Bicester, Banbury and the county?
We also cover
Planning a Oxford event?
Tell us the date and headcount — quotes back within one working day, with Oxford travel and logistics already priced in.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 07306 803 133 — lines answered weekdays 9am to 6pm.
Get your Oxford quote
Tell us the date and headcount — quotes back within one working day. Prefer to talk? Call 07306 803 133.


