VR Hire Richmond
An international rugby stadium with its own hotel, a botanic garden that hires three separate buildings, and a Grade II* former church in Teddington. Richmond upon Thames has the most distinctive venue list in west London.
We know Richmond's venues
Never book a Twickenham load-in on a match day. Internationals put around 82,000 people through the area with wide road closures, nothing else in this borough disrupts a schedule so completely. The fixture list gets checked first, every time. ULEZ applies across the whole area too — £12.50 daily for a van that fails the standard — but ours all pass, so it never reaches your quote.
Kew Gardens is the other venue needing genuine planning: it's a UNESCO World Heritage Site with tight controls on vehicle movement inside the estate, so access to Cambridge Cottage, the Nash Conservatory or the Banks Building is arranged well ahead rather than on arrival. One naming point that catches people out — Twickenham Stadium became Allianz Stadium in 2024, though most listings, signage and directions still use the old name, so put the postcode on the invite.
Large-scale conference spaces, hotel on site
Harlequins, ten versatile event spaces
Cambridge Cottage, Nash Conservatory, Banks Building
Ballroom banqueting for 180, above the town
Grade II* former church, Teddington, 20 to 250+
Richmond and Twickenham floors take a full build
Rooms we work in around Richmond and Twickenham. The stadium was renamed Allianz Stadium in 2024 but almost all signage and directions still say Twickenham — use the postcode on invitations.
What we bring to Richmond events
VR Tennis
Fast multiplayer rallies — the format that gets a riverside room out of its chairs.
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VR Golf
Signature holes from a hotel above the Thames; a properly good client evening.
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Virtual Sports Day
Team rounds and a final; the stadium spaces take a four-station build with ease.
Explore Virtual Sports Day →Team building, Christmas parties and celebrations in Richmond
Team building in Richmond
Media and professional employers along the river make up the local calendar, and parking restrictions mean we confirm the drop point before the date rather than after.
Team building →Christmas parties in Richmond
Riverside pubs and hotels take December here and they are small, expensive and gone by October. An office event is frequently the more sensible answer.
Christmas parties →Birthdays & parties in Richmond
What a period home here can accommodate differs wildly from street to street, so send a photo first. Sports clubs along the river will host a larger celebration comfortably.
Birthdays & parties →The practical bit
Travel
Richmond along with the capital carry no travel cost, ULEZ absorbed. Twickenham fixtures are checked before any quote, and Kew jobs get their estate vehicle access arranged rather than assumed.
Booking
Rugby internationals and December between them govern this diary. Kew books furthest ahead, especially for summer evenings, and the fixture list is worth consulting before you pick a date at all. The Landmark Arts Centre out at Teddington is the useful counterweight to all of it — a large, high-ceilinged Grade II* space sitting well clear of the match-day cordon, so it stays bookable on precisely the weekends when everything nearer the stadium does not. Worth asking about early if your only free dates fall in the autumn.
Good questions, straight answers
What happens on a Twickenham match day?
Can you run an event at Kew?
Which stadium name should we use?
Does ULEZ affect the price?
What suits a riverside venue here?
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Planning a Richmond event?
Tell us the date and headcount — quotes back within one working day, with Richmond travel and logistics already priced in.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 020 3411 1264 — lines answered seven days a week.
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