VR Hire Romford
An eighteen-acre conference campus with a 120-seat auditorium and parking for five hundred, a producing theatre serving Havering since 1953, and a greyhound stadium with a refurbished pavilion. East London's edge is better equipped than it looks.
We know Romford's venues
Romford sits inside the London-wide ULEZ, so a non-qualifying vehicle costs £12.50 every day it enters — ours clear it, which keeps that off your quote entirely, but it's worth asking any Essex-based supplier whether theirs do. The other practical point is that this town has no large purpose-built conference or exhibition hall of its own, which surprises people given the size of the place.
CEME is the answer to that gap, and it's a good one: an eighteen-acre campus at Rainham with a 120-seat auditorium, capacity to 800 delegates, more than five hundred free parking spaces and EV charging. It's about five miles from Romford town centre, a distinction that lands on the journey rather than the day. In town, the Queen's Theatre at Hornchurch and Ardleigh House cover smaller and more characterful briefs.
18-acre campus, 120-seat auditorium, to 800 delegates
Producing theatre serving Havering since 1953
Refurbished Pavilion restaurant, bar and terrace
Romford hotel with function and event space
Meeting rooms, conference and classroom layouts
Havering and Rainham business floors fit us
Rooms we work in around Romford and Havering. CEME sits at Rainham roughly five miles out — it's the only venue here with 500-plus free spaces, which for a large build makes it the obvious pick. The Queen's Theatre at Hornchurch has served Havering since 1953 and is the landmark of the group, though its raked auditorium means we work in the foyer and studio spaces rather than the main house.
What we bring to Romford events
VR Racing
Live lap times and race seats — the reliable centrepiece for an east London company night.
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VR Golf
Championship holes played beside the desks; the after-work format that gets rebooked.
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Virtual Sports Day
Team rounds and a final; CEME's campus has the floor space and the parking.
Explore Virtual Sports Day →Team building, Christmas parties and celebrations in Romford
Team building in Romford
Office floors around the centre and the business units toward the A12 both work well, and sitting beyond the charging zone spares you the complications inner London brings.
Team building →Christmas parties in Romford
Romford's December is busy, sociable and books hard — the town has a long-standing appetite for a proper night out. Hotel and club rooms go early.
Christmas parties →Birthdays & parties in Romford
Suburban housing across Gidea Park gives us plenty of room, and Havering's community halls take a big celebration at a fraction of central London prices.
Birthdays & parties →The practical bit
Travel
Romford and Greater London attract no travel cost, ULEZ included. CEME's Rainham campus is quoted with its five-mile distance shown plainly rather than folded into a Romford rate.
Booking
December fills alongside London's calendar. CEME has the best large-space availability in the borough by a wide margin, and midweek dates there are consistently open. CEME's campus availability is consistently better than anything in the town centre, so a large event is easier to place here than the borough's size suggests.
Good questions, straight answers
Does the ULEZ charge appear on our quote?
Where do we go for a genuinely large event?
Can you set up on an office floor here?
Do you cover into Essex from here?
How much notice is sensible?
Is there EV charging for suppliers or guests?
We also cover
Planning a Romford event?
Tell us the date and headcount — quotes back within one working day, with Romford 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?
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