VR Hire Taunton
A county cricket ground with rooms to 400 and events over 600, a racecourse conference centre, and a Grade I listed castle museum. Somerset's county town is compact, well-served and rarely offered anything like this.
We know Taunton's venues
Every significant venue here hangs off junction 25 of the M5 — it's the town's only motorway junction and a known pinch point, with no useful alternative approach from the north or east. That's the single most important scheduling fact in Somerset. When it queues, it queues for everything at once, so we time arrivals against it rather than against a distance calculation.
The Cooper Associates County Ground sits centrally with rooms to 400 and capacity over 600 for larger events, and it's the most flexible space in town. The racecourse adds the Orchard and Paddock stands for 12 to 350 delegates. For something with more character, the Museum of Somerset occupies Taunton Castle — Grade I listed, hireable by room or whole, and with full AV already in place, which is rarer in heritage venues than it should be.
Somerset CCC, rooms to 400, events over 600
Orchard and Paddock stands, 12 to 350 delegates
Taunton Castle, Grade I listed, room or whole hire
M5 J25, 11 rooms, Priory Suite 260 theatre
Grade II listed hotel, function rooms to 100
Blackbrook and Priorswood floors take a full build
Rooms we work in around Taunton and Somerset. The cricket ground trades under a sponsor name but is also listed as Somerset County Cricket Club and County Ground Taunton — all the same site.
What we bring to Taunton events
VR Clay Shooting
Somerset's field sport indoors, and rather drier than the Levels in February.
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VR Golf
Famous fairways played from a Test-ground pavilion; the sporting fit is immediate.
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Virtual Sports Day
Team rounds and a final — the county ground takes the full build comfortably.
Explore Virtual Sports Day →The practical bit
Travel
Taunton and the surrounds carry no travel cost, while the broader Somerset itemised plainly. Arrival times are set against M5 junction 25, which is the only realistic way into this town and behaves accordingly.
Booking
Cricket season shapes the county ground and December shapes the rest. Otherwise Somerset has genuine availability — this is a county that suppliers routinely skip.
Good questions, straight answers
Why does junction 25 matter so much?
Can you run an event in the castle museum?
Which name should we search for the cricket ground?
Do you cover the Levels, Exmoor and west Somerset?
How much notice do you need this far south-west?
Does the racecourse work outside race days?
Planning a Taunton event?
Tell us the date and headcount — quotes back within one working day, with Taunton travel and logistics already priced in.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 07306 803 133 — lines answered weekdays 9am to 6pm.
Get your Taunton quote
Tell us the date and headcount — quotes back within one working day. Prefer to talk? Call 07306 803 133.