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. The racecourse is the underused entry here, its stands taking twelve to three hundred and fifty delegates with parking no town-centre address can rival.
What we bring to Taunton events
VR Clay Shooting
Somerset's field sport indoors, and rather drier than the Levels in February.
Explore VR Clay Shooting →
VR Golf
Famous fairways played from a Test-ground pavilion; the sporting fit is immediate.
Explore VR Golf →
Virtual Sports Day
Team rounds and a final — the county ground takes the full build comfortably.
Explore Virtual Sports Day →Team building, Christmas parties and celebrations in Taunton
Team building in Taunton
Somerset's county town runs on public-sector and agricultural-services employers, and their offices are modern enough to build in quickly. One trip here sensibly covers a wide rural catchment.
Team building →Christmas parties in Taunton
December is compact and local, with a handful of hotels and the racecourse taking most of it. Booking is easier here than almost anywhere in the South West.
Christmas parties →Birthdays & parties in Taunton
Detached homes and generous gardens are the norm, which suits us well, and the village halls scattered across the Levels cost very little to hire.
Birthdays & parties →The practical bit
Travel
Taunton and the surrounds carry no travel cost, with the broader county 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 020 3411 1264 — lines answered seven days a week.
What's the occasion?
Tap one to start — no account, no obligation.