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VR Hire Worcester

A cathedral with an Undercroft you can dine in, a racecourse on the riverbank with sixty-plus suites, and a rugby ground straight off the M5. Worcester's event rooms are unusually good and unusually close together.

Worcester & WorcestershireSevern crossings plannedRiverside venues
Local knowledge

We know Worcester's venues

The Severn is the thing to understand. Only two road bridges cross it in the city, so anything on the far bank at the wrong moment adds real time — and the river floods with some regularity. Pitchcroft, where the racecourse sits, is on the floodplain and its car park goes under most winters. That doesn't stop events there; it just means a winter booking gets a conversation about contingency rather than a shrug.

The rest is refreshingly straightforward. Sixways sits right by junction 6 of the M5 with room for 500 and parking to match, the University Arena offers a 1,300-seat hall and a riverside conference suite, and Bank House out at Bransford gives you a country hotel with capacity for 400. The cathedral's Undercroft seats a smaller group in a genuinely extraordinary room. Worth noting Sixways changed hands after the 2022 administration and has been trading normally for events since.

Sixways Stadium

M5 J6, spaces for up to 500

Worcester Racecourse

Pitchcroft riverside, 60+ suites, free parking

Worcester Cathedral

Nave hire plus the Undercroft, 95 seated

University of Worcester Arena

1,300-seat hall and riverside suite

Bank House Hotel

Bransford country hotel, capacity to 400

Your office

Blackpole and Shrub Hill floors fit us

Rooms we work in around Worcester and the county. The riverside venues are the loveliest and the most weather-dependent — worth factoring in if your date is a winter one.

The experiences

What we bring to Worcester events

VR Clay Shooting at a Worcester event

VR Clay Shooting

Worcestershire's field-sport staple, indoors and immune to a flooded field.

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VR Golf at a Worcester event

VR Golf

Signature holes from a racecourse suite with the Severn out of the window.

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Virtual Sports Day at a Worcester event

Virtual Sports Day

Team rounds and a final — Sixways has the floor and the parking for the full build.

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Also in Worcester: Racing · Archery · Tennis · Sailing · Drone Racing
Travel & booking

The practical bit

Travel

Travel within Worcester and the surrounding county is included in every quote. Winter riverside bookings get a flood contingency agreed at quote stage, because the Severn has a long history of making that decision for everybody.

Booking

Race meetings and December tighten things; the rest of the year is open. Summer riverside dates are the ones worth booking early, for obvious reasons.

Worcester FAQs

Good questions, straight answers

Does flooding actually affect events here?
It affects access rather than the event. Pitchcroft's car park goes under most winters and the Severn's two city bridges get busy when it does. A winter booking on the riverbank gets a contingency conversation up front — which is a great deal better than having it on the day.
What's the simplest space to set up in?
Sixways, comfortably. It's at junction 6 of the M5, has level access, generous power and its own parking — everything that makes a build hour genuinely an hour.
Can you run something inside the cathedral?
The Undercroft takes around 95 seated and is one of the more atmospheric rooms in the West Midlands. As with any building of that age, protective matting and the approach are arranged well in advance.
Do you cover Malvern, Evesham and the wider county?
Yes, along with Kidderminster, Bromsgrove and Redditch, with any mileage set out clearly on the quote. Worcestershire's country-house hotels are regular ground too.
What lead time suits best?
A fortnight covers most dates. December runs to six weeks, and race days at Pitchcroft are worth checking if your event is on that site.
Is the University Arena a practical venue?
A 1,300-seat hall with a riverside conference suite alongside, so it handles both a presentation and a tournament floor. Being purpose-built, the access and power are considerably simpler than the historic venues.
Nearby

We also cover

BirminghamCheltenhamGloucesterTelfordKidderminsterMalvernRedditchEveshamBromsgrove
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