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MEETINGS AND EVENTS

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The Lygon Arms has been hosting meetings and events for much of its 600-year history; our historical coaching inn of importance and central to the planning and plotting of both sides during the civil war that resulted in the Battle of Worcester that shaped British politics.

If only walls could talk!

Today, The Lygon Arms offers an atmospheric, cosy retreat for meetings and events. The Lygon sits in the heart of the chocolate box, quintessentially English village of Broadway - the jewel of the Cotswolds. Accessible, just two hours from London and hour from Birmingham and Bristol, making it an excellent central meeting location with ample free parking and helipad.

Behind the 14th-century coaching inn’s façade are three elegant, historical function rooms and an immaculately maintained 3-acre secret garden, offering ample space for a variety of events inside or out. Countryside pursuits, activities or experiences can be tailored to suit your time and budget. Perfect for client meetings, events, incentives or teambuilding.

With menus created by James Martin you can experience expertly curated dishes throughout your stay from breakfast, delegate lunch to private dinner, paired with the best Champagne and wines from our specially selected partners.

Our 86 unique guestrooms and suites offer all of your home comforts and are elegantly furnished, many with unique period features, illustrative of the history of the building.

Guests can enjoy the hotel facilities and grounds including The Lygon Spa which provides tranquility to relax and unwind. We have a fully air-conditioned gym with Technogym equipment for the more energetic and a 14-metre swimming pool. Poolside you will find a hot tub and communal steam room plus a sauna located in each of our changing rooms.

CROMWELL ROOM

Experience the historic function space of The Cromwell Room, filled with history. Typical Cotswold stone and wood-panelled walls set the scene for where Oliver Cromwell stayed in 1651, the night before the Battle of Worcester.

DRAWING ROOM

The Drawing Room is flooded with natural daylight from a large bay window and has a beautiful aspect overlooking the courtyard.

EDINBURGH ROOM

The Edinburgh Room is a bright, airy and contemporary room with large windows allowing daylight to flood in along with access to a balcony. It is ideal for any purpose, from larger theatre-style presentations to a standing reception or private dining and banqueting.

SADDLE ROOM

A flexible space for informal meetings, on property office space or private check in for your delegates on arrival.

THE CHAMPAGNE BAR

The Champagne Bar is an inviting pre and post dinner drinks bar in Grill restaurant and offers a semi-private dining area.

RUSSELL ROOM

The wonderfully elegant Russell Room - normally the perfect setting to partake in our delectable afternoon tea or relaxed dining - can be utilised to suit your event when the hotel is exclusively hired.

TAPESTRY LOUNGE

One of The Lygon lounges with wood-panelling and a real fire for a sumptuous atmosphere, ideal for pre-dinner drinks, or to relax and unwind after dinner.

Our traditional ‘Tavern’ has a relaxed and rustic appeal offering a cosy space that can be hired exclusively for smaller intimate private parties and functions.

EXCLUSIVE USE

Exclusive use of The Lygon Arms is perfect for showstopper events to wow your guests. Taking exclusive use allows your event to sprawl creatively through our intimate lounges and bars, gardens, courtyard and all three of our function rooms in addition to Grill, the hotel’s atmospheric historic restaurant. With beautiful, vaulted ceiling, polished oak panelling and Minstrel’s Gallery, Grill is the perfect setting for your main event.

We are delighted to be able to support any event ranging from presentations, board meetings, private dinners or special functions with great service and attention to detail, to ensure you have a memorable and successful experience.

Take over The Lygon Arms exclusively for your event, for something really special in the Cotswolds.

All of our 86 rooms and suites for single or double occupancy.

• Private use of all function rooms

• Private use of communal areas and lounges

• Private use of the restaurant and bar areas

• Dedicated event manager for the duration of your stay

• Complimentary WiFi in all public areas and bedrooms

• Complimentary car parking

• Use of the fitness suite

• Use of the heated indoor swimming pool, spa, sauna and steam room

Price available upon request for exclusive use. A minimum food and beverage spend is required for exclusive use bookings.

Exclusive use starts from 4pm on the intended day of arrival and ends at 11am the following day. A minimum two night stay applies at weekends. Please be aware of areas that will not be exclusive use during your stay at The Lygon Arms: The Spa and Fitness Suite and Tavern.

A stunning backdrop to any special event or occasion, the intimate setting of ‘Grill’ in the Great Hall whispers history from the vaulted ceiling decorated with antler chandeliers, to the windows overlooking this enchanting village, and overlooked by the window from the Cromwell Room where Oliver Cromwell once addressed his men before battle in 1651. Book exclusive use of The Lygon Arms to make this magnificent dining room your own.

INTERNAL EVENT SPACES

EXPERIENCE

At The Lygon Arms, we can offer unique and bespoke creative experiences and activities to incentive and reward your employees, providing memorable days that beat all others in engagement and provide picture-worthy talking points for those all-important social media posts.

A selection of country pursuits can be tailored to suit your time and budget: any one of them will make an entertaining standalone activity or can be combined with others for an exciting multi-activity event. On site activities include archery, falconry, axe throwing, crossbow, laser clay pigeon shooting, ferret or duck racing.

Off-site our team can help arrange activities including treasure hunt, walking tours, cycling, forest walks, tree planting, shooting, quad biking and horse riding.

Or you can choose to up the ante and opt for a high end, prestigious experience such as taking a private tour of the Morgan Motorcar Factory, then have a Morgan sports car for the day to take for a spin through the countryside, experience the Cotswolds with local wine, whisky, gin or beer tasting and tour, bring history to life with interwoven corporate or personal messaging with an immersive dinner experience or sit back and enjoy a guest appearance from celebrity chef James Martin.

FITNESS AND WELLNESS

Overnight guests can enjoy the peace and tranquillity of The Lygon Spa to relax and rewind. Pop on that soft fluffy white robe and all of the stresses start to melt away. Treatments* are available to book in advance or on the day subject to availability.

Facilities include a 14 metre swimming pool, gymnasium, jacuzzi, steam room, sauna and a timetable of classes in the fitness studio*.

Outside of timetabled classes, our fitness studio and PT can be hired for your event. A great way to energise your team at the beginning of the day with a wake up power or stretch session or relax at the end of a long day with Tai Chi or yoga.

*Additional costs apply

GARDENS AND OUTDOOR SPACE

Behind The Lygon’s historic coaching inn’s façade, an immaculately maintained 3-acre secret garden offers ample space for outdoor entertaining and activities.

Two courtyards, 3 lawned gardens, a knot garden, an activity field and helipad ideal for all ages to have fun and frolics.

SUSTAINABILITY

The Lygon Arms are delighted to have partnered with FuturePlus, an award-winning sustainability management and reporting platform that empowers companies to understand, measure, evidence and report sustainability impact and goals.

Through this programme we have adopted a future-focused view of what makes a sustainable business, assessed across five key themes: Climate, Environment, Social, Economic and Diversity and Inclusion, measuring our current impact, what we want to achieve in the future and helping us to achieve this.

INITIATIVES INCLUDE:

• Committing to the sensitive custodianship of the hotel and estate, maintaining and protecting the historical building and its heritage.

• Conducting all business dealings with integrity and respect to human rights, promoting safety and the highest standards of ethics and professionalism.

• A commitment to legality and a willingness to observe community values and protect the natural environment.

• Communicating our environmental and corporate social responsibility policy to all teams and managers. Developing greater awareness of the importance of implementing the strategy, including establishing annual departmental awards and nominating ‘champions’ within the teams to drive forward initiatives.

• Continuing to operate sound business practices which identify the financial and environmental importance of reducing waste, improving energy efficiency and conserving and recycling materials.

• To make guests visiting our property aware of our corporate social responsibility policy and the initiatives taken, and to actively seek to improve our levels of service without prejudicing our guests’ enjoyment.

• To review the environmental policies of all our suppliers and actively encourage good environmental practice wherever possible.

• To continue to source local produce within the framework of good financial management without compromising on the quality of the ingredients supplied.

• To work with the environmental agencies to monitor the flora and fauna on all our estates.

• Good stewardship of the estates including the planting of native species of trees, developing wildlife habitats and minimising our environmental impact on the areas of special interest.

• To actively lobby against any activities which could prejudice the harmony and amenity of the environment and community locally.

• To work with schools and colleges to promote initiatives to train and develop skills amongst their students and to take part in national and international training initiatives that support good practice, service and environmental awareness.

• To work with nominated local charities and organisations to assist in their fundraising and environmental awareness campaigns when possible.

• To encourage clients using the meeting and conference facilities within Iconic Luxury Hotels’ properties to participate in local schemes that ‘give-back’ to the community, including clean-up campaigns, working on projects for schools and community schemes.

HEART OF ENGLAND

FOREST

As part of our commitment to sustainability The Lygon Arms is a Forest Champion for The Heart of England Forest, an exciting and ambitious charity helping to reverse centuries of woodland decline by dedicated planting and protecting of a magnificent 30,000-acre forest stretching through Warwickshire and Worcestershire. We champion a number of established forest trees each year in addition to making a donation from each day delegate rate package sold at The Lygon Arms to the charity to support their goals.