Team Building in the Pennines

Team Building in the Pennines

Submitted by stuart on Tue, 2010-03-02 11:54

With it's wealth of fine venues, hotels and corporate training facilities the Pennines are positioned in a very strategic location to allow it to be at the heart of any team building program, corporate awayday or corporate event that your organisation may wish Fire Events to run. The surrounding area is littered with beautiful market towns, historic houses and fabulous hotels that give the Pennines the edge when it comes to the needs of your organisation's corporate training and team building needs.

At Fire Events we will do everything we can to make your event less stressful and less work for you, whether it is finding venues for team building in the Pennines or creating instruction packs for delegates on how to get there. Nothing is too much for us. The team building events that we have run around the Pennines and the UK since our incorporation have included events as diverse as family fun days, team away days, icebreaker exercises, conference energisers through to large sponsored charity events.

With brand new purpose made offices and a team game manufacturing facility Fire Events is able to effectively and efficiently design, create and run virtually any sort or style of corporate training programme or team building course for our clients. Our 2000 square feet manufacturing workshops also allow us to design and create our very own team games, problem solving tasks and team exercises for use on our events. Our base near the Yorkshire Dales allows us to be centrally positioned for all locations around the UK.

About the Pennines

The Pennines are a low-rising mountain range in northern England and southern Scotland. They separate the North West of England from Yorkshire and the North East.

Often said to be the "backbone of England", they form a more or less continuous range stretching from the Peak District in Derbyshire, through the Yorkshire Dales, around the northern and eastern edges of Greater Manchester, the West Pennine Moors of Lancashire and Cumbrian Fells to the Cheviot Hills on the Anglo-Scottish border. North of the Aire Gap the Pennines give out a western spur into Lancashire, the Forest of Bowland and south of the gap is a similar spur, the Rossendale Fells.

Venues in this area: 

Confluence Centre

Submitted by stuart on Tue, 2010-01-19 11:08

The Confluence Centre is a beautifully converted field barn ideally located in the Yorkshire Dales National Park between the postcard villages of Grassington and Kettlewell in the picturesque Wharfe Valley. The centre is set in one acre of private land with seating areas for working outdoors and a large well maintained field for team building activities.

The centre can be found just 1 hours drive from Leeds, Harrogate, Ripon, Bradford and Burnley and 20 minutes from Skipton railway station.

There are hundreds of walks in the area, many of which can be taken directly from the door with the Dales Way itself running past the centre. The manager will be happy to provide you with maps and advice regarding distance / terraine and time required to complete such walks.

Skipton

Coniston Hotel

Submitted by stuart on Mon, 2010-01-18 17:29

The hotel is family run and independently owned by the Bannister family and is set on a private country estate in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. Inspired by the hospitality of the Bannister family the staff at the hotel work tirelessly to ensure every guest becomes a regular visitor. Customer service is at the heart of everything we do and we want our guests to come back time after time. Join us in this stunning location for a leisure break, wedding or corporate day which you will never forget!

Skipton

Whirlowbrook Hall

Submitted by stuart on Thu, 2010-02-25 17:34

Whirlowbrook Hall was built in 1906 as the family home of Sir Walter Benton-Jones, a leading industrialist in the city. It is located around five miles south west of Sheffield city centre, close to the county border of Derbyshire and on the edge of the Peak District National Park on the Sheffield-Hathersage A635.It stands in 39 acres of landscaped gardens which are open to the public, as is the café attached to the Hall.

The venue has a reputation for premier quality weddings, conferences and events, at an affordable price. On the outskirts of a major city and only a stones throw from the Peak District, Whirlowbrook Hall offers the best of all worlds - ease of access, combined with style, tradition,award-winning food and a tranquil location.

Whirlowbrook Hall is operated by Fretwell-Downing. The family-run business also owns The Maynard, a quality hotel and restaurant in Grindleford, just a few short miles away in the Derbyshire countryside.

Meetings and Conferences
If you’re looking for a convenient yet idyllic location for your business event or meeting, you might just have discovered Sheffield’s best-kept business secret. With a variety of rooms of different sizes and atmospheres, Whirlowbrook Hall offers a great deal of flexibility which makes the venue especially popular for company conferences, management training days, HR events, launches and team building events. If you need one central room but would benefit from additional meeting rooms for break-out sessions, for example, we offer a unique solution in impressive surroundings.

We have ample free car parking on-site, and our food is the business. The overall package should leave your staff, colleagues and clients leaving satisfied that you chose the right venue.