Teambuilding at Newnham College

With spacious grounds, excellent on site catering, accommodation, meeting rooms and AV services, Newnham College is perfect for all type of events.

Whether you're considering a dynamic team building event, a meaningful CSR event, wellness retreat or memorable garden party, our historic yet contemporary spaces give you the freedom to create something truly unique. Let your imagination run wild at our central Cambridge venue.

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Grounds & gardens

Newnham is set in 20 acres of stunning grounds that include a large sports field, wildflower meadow, secluded lawns with benches nestled under established trees and our elegant marquee.

These beautifully maintained outdoor spaces offer endless possibilities for team activities, informal breakouts, wellness sessions, summer celebrations or simply peaceful moments between meetings. Whether you’re hosting energetic outdoor challenges with inflatables or relaxed networking in the sunshine, the gardens provide a unique and inspiring backdrop for your event.

The marquee provides a good hub for wet weather back up and/or seated lunches. It has power, linings, candelabras and cabaret style seating for 100 with plenty of space for activities, dancing and catering service. It is situated on Old Hall lawn with easy access to the College's main buildings and the sports field. If the marquee is unavailable or not fitting for your event, other wet weather back up options are available.

Function rooms

There are many options for teambuilding and other activities indoors too. The Cynthia Beerbower room and Lucia Windsor room are our most spacious rooms, ideal for larger groups or elaborate activities. Sidgwick Hall and the Barbara White room are slightly smaller, with wooden floors and lots of natural light. Additional small syndicate rooms are also available. Read more about our function rooms here.

Our expert on site AV team can support many of your AV requirements, including hybrid meetings, streaming, recording and editing and more. We have excellent links with local partners for more extensive AV services, event branding and more.

Catering

Newnham is fortunate to have a fantastic catering team, with experienced chefs and front of house professionals. We offer a range of menus to suit your event type and will always try and work with you on any bespoke requests. Both food and service receive consistently excellent feedback from a variety of clients.

Hot and cold drinks, full English breakfast, pastries, cereals, homemade yoghurt and muesli pots and more are available from the Buttery (Mon-Sat) or Iris Café (Mon-Sun).

Food trucks can also be brought in, usually to Old Hall lawn near the marquee where there is power.

Accommodation

During vacations, 80 en suite and 200 shared-bathroom bedrooms are available at Newnham. Read more about our accommodation here.

MotivAction

After seeing some of their teambuilding events in action at Newnham, we are delighted to partner with MotivAction, a local event company that has delivered more than 20,000 events for around 350 clients. They help clients to engage and inspire their people, customers and channel partners through memorable and engaging programmes designed for each clients specific needs.

The facilities at Newnham College are ideal for MotivAction events, from standalone activities or as part of a conference or learning programme. Indoor and outdoor activities are available.

By working in close partnership, the teams at Newnham and MotivAction can recommend the activity best aligned with your objectives, supported by all the on‑site services needed to deliver a seamless and successful event.

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Teambuilding, leadership and team development

Team building is achieved through fun rather than adversity, through creative challenges rather than the arduous and strenuous. Their brochure details detail a tiny selection of team building activities that can be held from groups as small as 10 up to 1000+.

Wellness and wellbeing workshops

Incorporating wellness activities into your event to enhance your teams’ well-being. The outstanding benefits such activities can help with include reducing stress, improving physical and mental health. Some activities include

Art therapy
Laughing yoga
Football skills
Creative mandalas
Mindfulness drawing

Make a difference events and CSR programmes

More and more organisations are choosing team‑building experiences that create a genuine, positive impact. Instead of traditional activities, businesses are opting for meaningful, purpose‑driven events that deliver shared achievement and a socially responsible outcome. For sustainability‑focused organisations and conscientious leaders, a motivational team experience that supports a worthwhile cause, while strengthening connections within your team is quickly becoming the preferred way to bring people together.

Brochure

Read more about services offered by MotivAction <link to brochure - coming soon>

Commitment to positive impact

We’re particularly proud to partner with MotivAction, whose values and commitment to positive impact mirror our own. Since founding MotivAction 35 years ago, they have also established two not-for-profit care farms, Church Farm Ardeley and Aldenham Country Park, providing training and work experience for people with learning disabilities and mental health issues. Since the Covid 19 pandemic, they have increasingly been providing support for children with social, emotional and behavioural needs on our fully working farms. They host corporate Volunteering Groups and Events at both our care farms. Everything MotivAction does helps directly or indirectly to sustain these care farms.