Our Facilities
The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom offers a unique venue for conferences, meetings, functions and bespoke team solutions for you and your business.
Churchill Lecture Theatre
Churchill Lecture Theatre is the latest addition to the Defence Academy’s impressive and growing list of presentation venues, having been opened in late 2007. The theatre seats up to 260 in two tiers, and is equipped with superb audio visual facilities.
Joint Services Command and Staff College (JSCSC)
A state-of-the-art educational establishment with superb facilities for large meetings and prestigious symposia, together with excellent en-suite accommodation and dining within the College. Lecture theatres include:
- Cormorant Hall , 450 seats
- Tedder, 220 seats
- Montgomery, 120 seats
- Cunningham, 90 seats
- Nelson, 50 seats
- Brooke-Popham, 40/80 seats
- Elworthy, 40/80 seats
- Alanbrooke, 30 seat
Beckett House
Beckett House Conference Centre is surrounded by its own landscaped grounds adjacent to an ornamental lake and is an ideal location for high level management meetings which demand intimate, prestigious surroundings, without an overtly military flavour. Dating from the C.18th, Beckett House underwent a sensitive refurbishment in 2007 and now includes a linked annex housing 50 ensuite rooms. Seminar rooms are available to cater for up to 60 people, with a variety of audiovisual and seminar facilities available including videoconferencing.
Lecture rooms include:
- Nelson, 60 seats
- Slim, 24 seats
- Tedder, 20 seats
- Nightingale, 15 seats
- Alanbrooke, 15 seats
Defence Capability Centre
The Defence Capability Centre (DCC) is a large exhibition arena, it houses a large selection of military hardware in an exhibition style arena with full and impressive IT and AV facilities. The arena is over 110m long x 17m wide and is infinitely adaptable according to customer requirements, and the adjacent vehicle park is fully ducted with IT services allowing external static displays to be connected to the building network. A number of meeting and seminar rooms, on ground and first floors provide comprehensive facilities and there are also two synthetic environment rooms where military wargames can be set up and played.
Nuclear Department at HMS SULTAN
The Nuclear Department is presently located at HMS SULTAN, Gosport which is one of the largest training facilities in the area. Accordingly, we have reasonable access to an extensive range of meeting rooms, lecture theatres, accommodation and catering facilities through our commercial partner, VT-Flagship, for small to medium size seminars and conferences. We also have a range of Laboratories for practical training in radiation science, materials, chemistry and thermal hydraulics.
Bespoke Courses for Civil Nuclear Industry
Information on bespoke courses provided for the civil nuclear industry can be obtained from Business Development Office in HMS Sultan; Tel 02392 542662; Mil: 93843 2662 or e-mail: sultan-bd4@nrta.mod.uk or enquiries@flagshiptraining.co.uk.
For further information on facilities at Shrivenham Tel: 01793 785892