NAEC Stoneleigh

You can run an indoor show and an outdoor demonstration on one site, drive vehicles into the halls and give visitors free parking. Four halls of 2,400m² to 4,536m² sit beside more than 250 acres of grounds, a private road network and a 2-mile off-road course. NAEC Stoneleigh is run by Grandstand Group at Stoneleigh Park, about 6 miles south of Coventry, and says it supports more than 400 events a year.

Event spaces and capacities

You can size an event anywhere from a 14-seat boardroom to a 4,500-person standing reception without changing site. The venue lists nine spaces, eight indoors plus its grounds. Hall 2 is the largest at 4,536m², while Hall 3 has the highest theatre figure at 3,600. Hall 2 and Hall 2a link into about 7,000m², and adding Hall 1 takes that to nearly 10,000m². The venue quotes more than 21,000m² of flexible indoor space overall.

Capacities as published by the venue on its spaces pages and in its 2023 spaces brochure, checked 4 November 2026. No classroom figures are published.

Heavy builds have room to work with. Halls 1 and 2 take vehicles through roller shutter doors, Hall 1 reaches 11m, and Hall 2 has a power-floated floor rated to 35kN/m². Hall 2a tops out at 3.8m, so check it for tall stands. Outside, the venue cites The Glamping Show, which split its space evenly between hall and grounds, and Race Retro, which ran a live rally with 120 cars.

Getting there and parking

You avoid a parking bill for your visitors, because the venue offers around 10,000 free spaces, with hardstanding near each entrance on a first come, first served basis. Use CV8 2LH for sat nav, then follow the AA signs. By road, leave the M40 at junction 15, the M6 at junction 2, or the M1 at junction 17 for the M45, then take the A46 and B4113.

Coventry and Warwick Parkway stations are each about five miles away, and the venue also lists Warwick and Royal Leamington Spa. Euston has direct trains to Coventry every 30 minutes on weekdays, and Marylebone runs to Warwick Parkway every 30 minutes. Birmingham International Airport is within a 30-minute drive.

Step-free planning is simpler because entrances are level and upper conference rooms have platform or stair lifts. Blue Badge bays move from event to event, so ask the venue a few days ahead. Security and traffic teams are trained in the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme, and wheelchairs or scooters are not available for hire on site.

Catering, AV and accommodation

You deal with one in-house catering team, with menus from street food to three-course dinners and a Food to You service that brings drinks and food to exhibitors’ stands. The venue says food comes from several local farms, and outside providers cannot deliver food to stands. Other food suppliers need written approval from its catering team.

The venue names production partners that know the site, which can save you sourcing crews from scratch. They are Universal Live for AV, Event Rigging Services for rigging and National Electric Exhibitions for electrics. Wi-Fi and hardwired internet come in budget, standard and premium packages. Order forms are due 5 working days before your tenancy starts, and hardwired internet needs 10.

Your team can stay on site at Stoneleigh Park Lodge, which has 57 bedrooms and which the venue describes as a 4-star guest house. It also quotes preferred rates on around 2,000 partner rooms within a 15-minute drive. On sustainability it describes hydration stations, recycled-plastic soft drink bottles and waste-to-energy processing, but publishes no certificate.

What to ask before you book

• The four itemised halls total 13,914m², against the 21,000m² headline. Ask which spaces make up the difference before you plan a floor area.
• The conference page mentions 5,000 attendees, while the highest single-hall theatre figure is 3,600. Ask which halls and layout reach 5,000.
• Hall 2 lists both no weight loading restrictions and a 35kN/m² floor rating, and door sizes are not on the hall pages. Ask for floor plans, which the venue supplies on request, before you commit a heavy build.
• Published figures differ for The Loft (439m² or 349m²) and Oak Tree Public (100 or 109 standing), and the combined Oak Trees dinner figure of 250 exceeds the 150 of its two rooms. Get the current layout in writing.
• The 2023 site map marks large car parks as grass, including areas for 3,000 and 2,000 cars. Ask about the wet-weather plan, and whether there is EV charging, which the venue’s pages do not mention.
• Meeting Room 2 mentions full day delegate packages, but no rate is published. Ask for a price, and for how delegates get from the stations, as the getting here page lists no shuttle.

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Sources: event spaces, spaces brochure, exhibitions, meetings and conferences, outdoor events, getting here, accommodation, accessibility, catering, event services, suppliers, exhibition services ordering, sustainability, checked 4 November 2026.