Quy Mill Hotel & Spa, Best Western Premier Collection

This award-winning hotel was once a working watermill and is tucked away in a lovely setting in the Cambridgeshire countryside, with glorious landscaped gardens. It’s an idyllic venue for dream weddings, but also brings an air of timeless grace to any celebration, and to business meetings and events for up to 80 delegates.

Quy Mill Hotel & Spa is a venue you won’t want to miss if you’re looking for a peaceful location for your next conference, product launch, awards presentation, training day, corporate party or banquet, or that hush-hush executive meeting - and don’t forget there’s a 5-acre field that offers a superb site for team building activities and summer events.

The six meeting rooms are classically styled and have plenty of natural light; the Garden Restaurant & Terrace has access to the grounds so is often used for corporate barbecue receptions; it seats 50 people in theatre style or holds 58 for a banquet. With a wealth of historic character, Waterwheel has a capacity for 70 delegates in theatre style and 80 dining.

Mill Race is good for conferences for up to 40 guests, and dining for 48; the Orangery opens onto the gardens and is a lovely room for smaller numbers of 24 in theatre style and 18 for lunch. The Boardroom and the Munro Room are perfect for discreet executive meetings, holding 8 and 6 respectively. In the warmer months events for up to 700 guests in theatre style or 500 for dinner can be held in the Summer Marquee, which can even have reception and breakout space.

The hotel offers 8 and 24-hour delegate packages and you’ll have an attentive team to look after you from that very first contact. There’s complimentary wifi throughout the hotel, and audio visual equipment can be tailored to your needs; if you have a certain theme in mind, just let the team know and they’ll get to work on it. There’s a fantastic choice of event menus including canapes, hot/cold fork buffet, BBQs and private dining.

The hotel has 51 calm and restful guest bedrooms and a 2 AA Rosette restaurant. In the grounds there’s a jogging trail and a riverside walk, and delegates have access to the Spa and Health Club. Just a few minutes from the A14, there is ample free parking and a helipad for those who really want to arrive in style.