Churchill College, Cambridge, officially opens its new Cowan Court development in September 2016.
Cowan Court will include 68 hotel-standard double ensuite bedrooms plus a new multi-purpose meeting space named the Sixties Room. Cowan Court will also include three fully accessible bedrooms for disabled visitors and residents.
Cowan Court is built in the ‘Danish style’, comprising a renewable timber-framed building clad with reclaimed oak with pale decoration, bespoke furniture, a tree-filled courtyard and large outward-facing windows in all rooms.
When Cowan Court opens, Churchill College will have 200 ensuite bedrooms available for conference clients during vacations, in addition to 250 standard bedrooms.
Conference and meeting facilities at Churchill College include a purpose-built Lecture Theatre seating 300 delegates, a Dining Hall for 400 guests plus a range of smaller meeting and break-out rooms, all set in more than 40 acres of parkland and playing fields.
Free wi-fi is available throughout the site, together with state-of-the-art AV.
Sports facilities including a gym, a sculpture walk and a modern art collection.
Churchill College is around half a mile from the centre of Cambridge, 1.5 miles from the M11 and within easy reach of Cambridge station and London Stansted Airport. Churchill College has on-site parking.
Details: https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/news/2016/jun/28/new-facilities-underpin-our-drive-excellence/