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Hertfordshire Development Centre (HDC)

Hertfordshire Development Centre (HDC) at Robertson House provides first class conference, training and meeting facilities for school staff and other customers. Accommodating up to 800 delegates across the training centre at anytime, all of the training rooms are air conditioned, fitted with the latest audio visual equipment, have flexible layouts and include:

  • Hertfordshire Development Centre300 seat conference hall
  • 7 large training rooms
  • 5 medium training rooms
  • 3 state of the art ICT suites
  • Spacious breakout areas for delegates

HDC offers a wide range of catering hospitality throughout the day with options to take your
refreshments in the training rooms, breakout areas, or the 350 seat staff restaurant. Robertson House is easily accessible, located on Six Hill Way, just off Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage and is served by mainline train routes, an extensive bus service and off-road cycle paths, as well as being adjacent to the A1M motorway. HDC has a dedicated free of charge parking area for up to 335 vehicles just a short walk from the training centre.

Also located within the training centre is a Learning Resource Centre which provides support materials for the professional development of all school staff, governors and members of the children’s workforce, as well as a range of educational periodicals and reference materials.

HDC is also available for hire to Hertfordshire schools for the hosting of their own events, staff/student developments days, large meetings and conferences.

For further information or to make a booking at the Hertfordshire Development Centre please contact the Centre Bookings Team on 01438 845114.

HDC map of location