 Hertfordshire Development Centre (HDC)
Meeting your training and learning needs
Are you planning a business meeting, conference or training event?
Then Hertfordshire Development Centre at Robertson House, Stevenage, is the
perfect venue for you.
Hertfordshire Development Centre at Robertson House
Contact Clare Warden
 Hertfordshire Development Centre
Robertson House
Six Hills Way
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
SG1 2FQ
Phone: 01438 845114
Fax: 01438 845115
Email: roombookings.hdc@hertscc.gov.uk
Robertson House is located on Six Hills 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 Directions and Parking
The new Hertfordshire Development Centre (HDC) at Robertson House opened for business on Monday 1st September 2008.
The training centre has its own dedicated delegate car park, located off Bessemer Drive, with 335 spaces. It is for the exclusive use of delegates and is a short walk from HDC’s reception at Robertson House. Parking will be controlled by County Council parking attendants and the area will be patrolled by security guards throughout the day.
*Please download the instructions below which explain where delegates should park before attending your course.*
Delegate Directions to HDC for Car Parking and for Travel by Bus and Train
Onsite Parking for Trainers, Exhibitors and Disabled Visitors
Those attending CPD courses at Hertfordshire Development Centre will receive priority parking. You will receive your parking permit with the confirmation of your booking. Please note that the permit is only valid on the course date. The permit contains a weblink to full directions.
Delegates booking using the online system will receive the permit by email. Delegates booking by fax will receive the permit in the school’s post.
To demonstrate the commitment of Standards and School Effectiveness to the County Council’s green travel policy, and to help reduce single car occupancy on the roads of Hertfordshire, we are offering a green travel discount scheme. A 5% discount on the course cost will apply to any CPD delegates that car share (3 in a car minimum), or to any delegates that use alternative methods of transport and do not drive to the centre. For full details of the policy please visit:
Should you have any queries with regard to the delegate car park or the green travel discount, please contact our Customer Services Manager at email: clare.warden@hertscc.gov.uk.
Directions to Hertfordshire Development Centre at Robertson House and the Green Travel Plan are available to download at www.hertsdirect.org/sse/
No right turn into the Stevenage Campus car park from Monday 20 October 2008 Important
With effect from Monday 20 October, we are asking staff and visitors to observe a voluntary ‘no right turn’ into the site between 0800 and 1000 every day. This is following an approach by the Police and our neighbouring businesses who are concerned that, on busy mornings, traffic turning into our site is backing up into Six Hills Way and Gunnels Wood Road. This is causing congestion and a serious safety hazard to our own staff as well as other road users.
The alternative route will be to turn from Gunnels Wood Road into Bessemer Drive, Caxton Way, Six Hills Way and then turning left into the campus.
We will monitor the new arrangement for six weeks and if staff and visitors are still trying to turn right in the morning peak we will be looking at escalating to further measures to enforce it.
We expect that staff and visitors will understand the need for this change, and the benefits in road safety, and comply with this restriction.
Map for No Right Turn
Facilities and Catering
 The centre provides first-class facilities for hosting
training, conferences and meetings for up to 800 delegates.
Our facilities include:
- 300 seat conference hall
- 7 large training rooms and 5 medium training rooms, all with flexible layouts
- 3 state of the art IT suites
- Spacious breakout areas for delegates
- Learning Resource Centre
 All rooms have full audio-visual capability with trained technicians
and professional events staff on-hand to provide support and
assistance.
Catering
A comprehensive hospitality menu is available for delivery to your training room at Robertson House, from tea and coffee, to working breakfast, to buffet lunch or afternoon tea.
The Stevenage Campus also offers excellent restaurant facilities based in Farnham House next door. Seating up to 300 people, the Hub Restaurant serves a variety of catering throughout the day from snacks and sandwiched to freshly prepared meals.
More information below:
Phone numbers for teams and individual staff at HDC
Technical Support Service for External Venues / External Venues
In addition to providing first class training and conference facilities Hertfordshire Development Centre also offers a professional, flexible and cost effective technical support
service for events being held at alternative venues.
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