Set on a 50 acre campus on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds, Pocklington School provides a perfect backdrop for a range of events. From residential courses to intimate family gatherings, conferences, musical performances, workshops, receptions and celebrations, we have a selection of venues to help you create a successful event.
Create a unique event at Pocklington School
With comfortable accommodation, a theatre, a music school, a heated indoor swimming pool, a cricket pavilion, extensive sports facilities, a large meeting room plus smaller satellite rooms all on one campus, our facilities are flexible and unique. Add into the mix our award-winning catering provision, friendly and professional customer service and competitive prices, you will see why clients return to us time and again.
Within walking distance of the attractive market town of Pocklington and just 12 miles from the City of York, we are easily accessible from all major road, rail and bus networks and have large, free car parks on-site and adjacent to our campus.
Facilities include:
- Tom Stoppard Theatre - capacity 300
- Music School - capacity 200
- Dining Hall – capacity 150
- Gruggen Room – capacity 75
- Cricket Pavilion - capacity 40
- Selection of small meeting rooms
Sports facilities:
- 21 acres of grass rugby, hockey, cricket, and football pitches
- Two full size, sand dressed synthetic pitches providing two full size hockey pitches or 18 x tennis courts
- Heated indoor swimming pool
- Sports hall Squash courts
Accommodation:
Four boarding houses comprising single, double and triple rooms. Each house includes a communal kitchen and a TV lounge.
- Faircote House (38 beds in 23 rooms)
- Orchard House (28 beds in 9 rooms)
- Dolman House (23 beds in 12 rooms)
- Fenwick Smith House (40 beds in 27 rooms)
Our Facilities
![Pocklington School Sixth Form centre common room](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/pocklingtonschoolsixthformcommonroom_15996220561_o__1_-312-Gallery-slider_982.webp?version=638554421147270000)
Sixth form centre common room
![Orchard Junior Girls Boarding Common Room](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/PocklingtonSchoolOrchardCommonRoom-310-Gallery-slider_983.webp?version=638554422258630000)
Orchard junior girls boarding house
![Pocklington School Sports Hall](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/PocklingtonSchoolSportsHall-318-Gallery-slider_984.webp?version=638554423032170000)
Sports Hall
![Pocklington School Junior Boys boarding house](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/PocklingtonSchoolDolmanHouse-322-Gallery-slider_985.webp?version=638554423557530000)
Dolman House
![Pocklington School cricket pavilion](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/pocklingtonschoolcricketpavillion-323-Gallery-slider_986.webp?version=638554424203430000)
Cricket Pavillion
![Pocklington School Chapel](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/PocklingtonSchoolChapel-321-Gallery-slider_987.webp?version=638554424749900000)
Chapel
![Pocklington School pupils outside by lake on campus](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/Pocklington_School_campus_background-324-Gallery-slider_988.webp?version=638554425465500000)
Campus grounds
![Pocklington School rugby pitches](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/PocklingtonSchooltennisandhockey-317-Gallery-slider_989.webp?version=638554426310230000)
Tennis courts
![Pocklington School tennis courts](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/Pocklington_School_10_August_2016_080__1_-311-Gallery-slider_990.webp?version=638554426538270000)
Rugby pitches
![Pocklington School boarding house Fenwick Smith bedroom](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/PocklingtonSchoolFenwickSmithRoom-308-Gallery-slider_991.webp?version=638554427458630000)
Fenwick Smith bedroom
![Pocklington School junior girls boarding house bedroom.](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/PocklingtonSchoolOrchardbedroom-309-Gallery-slider_992.webp?version=638554427760100000)
Orchard House bedroom
![Pocklington School music school without chairs](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/PocklingtonSchoolMusicSchool2_1-320-Gallery-slider_993.webp?version=638554428645570000)
Music School
![Pocklington School art and design centre](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/Pocklington_SchoolArtanddesign-109-Gallery-slider_994.webp?version=638554429346030000)
Art and Design centre
![Inside of the Pocklington School art and design centre showcasing one of the Design Technology rooms](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/PocklingtonSchoolArtanddesigninside-316-Gallery-slider_996.webp?version=638554430336500000)
Design Technology room
![Pocklington School gym](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/Pocklingtonschoolgym-314-Gallery-slider_995.webp?version=638554430022400000)
Gym
![Pocklington School small meeting room](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/PocklingtonSchoolsmallmeetingroom2-315-Gallery-slider_999.webp?version=638554431910570000)
Meeting room
![Senior Girls boarding house Faircote, Pocklington School](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/PocklingtonSchoolFaircote-319-Gallery-slider_998.webp?version=638554431464200000)
Faircote House
![Fenwick Smith senior boys boarding house, Pocklington School](https://cdne-uks-pocklingtonAMS.azureedge.net/Pocklington_School_Boarding_Fenwick-189-Gallery-slider_997.webp?version=638554431216500000)
Fenwick Smith House
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