John Das Gupta – Head of Service Delivery, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

“Excellent facility and hosts that provided perfect environment for the Strategic Management planning day.”

Rod Hammerton – Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

“I thought it was an excellent facility to allow small teams to get away from the disturbances of everyday business and be able to focus on the longer term. The quality of service was good and the food was excellent in a way that ensured the day’s momentum was maintained and energy levels stayed high.”

Andy Perry – Head of Operational Management and Risk

“The venue was to a high standard providing adequate functionality for our requirements including Information and Communications Technology and presentation resources. The providers were available throughout the day to answer any of our queries to ensure everything run smoothly. Refreshments were available and to a high standard throughout the day.”

John Redmond – Chief Fire Officer

“I thought the venue provided pleasant surroundings for the type of event we wanted to run.”

“The feedback about the event has been excellent. Everyone really enjoyed it and the food was delicious. We will definitely use the venue again”.

“The Women and Broadband project across Shropshire is focused on improving digital skills for women in business, encouraging them to use new technologies to start and grow their businesses.  With a high tech focus and nearly 20 events scheduled across the county the delivery partners WiRE (Women in Rural Enterprise) needed to find comfortable and welcoming venues; plus with often 20 delegates practising their new digital skills at one time, venues with excellent broadband speed were an absolute must. Monkhouse Granary fitted the bill on all counts; lovely rural surroundings, plenty of parking, gorgeous homemade buffet and lightning fast internet”.

“The meeting went really well thank you and positive feedback on food and venue.”

“Thank you for letting us hire your function room. It is a great venue and we hope to have many more events there.”

“Thanks for all your help on Friday. The day was really useful and the venue was lovely as ever.”

“Thank you so much for Saturday, we were really impressed with the facilities, it was just perfect for what we wanted – such a lovely location and I think everyone genuinely felt really relaxed which is just what we had wanted to achieve!”

“It was absolutely fabulous – we loved the venue and got so much completed – we will be back!”

“Can I thank you and all your staff for what was an excellent event last night.

The food was lovely and the service excellent.

The room was ideal for the numbers we had and we have received some very positive feedback.”

“All went very well thanks except I’m now on a diet after the delicious cakes.”

“Everything was absolutely great. I am sure we will be making use of the venue for future meetings and training sessions.”

“Everything went really well and everyone was pleased with venue we’d chosen.”

“The Team were very complimentary about your venue and were looked after well. Thank you for your help.”

Everyone loved the venue and thought the food was great as well, on the feedback form the Venue rated no lower than the maximum score on everyones sheet. The IT all worked perfectly and the glasses, water and pencils and paper made a nice professional touch also.

“Once again, I would  like to thank you for providing excellent facilities and catering for our Away Day on 15 June.  I had many glowing comments from those present regarding the buffet and the facilities overall.  As usual,  the arrangements went smoothly and it was an ideal venue for enabling concentrated and focussed strategic discussions. I am sure we will be back again!!”

“Thank you for helping with the workshop arrangements. We received compliments.”

“Thank you for your usual impeccable standards of service and care.”

“The venue was perfect, as was the hospitality and catering. All delegates commented on how lovely the venue was so we will definitely be holding more WISC events in the future, if you will have us.“

“The biscuits were superb.”

“Our meeting for 50 clients at Monkhouse Granary, was handled with efficiency and attention to detail. The friendly team and up-to-date facilities meant that everything went smoothly. In particular, the ability to adapt to short notice requests sets them apart from other bigger and less personal venues.”

“Thanks – everything went very well and you have a lovely venue. Thanks for your help.”

“As usual we had a great day at the Monkhouse – very productive and again your attention to detail was evident.  We had a few new Governors this time and I must tell you that after we had finished a lot of the talk was about the food your provided and how much they had all enjoyed it. Please thank all involved in making the day so successful and comfortable – and for providing such a high standard of catering.”

“We loved the venue and the cake.”

“Thank you for your hospitality last Tuesday, the atmosphere at Monkhouse is just right for Juliet and I. Juliet and I always enjoy coming to Monkhouse – it is so relaxing.”

“The venue worked really well for the event, thank you.”

“Thank you very much, we were very happy with our meeting, the venue was perfect as was the food and refreshments. It was a very productive session and we all look forward to a repeat in the new year.”

“Your cakes are now legendary round these parts. Whenever we have a meeting that neck of the woods, we will definitely be using your centre”.

“I would like to thank you for accommodating us and our particular requirements over the last 10 weeks or so and look forward to our next round of project meetings taking place at Monkhouse Granary through September and October.”

“All the feedback from the group was excellent and they all want to return in future. Thanks to all.”

“Clare, thank you for all your help with our event last Thursday, from the feedback we have been getting they were really pleased with how the lunchtime meeting had gone. It is always a pleasure to use your facilities, and hopefully we may be able to do something similar next year. It was such a lovely setting and a perfect size to hold seminars and business meetings away from the busy office. Can you please thank Rachel as well for all of her help. We had a really lovely day thanks to you.”

“Just a quick personal thank you for the hospitality you extended to both myself and team. Both days were most enjoyable and productive. Hopefully we will be returning in the not too distant future…”

“Thank you again for the use of your facilities today. We are thoroughly enjoying the ability to escape from the offices and conduct non interrupted meetings. The room is lovely and the food is delicious.”

“Thank you for the really good day. I am sure that you will see some people back again. I certainly hope so. Many thanks for your help.”

“I was really impressed with your services. The venue is perfect, an ideal blend of informal yet professional. My guests were made to feel really welcome and we had everything we could possibly need. I was very pleased with the catering and with the way Rachel topped our water up regularly without me having to request it. With your help and your excellent standards and attention to detail my workshop not only went really smoothly but was a big success.  I would have no hesitation in recommending The Monkhouse to anyone looking for a venue for their business event.”

“I couldn’t fault the service that you gave us, everything was excellent and I wouldn’t have any hesitation in recommending your services to my colleagues. The sun was an added bonus and a nice touch to have the seating outside so that we could sit outside during lunch and our breakout sessions in the afternoon. Many thanks Clare and Rachel for your not only professional, but helpful and friendly service”.

“Everything was great last night and everyone was very taken with the building and the environment you have created (as well as the biscuits!!). Thank you again for your help and excellent service”.

“Thanks to you, Clare and Rachel. Very enjoyable and comfortable. See you later in the year.”

The experience of using Monkhouse Granary was very good. The facilities we used were excellent, the homemade cakes and biscuits were very very good and very moorish…

I was very impressed with the venue, the service and the cakes(!) and will most certainly use it again and recommend it too.

Many thanks for helping to make this morning so successful – our evaluation sheet shows top scores for the venue! Everyone was very complimentary about your facilities.

Elaine and I would both like to say many thanks for all your hard work, the fantastic food and the excellent facilities. We were made to feel very welcome and a good day was had by all.

Everything was perfect, as always, thank you!

Just to thank you again for the facilities provided at the Monkhouse last Friday for our Away Day. The attention to detail, was, as usual, second to none! The feedback was very positive and everyone was pleased that we were able to come to you again. Please thank everyone involved in making the day so successful.

The team would like me to thank you and Iona for the excellent day we had recently at Monkhouse. The facilities and food were as ever first class and the the girls were particularly delighted with the butterfly cakes, and queen butterfly you produced for us. Our event was titled ‘Inside the Chrysalis’ and I am pleased to say that by the time your butterflies appeared with afternoon tea we were indeed seeing a few butterflies hatching in the training room!!

I work in the field of education and I first visited The Monkhouse Granary a number of years ago for a twilight meeting. The quality of the venue and character of the building (being a converted Hay Loft)  had a very positive impact upon the success of the session.

I now run my own business, and immediately thought of The Monkhouse Granary when considering suitable training facilities. The quality of service offered by the management and staff are excellent. The attention to detail throughout and professional, yet personal, service have supported the growth of my business unquestionably.

Thank you to Clare and Iona for always making it such a pleasure to do business with The Monkhouse Granary. You have a way of making me feel like you are there just for me and my business; always responding immediately to my requests and offering such a professional level of service and attention to detail.

Thank you for all your help last Friday, we had an excellent event and everything ran smoothly.

The Monkhouse Granary is a super venue for displaying our underwater photos.  The Hayloft  is perfect, lots of space and light.  The excellent, professional and friendly service received from everyone is superb, nothing is too much bother, and of course the fabulous biscuits just make The Monkhouse Granary an exceptional venue. Many thanks from Water Babies.

I just wanted to email you to thank you for all your hard work for our event yesterday! The venue was absolutely perfect, everyone commented on how nice the lunch was. Infact I think many of them preferred the lunch to the 3 course meal we took them for for dinner! We unfortunately don’t get out the office much but we will certainly be coming to Monkhouse Granary again if we are anywhere near the area!

Just a note to say thank you for providing such a first class venue for our meeting last week – excellent in every way and the cakes were amazing!

I use the services of Monkhouse on a regular basis.  It’s my destination conference centre.  Compared to others in the area they offer value for money and the premises are always clean, well prepared and I am always greeted with a friendly welcome.  The furnishings are comfortable and yet the equipment offered is of a very high standard.  The centre offers everything you could wish for, for anything from a small meeting up to a full conference with catering and anything in between.  I wouldn’t go anywhere else.

The Monkhouse Granary is a fantastic venue. Efficient and unflappable staff, excellent food (especially the delicious homemade biscuits) and a beautiful location; highly recommended.

 The venue at Monkhouse Granary is perfect for my plain English training courses.  Delegates always rate the delicious home cooked food as “excellent” on my feedback forms, which helps to make my courses even more enjoyable for all attending.

Just wanted to say a big thank you for yesterday.  Kerry, James and I really had a great day in the Hayloft and will definitely be using it again!

We have very much valued the good service, friendliness, flexibility, professionalism and, of course, the great food we have experienced holding our meetings at Monkhouse Granary.

Monkhouse Granary was an excellent venue for our purpose. Everything worked extremely well. Rest assured, if we plan similar events in the future, we will certainly have your venue on our list to consider.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your help and assistance in booking the above event and for your help on the day. All of my staff that attended on the day said what an excellent venue you have and especially enjoyed the lunch! The day went very well and was enjoyed by my team and I am sure that this was due to the venue and your assistance. I will certainly consider booking the Monkhouse Granary if my department has another away day in the summer.

I would like to say that we have held many events at the Monkhouse Granary, from training sessions to Team Development Days. The venue provides for all our needs, from technological requirements to excellent home produced food. We always receive an excellent and personal service, which is well planned in advance and also totally responsive to any changes or additions on the day. We find it to be very popular with staff, and highly conducive to productive work.

What a fantastic conference venue, after holding conferences for the last 15 years at various venues, I would strongly recommend the Monkhouse Granary to anyone requiring the perfect first class conferencing service. The location is ideal with central links to all areas for both Shropshire and further afield. The venue itself was more akin to Grand Designs than your standard conference facility. It was such a refreshing change to have a dedicated conference facility (instead of a bolted on service in a hotel), offering latest technologies, dedicated parking, a team on hand that could not do enough, a comfortable and stylish conference room environment, wonderful food and a setting that encompassed both countryside and main transport links.

We were very satisfied throughout last year (2008) but just for information we recently decided to try a different location which was only an hour away from us. Our experience of trying an alternative location in a regular hotel resulted in us coming back to you! Even though the other location was easier for us all to get to the room and surroundings were no where near the standard of your Granary. I had a discussion with my sales team and although the Monkhouse is a 3 hour drive for me, and further for the rest of the team we would rather drive the extra distance than resort to a typical hotel meeting room. To give you an idea we travel from Crewe, Wrexham, Shrewsbury, Chester and Nottingham. I would gladly recommend your site for the following reasons:

• It has a definite friendly farmhouse atmosphere, the location is excellent, easy access from the M6 in a small village, no busy towns to drive through, no traffic.
• We are always met with a smile and looked after (no waiting in hotel reception lobbies).
• You can park right outside the door which is vital for loading meeting equipment.
• The adjacent farmhouse courtyard is perfect for coffee breaks, (after fighting over the home made biscuits you give us), its just like being in a holiday cottage location.

Thanks so much Clare. It was a fantastic day and everyone was very impressed with the venue, the food and the service. So thanks once again to you and Elaine for providing such a professional service. I will recommend to others in our Trust if they are looking for a venue to hold their meetings.

Just wanted to thank you and all concerned for the facilities and food etc. provided for our Away Day. There was extremely positive feedback from those who attended and it was a very successful day. It was nice to meet you. I am sure Governors will be keen to book the Monkhouse again for our next Away Day. Many thanks.

I would like to take this opportunity to let you know how impressed we all were with Monkhouse Granary yesterday.

The location and venue are first class. The facilities were great and Elaine couldn’t do enough to help us.

I can confirm that I will be in touch later today to rebook further meetings with you.

Please can you pass on my thanks to Elaine for everything she did for us yesterday and also to the caterers, the food was perfect.

Yes thank you, we had a very successful evening. It was a celebration of the participants’ achievements over the programme which has now concluded. Sue and I would like to thank you and Elaine for all your efforts in looking after us so well over the duration of the programme. I know the participants thought it was a great place to come and greatly enjoyed the food. Please pass on our thanks to Elaine. We look forward to using Monkhouse Granary as a venue for other Advisory Service programmes in the future.

I would just like to thank you for making us so welcome last Thursday for our Away Day.The venue is superb and actually contributed to the amount of positive work achieved through the day. The team felt very relaxed in the atmosphere and from that, contributed more than in a venue less comfortable or formal.

Thank you much for all you did to ensure we had a very successful Away Day at Monkhouse Granary, making good use of the Hayloft and the Coach Room combined.

We were very well looked after and appreciated all the personal touches from the greetings on arrival to the home cooked food.

The setting is impressive, there is ample parking, peace and tranquility with a rich mix of the old and new, the friendly and the professional.

Most of all our day was well managed by Clare, who is always on hand to ensure everyone feels comfortable and well looked after.

We have recommended your venue and would certainly come again.

Thank you.

I’d like to thank you for your excellent service – everyone complimented both the location and the very delicious food! You were welcoming and efficient and we will certainly use you again!

I would just like to say that the meeting we had with you the other week went extremely well and everyone was pleased with the venue etc.

We loved the premises, facilities where excellent, extremely well looked after by yourself – first class, homemade biscuits – absolutely brilliant, food was great. Biscuits are superb, best I have had at any meeting.

Our day at Monkhouse Granary was really great, thank you for working so hard to look after us. The venue is perfect for us.

We’ve enjoyed holding our Board Meetings at the Granary – the professional layout of the room, the facilities and the catering have all been excellent. You’ve looked after us very well!

Hello, I just felt that I should drop you a line to congratulate you and your team on the service that we received today. I was one of the trainers called in by Shropshire County PCT to cover the morning session on Project Management.

Going to many venues across the West Midlands on a regular basis as I do, it is extremely rare to find somewhere quite so well equipped and run. Your attention to detail is fabulous, not to mention the setting itself and the service too. I will certainly encourage my other contracts to make use of your facilities in the future. Many thanks.

I really did mean to email you last week to say how much we enjoyed our Day at the Monkhouse Granary and to thank you for both the superb food and for looking after us so well. I overheard a lot of very complimentary remarks and you will certainly be very highly recommended!

Excellent venue
Lunch was fabulous
Lovely venue – food delicious!
Food was lovely

Just a quick note to say thank you very much for making yesterdays meeting so enjoyable.

The venue was perfect and the food second to none. Everyone commented on how smoothly everything ran and how good the biscuits, cakes and lunch were. Please pass on all our thanks to your Mum in law and the catering lady.

We will hopefully be returning to visit in the near future so will be in touch. I will also be recommending your facilities to anyone I know who is thinking of arranging a conference or meeting in the area.

Wishing you all the very best in the future and congratulations to you all on an extremely professional service and excellent location.

Thank you very much for providing such a great venue for yesterday’s Meet The Buyer event, the day went really well which was undoubtedly helped by the very professional and pleasant surroundings, the calm organisation and help during the day and of course the wonderful lunch!
Many thanks again!

We would like to convey out thanks for a really super day. Once again the homemade biscuits & lunch were outstanding. We all really enjoyed ourselves & would thoroughly recommend your venue to everyone. Look forward to seeing you again in the near future.

As frequent users of the Monkhouse we have always been very satisfied with the efficient and friendly service which we receive.The venue is very adaptable and we are always looked after really well by Clare and Elaine. Keep up the good work!

Monkhouse Granary provides a superb venue and excellent food. I booked my first scheduled course here in September 2004, and the service and facilities have been second to none. The positive feedback from delegates on my courses is such that I have not only held a further 18 training days here, but have booked for 7 more in 2007. Congratulations to everyone at Monkhouse Granary for not only setting an extremely high standard, but consistently meeting it!

Just a quick note to thank you very much for all your help organizing our Away Days last week. I could tell as soon as I spoke to you our bookings were going to be dealt with efficiently even though I kept emailing you with changes to timings and numbers.

The Hayloft was ideal for the meeting we had with our Trustees and the Coach Room was ideal for a breakaway room but also for our informal group the next day. The lunches were excellent and it was so nice to have a choice of menu other than the usual buffets. We were spoilt for choice when we had to decide!

We’ll certainly be using you again and I will be recommending you when anyone asks me about a venue. Thanks again for all your help.

Just a quick email to thank you very much for all that you did towards our meetings last week. The venue was excellent and so was the food! We’ll certainly be using you again. Thanks again.

My recent 60th birthday celebration, a buffet supper for 40 guests,was a great success, due largely to Clare’s organization.

The Hayloft, set out with carefully decorated tables(including arrangements of my favourite flowers) looked beautiful. Welcoming drinks on arrival and an excellent buffet, served with calm efficiency by Clare and her family, ensured that everyone had a wonderful evening in a relaxed and Convivial setting.

INC (Shropshire) hold all their master classes at Monkhouse Granary. The facilities are excellent – whichever room layout we choose – and the home-made cakes are absolutely delicious!

An excellent venue that provides a first class service at a realistic price!

Monkhouse Granary is a delightful venue, which we enjoy using. The attention to detail, efficiency and friendliness of Clare and her team, and the excellent catering, ensures that every visit feels special.

Clare and Lindsay are a professional and friendly team that provide an excellent local service for us which is tailor made for our needs. The food is locally sourced and always well presented. A real gem!

I recently needed a top quality meeting facility both to conduct a seminar and to use for filming some of my company’s mission critical video work. I knew this facility had to be right for clients and the (ex-BBC) professionals I hired to do the video work. My decision was The Monkhouse Granary and it turned out to be one of my best decisions.

We held two days of meeting and filming with a very important dinner party as well. Every detail was professionally and impeccably handled. The food was superb both at breaks and for the formal dinner and the care and detail coverage could not have been better.

I strongly recommend your careful consideration of Clare’s facilities and service at the Monkhouse Granary and I am sure you will be returning time and time again, just as I will be.

Our meetings at Monkhouse Granary are always very well attended as well as intensely productive. The environment is so conducive to ‘blue sky’ thinking; it must be all that magnificent open space. The convivial atmosphere always sets just the right tone and we have noticed that the superb environment, so carefully crafted by the founders, is painstakingly maintained while the attention to detail and the quality of the food and drink remains consistently high. Our meetings here really do combine business with pleasure.

When my family booked Monkhouse Granary for a private dinner party, from the initial enquiry to the actual evening we found all the staff to be very pleasant and accommodating, but also very business like and efficient. The food was of a very high standard,beautifully cooked and served,using local ingredients. The wine and spirits were good quality and well served. I’m sure Monkhouse Granary has a very bright future.

Quality and attention to detail deserve success therefore Monkhouse Granary deserves ‘ massive ‘ success.

The food and venue were fantastic.

Page Communication Ltd is a provider of Soft Skills and Information Technology training. We have been very impressed by the technical facilities offered by Monkhouse Granary, and always find it easy to set up our PCs and connect into the network and Internet. Not only that but the welcome we receive is first class and we have always found Clare and her staff extremely helpful.

I run regular seminars and marketing training courses and always use Monkhouse Granary as my first choice of venue. The atmosphere is comfortable but business-like and all needs of instructor and delegate are catered for admirably. The food is sublime and Clare is always on hand to ensure that everything runs smoothly. My delegates love coming to the Granary – and so do I. I can whole-heartedly recommend it to any business that needs a conference room or training facility.

At Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin Connexions Partnership we regularly use the facilities at Monkhouse Granary for meetings and selection interviews. The Granary provides an excellent local facility, combining up-to-date technology with a lovely traditional setting. We especially appreciate the attention to detail in the presentation of the meeting rooms, including fresh flowers and iced water as standard, and also the imaginative catering – it makes a real difference.

The opening of the Monkhouse Granary has proved to be a great help to CS Contract Furniture. The conference suite and meeting room have given Managers the opportunity to meet colleagues and clients away from the noise of our factory to consider in greater detail proposals that will be of mutual benefit. The I.T. facilities have enabled us to improve the professionalism of our presentations in a relaxed yet business like atmosphere. The high quality of catering has always meant that everyone has left the Granary feeling that they have really been looked after. The Granary provides meeting room facilities that are, as far as I know, unrivalled in North Shropshire.

INC Shropshire is a thriving business club which features monthly Masterclasses in key skills for its members. The INC Masterclasses were launched at Monkhouse Granary in the Autumn of 2004 and, as we approach the anniversary of our launch, we can look back and see how the venue has contributed to the success of our first season. Firstly, Monkhouse is professionally run and totally focused on the conference requirements of clients. When your organizing a 2 hour session with both the speakers and the delegates arriving straight from work, you don’t want to waste time setting-up. At Monkhouse you don’t. One quick call ahead of the day has enabled our presenters to get exactly the layout and equipment that they need. It’s there, ready to role, on time, every time.The facilities are ideal. clearly planned with users like us in mind. The rooms a flexible and comfortable. Airy and light but with good acoustics. All-in-all a great learning ambience. The Monkhouse team are great too. Courteous and supportive without being fussy or intrusive. And as for the catering – no complaints there! The homemade cakes and cheese-board are particular favourites with our delegates.

WiRE (Women in Rural Enterprise) uses the Monkhouse Granary regularly and we are absolutely delighted with the food, facilities and service that we receive from Clare and Iris. Some 30 WiRE members congregate once a month and are universal in their raise for the buffet lunch, lovely staff and other facilities (you know what I mean ladies!) Our trainers can just turn up – they know that everything will be in place to stand up and go (no re-arranging the room and mending the OHP). WiRE can be assured a complete and efficient business package – making our lives so much easier. Thank you Monkhouse Granary, finally a business facility which lives up to its promises.