Discover somewhere new for your residential

  • Discover somewhere new for your residential
  • Discover somewhere new for your residential
  • Discover somewhere new for your residential
  • Discover somewhere new for your residential
  • Discover somewhere new for your residential
  • Discover somewhere new for your residential
  • Discover somewhere new for your residential
  • Discover somewhere new for your residential
  • Discover somewhere new for your residential
  • Discover somewhere new for your residential

​Make sure your next residential is a truly outstanding experience, thanks to the superb facilities available at the Zinc Arts Centre…

Situated in the rural Essex town of Chipping Ongar, Zinc Arts Centre is the first residential centre of its kind in the UK and its facilities have undergone a £6.2 million redevelopment to provide visitors with the best in contemporary accommodation, versatile spaces and creative workshop activities.

Just a stone’s throw away…

Zinc Arts Centre’s central location offers residential visitors a wealth of excursion possibilities, all less than 50 minutes away.

Whether you are planning a trip to the Essex Sunshine Coast, seeing a show at London’s West End, visiting the gardens at RHS Hyde Hall, or taking a cultural trip to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Zinc Arts Centre provides the perfect hub for any outing.

With excellent road links and rail / tube stations within easy reach, Zinc Arts Centre successfully combines its countryside setting with convenient access to key attractions, making it the ideal base for any residential activity.

Designed around you

With outstanding levels of accessibility throughout, Zinc Arts Centre has been specifically designed around the needs of schools, young people and disabled guests, ensuring that your stay with us is safe and comfortable.

The state-of-the-art facilities on offer make Zinc Arts Centre an extremely flexible venue that can accommodate any group for any event, be it week-long workshops, overnight training sessions or staff away days.

Zinc’s purpose-built residential accommodation features contemporary bedrooms with en-suite wet rooms, and several rooms boast fixed ceiling hoists for guests with limited mobility. Most bedrooms also possess interlinking doors to allow ease of access for overnight support workers.

Bringing a large group? Perfect! The bedrooms can be turned into twin rooms to accommodate larger groups, and the interlinking bedroom doors can create a dormitory-style layout for groups wishing to share.

The centre that offers more

As a residential visitor, you will have exclusive access to two free workshop spaces as part of your residential booking, as well as access to the large dining room where the centre’s on-site catering service provides you with freshly prepared meals, with menu choices tailored to suit your event and tantalise your taste-buds. These residential areas are completely self-contained, ensuring that you have privacy and security.

Zinc Arts Centre has an array of additional multi-purpose spaces for you to conduct your activities, offering a wealth of resources to ensure that your residential stay is a success. Additional facilities include:

  • Dedicated ICT suite
  • Multi-sensory room
  • Three breakout rooms
  • ‘Wet’ art rooms
  • Studio theatre – perfect for large group activities and cinema evenings.

There’s no shortage of space at

A residential centre with a difference…

As a leading arts and education charity, Zinc Arts has over 22 years’ experience in delivering inclusive arts workshops for disabled and non-disabled children, young people and adults.

Zinc Arts can offer a unique range of creative workshop activities delivered to your students by highly trained artists and facilitators who will liaise with your staff to tailor a workshop package to suit you. These workshops are customised to your students’ needs. They are designed to engage even the hardest to reach learners through high-quality multi-arts activities, supporting the development of teamwork, problem-solving and communication skills, whilst building confidence and motivating learners to achieve their full potential.

Whatever trip you are planning, stay at the holistic residential centre with a difference, where the staff will work with you to ensure that your visit runs smoothly.

Making a difference

Zinc Arts is first and foremost a charity. All proceeds from residential bookings are fed back into the activities that are run within the centre for disabled people, excluded groups and local communities. Hiring with Zinc Arts helps improve the lives of those the organisation works with.

Take a tour!

Arrange a visit to Zinc Arts Centre and see the impressive facilities for yourself. Contact 01277 365626 and quote ZINC-2013 to book your visit.

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