Hear from some of our clients…

“The Pencil Factory recently hosted a staff engagement event for Cumberland Council to announce the outcome or our Ofsted inspection of Children’s Services inspection.  During planning Catherine was on hand to discuss and react flexibly to our needs, providing friendly and helpful support throughout.  The event went extremely well, with a number of colleagues providing positive feedback on the venue – of particular note were the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff and the excellent catering and parking facilities.  We would not hesitate to return to the Pencil Factory for future events and would absolutely recommend to colleagues within the council and partner organisations.”

Cumberland Council, December 2024

“I can’t recommend The Pencil Factory highly enough as a venue. From various room options, on site tech support, car parking to catering the venue has it all! We held our flagship event Conference Cumbria there on 2nd Oct, from initial booking to the day of the event nothing was too much effort. Our event brought 230 businesses together for a day of presentations, a panel discussion, business exhibition and good old-fashioned networking. Catherine was a delight to work with and I knew our event was in safe hands. She even arranged outstanding local outside catering to meet our needs. The event ran like clockwork and I’ll certainly be booking again!”

Cumbria Chambers of Commerce, October 2025