County hotels and conference centres
A full line-up of sims fits a ballroom or a suite, and rooms like Whittlebury Hall near Towcester or Sedgebrook Hall at Chapel Brampton are the sort of rooms sims were made for.
20 miles from Silverstone · Delivery included
Racing Simulator Hire Northampton
We’re a Northamptonshire business based 20 miles down the A43, so Northampton events get a local supplier and delivery’s included.
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No travel charge
Northampton is about 20 miles from our Silverstone base, roughly 30 minutes by road and inside our included delivery.
Local supplier
Northampton is home turf
Virtually Entertained is a Northamptonshire company. The whole fleet, 16 F1-style sims and 2 GT, lives at the Silverstone Innovation Centre, NN12 8GX, about 20 miles and 30 minutes up the A43. When your event’s in Northampton, the kit’s coming from inside your own county rather than up a motorway from a depot in another one.
It’s also about the best county in the country to bring a racing simulator into. Formula 1 teams sit at Brackley and at Silverstone, and the roads between them are lined with race teams, engine builders and precision engineering firms. Guests know the circuits, plenty of them drive past the Silverstone gates on the commute, and the arguments about lap times start before the first driver’s strapped in. Mercedes AMG Petronas F1, a team headquartered in this county, is one of our clients.
Being 30 minutes away changes the practical stuff too. We can load in first thing or break down late without an overnight, so we work to your venue’s schedule instead of our driving hours, and if you’d like us to walk the room before you commit, we can do a site visit and be back at base inside a morning. If your event’s at the circuit rather than in town, start at simulator hire Silverstone instead.
Business park offices
Brackmills, Moulton Park, Grange Park and Swan Valley host plenty of firms with an atrium, a warehouse bay or a covered yard that fits six sims comfortably.
Sports club hospitality
Hospitality suites are a strong option in Northampton, with Franklin’s Gardens and Sixfields both running event space that takes a set-up neatly.
Country houses and wedding venues
Delapré Abbey and Holdenby House among them, taking sims neatly in a marquee or a converted barn for weddings and private parties around the county.
What we bring to Northampton
Pick the kit for your Northampton event
F1-style Simulator Hire
Up to 16 full-size single-seaters race the same circuit head to head on one live leaderboard. From £790 a day.
F1-style simulator hire →
Batak Hire
The reaction board F1 drivers train on is quick to play, and it fills the gaps beside the sims. From £450 a day.
Batak hire →
Branding & Wraps
Seat-back decals at £42, base branding at £195 and full wraps at £450, plus in-game car liveries and custom tracks, put your brand across the whole line-up.
Branding options →Mix them however you like. A popular Northampton booking is six F1-style sims on one live leaderboard, a Batak board alongside and seat-back branding across the lot.
We're here to make the racing a highlight
Our team
runs the experience
We don't just drop off and disappear. Our team delivers, builds, welcomes your guests, runs the racing and packs down at the end.
We're here for you, and if there's anything we can do to make your event special, don't hesitate to ask.
Got a Northampton date in mind?
Tell us the basics and we'll come back with an itemised quote within 24 hours, Monday to Friday.
Northampton pricing
List prices, delivery included
| Simulators | Per day |
|---|---|
| 1 F1-style simulator | £790 |
| 6 F1-style simulators | £2,330 |
| Each extra sim, up to 16 | £375 |
All prices exclude VAT. GT sims are £840 for one, £940 for two, and Batak is £450 a day.
Every Northampton booking includes
- Full team, setup to pack-down
- Live leaderboard across every sim
- 8 hours on site, setup included
- Subsequent days discounted 25%
Local questions
Asked around Northampton
How far is Northampton from your base, and is delivery extra?
Northampton is roughly 20 miles from us, around 30 minutes up the A43 from the Silverstone Innovation Centre. Delivery’s included within 100 miles of Silverstone, and Northampton sits at about a fifth of that, so there’s no travel charge on your quote.
Can you set up in a Northampton hotel function room or office?
Yes, and most of our county work is exactly that. Each simulator takes about 1.61m by 0.6m of floor, and one standard 13A socket runs two sims. Setup takes around two hours. Tell us the room, the door widths and whether there’s a lift, and we’ll confirm the set-up that fits before you book.
Do you cover the rest of Northamptonshire?
Yes, all of it: Towcester, Brackley, Daventry, Wellingborough, Kettering and Corby are all short runs from the same base, well inside our included delivery radius, and so is Milton Keynes over the county line. Events at the circuit itself have their own page at simulator hire Silverstone.
2 hours
Typical setup time
13A socket
One runs two sims
125cm+
Adjustable fits
100 miles
Delivery included from Silverstone
Enquire
Get your Northampton quote
Send this and you'll have an itemised quote within 24 hours, Monday to Friday. Prefer to talk? Call 01327 856155 or email sales@virtuallyentertained.com.