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The Balcombe Room at The South of England Centre

Published dimensions

The Balcombe Room is 42 x 8 m (138 x 26 ft), 336 m² (3,617 sq ft), with a 2.5 m (8 ft) ceiling.

Plan view

LED wall that fits

Under a 2.5 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 1 rows of 500 mm tile flown, which is tight; ground-stack or go lower on trim. Along the 42 m wall a Absen PL2.5 Plus V2 wall runs 67 x 1 (13400 x 200 px, 523 kg, 10.7 kW).

Panel	Pitch	Wall (cols x rows)	Size	Resolution	Weight	Power (max)
Absen KLCOB 0.78	0.78 mm	56 x 2 = 112	33.6 x 0.7 m	43008 x 864	504 kg / 1,111 lb	9.9 kW, 48 A @ 208 V
Absen PL2.5 Plus V2	2.5 mm	67 x 1 = 67	33.5 x 0.5 m	13400 x 200	523 kg / 1,152 lb	10.7 kW, 52 A @ 208 V
Absen PL3.9 Plus V2	3.9 mm	67 x 1 = 67	33.5 x 0.5 m	8576 x 128	523 kg / 1,152 lb	9.4 kW, 45 A @ 208 V

Wall sizing assumes 1.5 m trim to the bottom edge, 0.3 m clearance under the ceiling, and a wall no wider than 80% of the longest wall. Weight and power are tile totals from the panel spec sheet; add processing, rigging, and cable.

Seating estimate

After a 12 x 7 m stage, The Balcombe Room holds about 560 theater seats, 229 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 157 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 35 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

Other rooms at The South of England Centre

The Abergavenny Building110 x 30 m (361 x 98 ft) · 3.1 m ceiling
Queen's Jubilee30 x 25 m (98 x 82 ft) · 4.4 m ceiling
The Ardingly Room33 x 14 m (108 x 46 ft) · 2.5 m ceiling
Kleinwort Room8.5 x 14 m (28 x 46 ft) · 2.5 m ceiling
Lower Lindfield Suite12.5 x 7.1 m (41 x 23 ft) · 2.4 m ceiling
Upper Queens Room9 x 9.6 m (30 x 31 ft) · 2.4 m ceiling
Lower Queens Room8.5 x 8.4 m (28 x 28 ft) · 2.5 m ceiling
Lower Lindfield6 x 5.3 m (20 x 17 ft) · 3.1 m ceiling

Published dimensions (source), fetched 2026-09-05. All rooms at The South of England Centre · Venues in Haywards Heath