Farnborough is famous as the home of the biennial Farnborough International Airshow. The historic site – very close to where Samuel Franklin Cody made the first sustained UK flight in 1908 - has been home to this renowned event, the world’s largest temporary exhibition for over 60 years. The site was developed by operators Farnborough International Ltd in 2007 to accommodate other events outside of airshow time. The permanent venue, FIVE opened in January 2008.

Situated adjacent to TAG Farnborough Airport, the FIVE site is completely private and comprises more than 100,000 sqm of outdoor space, currently around half of which is laid to hard-standing. The site lends itself well to outdoor teambuilding activities and to building all types of temporary structure for exhibitions, business-to-business shows and public events, as well as facilitating ample free parking.

The FIVE venue itself provides over 3,000 sqm of clear-span and unbranded indoor event space with a high-spec technical fit out throughout and including a mezzanine area, kitchens and office facilities. The FIVE venue provides the ideal blank canvas on which to create large-scale conferences, dinners and exhibitions.