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Top 25 British wedding venues
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From country-cool farm houses to chic city hotels, whatever your personal wedding style we've found a dreamy venue for you.
Take a look at our top 25 pick of the hottest places to tie the knot and let your perfect wedding daydreams take over.
By Cathy Howes
Photo: Royal Pavillion, Brighton
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Top 25 British wedding venues
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hartwell house wedding venue buckinghamshire
A right rural romance
A stately home dating back to the 18th century, the lavish grounds, statues, follies and lake – complete with picture-perfect bridge – call for big hats, cravats and champagne on the lawn.
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The house caters for ceremonies and receptions for 60 seated and 90 standing, or invite up to 120 for a marquee on the lawn or the terrace. Wedding menus from £47pp feature delights like fillet of barramundi and fresh herb risotto or slow-braised shoulder of Oxfordshire lamb.
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aikwood tower scotland wedding venue
For playing the princess
You’ll want to arrive on a white charger for a wedding at this evocative fairytale tower. The marriage stone in the tower wall commemorates the marriage of Robert Scott and Elspeth Murray over 400 years ago and the vibe is distinctly romance through the ages. Luckily, its bedrooms are cosy and contemporary and, as the Tower sleeps 10, your nearest and dearest could stay on with you after the celebration.
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Exclusive hire for two nights midweek, including a three-course wedding breakfast for 42 (excluding wine), selected flowers and services of wedding planner, from £4990.Get in touch
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ballyfin wedding venue in ireland
A breath of fresh air
Once the ancestral home to the Duke of Wellington’s family, this Regency mansion has been lovingly restored over the past decade to such a high quality, it recently joined the prized Relais & Chateaux association. You can have a blessing in the house itself or in the grounds by the lake (weather permitting).
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Exclusive use (minimum two nights), €11,500 per night, including accommodation and breakfast for 29 people, refreshments, snacks before the ceremony, VAT and gratuities. Drink/menu packages from €165pp including champagne and canapé reception, four-course dinner with a bottle of wine per couple, champagne toasts and evening snacks. The state dining room seats 70, or go for the ballroom with space for 120 guests.
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natural history museum wedding venue in london
For a celebrationsaurus!
An iconic landmark in Kensington’s ‘museum mile’, this is the place to consider if you have a healthy budget and want to create one wow-factor after another – cue the Romanesque architecture, the breathtaking staircase and, of course, the world-famous exhibits.
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Small spaces cater from 50, including up to 200 in the Earth Hall with its amazing sculptures. But if you really want to go for it, the cathedral-like Central Hall can accommodate up to 650 guests, seated around the famous Diplodocus dinosaur. Room hire starts at £10,150.
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pennyhill park wedding venue in surrey
Pavilion perfection
Wentworth and Sunningdale golf courses are both just a couple of miles from this 5-star country house hotel, if groomy fancies a relaxing nine holes the day before the wedding. Outside the creeper-covererd walls suggest old world luxury but the décor is surprisingly contemporary and the spa is state-of-the-art. No wonder Justin Timberlake, Russell Crowe and Daniel Craig are a few of the former famous guests.
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Ceremony room hire from £850, reception hire from £1250. Four-course wedding breakfast from £57pp. There’s also a new Terrace Pavilion so you can say your vows in the lovely grounds.
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the punchbowl weding venue in warwickshire
So Inn Love
This may be your idyllic country pub straight out of central casting, but don’t expect a tired cheese ploughman’s – specials include seabass cooked with coconut milk and curried lentils or pork fillet wrapped in Iberico ham with truffle and tarragon risotto! There’s no licence for weddings but we love it for its traditional beams and modern approach, just a short drive from Solihull and Warwick.
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Book a seated reception inside the pub for 75, invite 150 to the marquee or have 250 for a buffet. Price on application.
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augill castle wedding venue in the lake district
Grand with a capital G
With a right royal feast for 40 at the refectory tables and exclusive use of 14 bedrooms, you can host a weekend-house-party-style wedding here. Choose from three ceremony spaces including the Great Hall with its Tudor panelling and create your own menu from local and British produce. There are no set packages here, but signature dishes to inspire you include griddled Eden Vale brown trout and roasted shoulder of Cumbrian venison.
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Basic wedding price starts from £12,600 for the hire of the castle to include two night's accommodation, dinner and bed & breakfast for 28 adults and ten children in 14 bedrooms.
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chilston park hotel wedding venue in kent
The Garden of England
Imagine yourself lady of the manor as you waft around this Grade 1 listed building in your big frock. The authentic 17th century fireplaces, family portraits of viscounts and earls and four-posters give this house a sense of history, and its remote rural setting and lake provide a great backdrop for the wedding album.
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Choose from five different spaces for a ceremony, holding anything from 30 up to 90. Wedding breakfasts for up to 100, evening receptions up to 150. Room hire ranges from £200 to £1000.
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eltham palace wedding venue in london
Art Deco elegance with a medieval twist
History buffs will know this as the childhood home of Henry VIII (not the greatest advertisement for marriage, admittedly!) but this impressive palace in south-east London is best known now for its striking Art Deco refurbishment. A ceremony in the circular paneled Entrance Hall is so atmospheric, you’ll want to break out the cigarette holder and start behaving like an extra in an episode of Poirot!
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Choose from a variety of spaces – dining room, Italian drawing room or the Medieval Great Hall – with dining from 10 to 200 and drinks receptions from 80-300, including the grounds overlooking the moated flower gardens.
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clearwell castle wedding venue in gloucestershire
A fairytale come true
This Medieval stronghold in the Forest of Dean comes complete with battlements and the original portcullis straight from a child’s story book. And inside is equally wow factor. You can hold a civil ceremony in a ballroom that has a 70-foot aisle and impressive leaded windows to let the sunlight flood in.
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One hundred and sixty people can sit down to the wedding breakfast in the ballroom, or have up to 250 party-goers in the vaulted cellar. Exclusive use includes 15 luxury suites for the night.
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manchester art gallery wedding venue
Chic and contemporary in the city
Get up close and personal with the artwork as you exchange vows in The Valette Gallery which will close early to the public for your 4.30pm ceremony for 100. Afterwards, drinks can be served in the Pre-Raphaelite Galleries, then it’s downstairs for dinner and dancing.
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Dinner and dance for up to 100 in the Atrium or 90 in the restaurant, or you can have a reception-only drinks for up to 300. Room hire from 4pm-10pm from £2250. Extensions available from £295 per hour. Receptions only from £1300.
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danesfield house hotel and spa wedding venue
Michelin-starred memories
The spa here has won a flurry of awards – worth bearing in mind for some pre-big-day beautifying or unwinding the day after. And with good connections to the M4 and M25, guests won’t struggle to arrive on time for your big entrance. Chef Adam Simmonds has won a few plaudits too, including ranking 12th in The Good Food Guide, with innovative dishes like goat’s cheese and beetroot risotto.
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Up to 100 for a ceremony in the Versailles Suite (no prizes for guessing the décor theme here) but there are smaller licensed rooms for just 30 guests, such as the wood-panelled restaurant, if you want to keep things intimate. Or party in the marquee for up to 250.
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fawsley hall wedding venue in northamptonshire
Traditional and cosy in the country
With an enormous fire crackling in the grate of the Elizabethan hall, this quiet, stately house is made for winter weddings, as much as summer celebrations. You can hire the original building on an exclusive basis or take over the newly-built Knightley Court that has a cinema room for showing childhood movies, or even to keep the littlies amused with a Disney special.
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Main house hire for drinks, ceremony, reception and evening party from £10,000 which includes ten bedrooms and suites. Knightley Court hire, from £4150 which includes eight bedrooms and suites. Get married in winter and these rates are discounted.
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lucknam park wedding venue in somerset
State-of-the-art spa
Its sweeping drive makes you feel like part of a Sunday night period drama, and inside this 17th century mansion is oh-so regal with striped armchairs, writing desks and parlour palms. By comparison the spa is seriously of-the-moment – with delicious aroma steam rooms and dreamy relaxation beds. Ideal for a spot of tension releasing before the big day.
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Fridays and Saturdays are exclusive use only but Sunday to Thursday you can have a small ceremony for up to 60 guests in the Music Room (room hire from £350) or exclusive hire of the Park Restaurant for up to 110.
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elvey farm wedding venue in kent
Country cool
Break out the Hunter wellies and have a tractor as your backdrop: this is the way to – literally – get back to nature on your wedding day. For your ceremony there’s the choice of an al fresco affair outside the 15th century farmhouse or inside a 16th century barn and the team there are well used to organising hog roasts or BBQs.
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Ceremonies between 60-90, with up to 120 in the marquee. Exclusive use hire from £4600 including marquee. Menus from £45pp.
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holbeck ghyll wedding venue in the lake district
Rooms with a stunning view
Michelin-starred menus and the stunning landscape of Lake Windermere are just two of the attractions at this former hunting lodge. Its restaurant has won a raft of awards with dishes like roasted seabass with aubergine caviar or breast of duck with creamed cabbage on its wedding breakfast menu. Relax after the wedding with the special honeymoon treatment at the Holbeck Spa – a 90-minute massage lesson so that you take your new pampering skills home with you.
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Exclusive use weddings cater for up to 50 guests or invite 110 to celebrate with you in a marquee on the terrace. At the other end of the scale, if you’re planning to elope, the hotel also offers a 2 Hearts package for just the two of you and can even provide the witnesses if you need them. Two nights in a luxury suite, spa treatments, the ceremony, flowers, champagne and dinner, for £1500.
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the inn at whitewell wedding venue lancashire
Quintessential country bolthole
The Queen once dropped in at this quirky boutique hotel, no less, so you’re in good company. Charmingly English – think flickering fireplaces, hunting pictures and cricket balls attached to the room keys – small weddings can be held in the main house but most of the celebrations are held in the marquee overlooking the river.
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Up to 20 in The Orangery, 55 in the main dining room and up to 160 in the marquee. Dinner prices from £34pp.
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the ritz wedding venue in london
Classic glamour in the heart of the West End
Piccadilly’s most famous landmark since the beginning of the last century, The Ritz hotel is unashamedly elegant, and weddings are held in the equally opulent 18th century William Kent House adjoining the main hotel. Menus feature the best of British in what the chef dubs ‘palace-style cooking’ and the trusty doormen will make sure there’s no shortage of black cabs to see your guests home at the end of the night.
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Cocktails and canapés or a seated dinner for between 10 and 60 guests. Menu prices from £65pp. Ceremonies also available.
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symondsbury manor wedding venue in dorset
The weekend house party starts here
With 12 bedrooms, your nearest and dearest can stay over before or after the wedding at this self-catering manor close to Lyme Regis. Outside catering can easily be arranged and there’s no corkage charge so you can bring your own! There’s no licence for weddings on site but the grounds are a lovely spot for a blessing.
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Party with up to 150, with exclusive hire from £4000.
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jolyons wedding venue in cardiff
Boutique oh-so-chic
Once a seaman’s lodge, this chi-chi hotel opposite the Millennium Centre has a private dining room if you want a pre-wedding dinner. Or have the run of the whole ship – function, Bar Cwtch, deli and six bedrooms – for an exclusive wedding. Signature cocktail The Welsh Garden could make an intriguing welcome drink for your guests (that’s Hendrick’s gin, apple and cranberry juices, elderflower cordial and fresh lime if you’ve got the cocktail shaker handy!).
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Ten for dinner in the restaurant, or exclusive hire for 100. Prices on application.
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royal pavillion in brighton wedding venue
Sophisticated seaside fun
This Eastern-influenced palatial landmark was actually created for the height of England’s fashionable society – and the hedonistic Prince Regent – at the turn of the 18th century. Ceremonies take place in the red drawing room, then you can have couple shots in the music room and the whole wedding party in the amazing grounds.
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Ceremony room hire from £560, up to 44 people. Reception hire from £1020, for dinner up to 60. Sorry, no dancing allowed in the Royal Pavilion!
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greywalls wedding venue in scotland
Award winning beauty
Any venue that wins a Hotel of Beauty accolade has to be worth a look, and this Edwardian country house near Muirfield and Edinburgh (new to the prestigious Relais & Chateaux portfolio) is style on a stick. The Lutyens package (named after the building’s architect) caters for weddings up to 60 in the main house, while with no restrictions on outdoor weddings in Scotland, you can say ‘I do’ in the gorgeous grounds or a choice of indoor spaces.
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From £500 hire for ceremonies, 3-course menus from £35pp
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swan at the globe wedding venue in london
Historically romantic
Stylishly modern and part of the restored Shakespeare’s Globe site, this British brasserie on London’s South Bank is perfect for a chic city do. Keep it smallish in the Balcony Room with views across the Thames, or go all subterranean and take larger numbers down a sweeping staircase to the stunning UnderGlobe – complete with its own oak tree – where there’s space for a band.
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You can have 120 in the Balcony Room (70 seated and for a ceremony) or up to 450 (300 for the ceremony) in the UnderGlobe. Private event menus include savoury stalls of Cornish charcuterie or British Cheese Yard, from £14pp, and three-course dinner for £57.50.
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the old quay house wedding venue in cornwall
Summer breeze celebration
If the sound of gulls and the Cornish coastline appeals, The Old Quay House is right on the quay front in Fowey and available for exclusive hire for small weddings. Have an intimate ceremony in the Q restaurant with its terrace overlooking the harbour, then enjoy locally-sourced menus from the West Country’s finest. Eleven rooms mean up to 22 of you can stay over too.
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Small but beautifully formed, weddings here are limited to 38 guests for a seated breakfast, which is ideal for couples who want something small and cosy.
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wentworth wedding venue in surey
Elegance par for the course
It’s world famous for golf championships but there’s more to Wentworth than par threes and pitching irons. The surrounding countryside is on the money when it comes to lavish backdrops for your photos and, indoors, you can invite 100+ guests to celebrate with you in the ballroom, or keep it intimate with smaller parties (min 30) in the Curtis or Ryder rooms.
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Ceremony fees £550-£950; room hire £900-£2000. Reception drinks packages from £33pp, menus from £48.
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All featured prices correct as of November 2011. Please contact the venues directly for current details.
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