Anniversary venues

The Night Yard, Highland Court Farm, Bridge, Canterbury, Kent CT4 5HW

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Christmas parties, Team building, Exclusive use, Barn venue

• Up to 240 guests
• The Glasshouse
• Under the Eaves ceremony area
• Grass courtyard
• The Gallery
• The Snug
• Vintage chill-out corner
• Staffed and licensed bar
• Getting-ready suite
• Courtyard fire pit
• PA with wireless microphones
• Prop hire
• Parking for 80 cars

Restored 1898 brick cattle shelter on Highland Court Farm near Canterbury, with a modern glasshouse, courtyard and fruit orchards. Hired exclusively for weddings of up to 140 seated and 240 evening guests, plus corporate events and Christmas parties.

Ardington House, Church Street, Ardington, Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12 8QA

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Team building, Exclusive use, Country house, Riverside venue, Conference venue

• Up to 200 guests
• Exclusive use
• Civil ceremony licence
• Riverside marquee
• Rooms to stay
• Outdoor swimming pool
• Tennis court
• Fly fishing
• Walled gardens
• Helicopter landing site
• Free parking
• Wi-Fi
• Dog friendly

A Georgian house built in 1719–21 near Wantage, home to the Baring family since 1939 and hired out exclusively with its walled gardens, Temple Island and a furnished riverside marquee for 200. Twelve bedrooms sleep up to 25, and the house hosts weddings, house parties, company retreats and filming.

Ward Avenue, Cowes, Isle of Wight PO31 8AZ

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Exclusive use, Conference venue

• Up to 240 guests
• Bar
• Gardens
• Marquee
• Dance floor
• Civil ceremony licence
• Meeting rooms
• AV equipment
• Approved caterers
• Exclusive use
• Office space
• Outdoor bar
• Parking

Grade II* listed Georgian manor in Northwood Park, Cowes, given to the town by the Ward family in 1929 and now run by a charitable trust. Six function rooms include a Ballroom licensed for ceremonies of 140 with views to the Solent. Exclusive hire seats 240 conference-style or 170 to 200 for dining and dancing.

Selden Barns, Old Selden Farm, 146 Selden Lane, Patching, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3UL

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Christmas parties, Team building, Exclusive use, Barn venue, Conference venue

• Up to 200 guests
• Exclusive use
• Civil ceremony licence
• Outdoor ceremonies
• Licensed bar
• Walled garden
• Rooms to stay
• Bridal suite
• AV equipment
• Wi-Fi
• Free parking
• EV charging
• Wheelchair accessible

Family-owned, exclusive-use flint and brick barns in the South Downs National Park between Worthing and Arundel, with three licensed ceremony spaces for up to 100 indoors and 200 outdoors, a fairy-lit main barn with a Victorian mahogany bar, walled gardens, on-site cottage bedrooms and space for weddings, corporate events and parties.

Nurstead Court, Nurstead Church Lane, Meopham, Gravesend, Kent DA13 9AD

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Country house

• Up to 200 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Bar
• In-house catering
• Gardens
• Marquee
• Dance floor
• Exclusive use
• Outdoor ceremonies
• Private dining
• Sound and lighting
• Wi-Fi
• Parking

Grade I listed manor house near Gravesend, built in 1320 and home to the Edmeades family for 400 years, in 300 acres of Kent farmland. It is always hired exclusively. Ceremonies take 75 in the Drawing Room, and the garden marquee seats 120 for dinner and 200 in the evening. Ten guests can stay in Stable Cottage and three shepherd's huts.

Hampden House, Hampden Road, Great Hampden, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire HP16 9RD

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Exclusive use, Country house

• Up to 100 guests
• Exclusive use
• Civil ceremony licence
• Estate church
• Gardens
• Terrace
• Bridal suite
• Bar
• Wi-Fi
• Parking

Grade I listed Chiltern house shaped over 650 years by the Hampden family, 40 minutes from London. Weddings take exclusive use of the house, with four licensed ceremony spaces and a 14th-century church on the estate. Packages start at £22,500, and the house also hosts corporate, charity and private events.