Celebration venues

Chewton Glen, Christchurch Road, New Milton, Hampshire BH25 6QS

Great for: Weddings, Celebrations, Hotel, Private Dining, Country house

• Guest numbers: ask the venue
• Civil ceremony licence
• Walled garden
• Event suites
• Meeting rooms
• Private dining
• Restaurants
• Spa
• Swimming pools
• Nine-hole golf course
• Tennis courts
• Cookery school
• Helipad

Five-star country house hotel and spa in 130 acres on the edge of the New Forest, a short walk from the sea. Six ceremony spaces hold between 10 and 140 guests, The Lake Suite seats 150 for meetings, and there are 72 rooms including 14 Treehouses.

Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens, Brighton Road, Lower Beeding, Horsham RH13 6PP

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Celebrations, Private Dining, Conference venue

• Up to 100 guests
• Gardens
• Lake
• Vineyard
• Rooms to stay
• Restaurant
• Café
• Food on site
• Bar
• Exclusive use
• Parking

Grade I listed woodland garden near Horsham, with seven lakes, free-roaming wallabies and a Michelin-starred restaurant in Leonardslee House. Weddings use the Gardens, the Courtyard or the Wine Estate, and private events seat 100 in the Courtyard.

Great Tew, Chipping Norton OX7 4JS

Great for: Weddings, Celebrations, Hotel

• Up to 20 guests
• Bar
• Parking
• Food on site
• Rooms to stay
• Restaurant
• Spa
• Gym
• Swimming pool
• Lake

A rural escape surrounded by 100 acres of Oxfordshire countryside, neighbouring the Cotswolds villages of Chipping Norton and Great Tew. 114 bedrooms and cabins, Pen Yen, the Hay Barn and Main Barn, and a spa with sunken hot tubs in the lake.

Borde Hill, Borde Hill Lane, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1XP

Great for: Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Team building

• Up to 80 guests
• Historic house
• Meeting rooms
• Private dining
• Marquee
• Gardens
• Parkland
• Woodland
• Restaurant
• Café
• Licensed bar
• Adventure playground
• Parking

A Grade II* listed garden near Haywards Heath, with 13 garden rooms, champion trees and 383 acres of parkland around an Elizabethan house rebuilt in 1598. The house hosts board meetings and dinners for 70, and a garden marquee takes 80.

Penshurst Place, Penshurst, Tonbridge, Kent TN11 8DG

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Christmas parties, Team building, Private Dining, Country house, Conference venue

• Up to 500 guests
• Exclusive use
• Marquee site
• Gardens
• Courtyard
• Meeting rooms
• Catering
• Private dining
• Café
• Shop
• Parking

Medieval manor house at Penshurst in the Weald of Kent, built in 1341 and home to the Sidney family since 1552. The Baron's Hall seats 140 and takes 200 standing, and the Sunderland Room seats 100. The parkland takes marquees for 500. Weddings are exclusive hire, and the house also hosts corporate days, Christmas parties and birthdays.

Foxhills, Stonehill Road, Ottershaw, Surrey KT16 0EL

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Christmas parties, Team building, Hotel, Private Dining, Conference venue

• Up to 200 guests
• Golf
• Spa
• Swimming pool
• Gym
• Tennis and padel courts
• Rooms to stay
• Restaurants
• Bar
• Meeting rooms
• Dance floor
• Terrace
• Crèche

400-acre country club near Chertsey with a Victorian Manor House, two championship golf courses plus The Manor, a HealthSpa and 66 bedrooms. Weddings use the Orangery for 45, the Library for 100 and the Clubhouse for 180, and nine meeting rooms take conferences.

Wotton House, Guildford Road, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6HS

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Christmas parties, Team building, Hotel, Private Dining, Country house, Conference venue

• Up to 250 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Gardens
• Gym
• Food on site
• Bar
• Restaurant
• Swimming pool
• Parking
• Meeting rooms
• Dog friendly

Once home to diarist and botanist John Evelyn, Wotton House near Dorking has done things differently for 400 years. Marry in England's first Italian gardens or the pillared Old Library, with weddings for up to 200 and conferences for 250.

Brooklands Hotel, Brooklands Drive, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0SL

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Christmas parties, Team building, Hotel, Private Dining, Conference venue

• Up to 220 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Event suites
• Meeting rooms
• Private dining
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Spa
• Gym
• Bedrooms
• Terrace
• Wi-Fi
• Parking

A four-star hotel in Weybridge on the Brooklands Estate, overlooking the Mercedes-Benz World track. Nine meeting rooms, a 220-capacity Brooklands Suite licensed for weddings, a spa with a hydrotherapy hot tub, and track-view rooms and suites.

Lime Wood, Beaulieu Road, Lyndhurst, Hampshire SO43 7FZ

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

• Up to 110 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Civil ceremony licence
• Exclusive use
• Spa
• Swimming pool
• Gym
• Restaurant
• Private dining
• Meeting rooms
• Gardens
• Terrace
• Dog friendly

New Forest hotel near Lyndhurst with 33 bedrooms, Herb House Spa and Hartnett Holder & Co. Exclusive-use weddings run Monday to Thursday with ceremonies for 110, and the five-bedroom Forest House sleeps ten for private celebrations and retreats.

Sir Christopher Wren Hotel, Thames Street, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 1PX

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Christmas parties, Hotel, Private Dining, Riverside venue, Conference venue

• Up to 90 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Gym
• Food on site
• Bar
• Restaurant
• Meeting rooms

A charming 4-star riverside hotel on a historic cobbled street by Eton Bridge in Windsor, with individually styled bedrooms, Thames-side dining, contemporary meeting rooms and the Princess Suite, licensed for ceremonies of up to 90.

Gravetye Manor, Vowels Lane, West Hoathly, West Sussex RH19 4LJ

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Hotel, Private Dining, Country house

• Guest numbers: ask the venue
• Rooms to stay
• Exclusive use
• Civil ceremony licence
• Restaurant
• Private dining
• Meeting rooms
• Gardens
• Kitchen garden
• Croquet lawn
• Wi-Fi
• Projector and screen

Elizabethan manor of 1598 in 1,000 acres near West Hoathly, home to William Robinson's natural gardens and a Michelin-starred restaurant. Exclusive-use weddings for 70, with 20 more in the evening, and panelled rooms for meetings and private dinners of up to 22.

Oakley Court, Windsor Road, Water Oakley, Windsor SL4 5UR

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Hotel, Exclusive use, Country house, Riverside venue

• Up to 140 guests
• Exclusive use
• Rooms to stay
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Meeting rooms
• Spa
• Swimming pool
• Gym
• Tennis courts
• Riverside
• Dog friendly
• Parking

Gothic Victorian mansion of 1859 on a private stretch of the Thames at Water Oakley, just downriver from Windsor. Exclusive-use weddings seat 140 in The Big Room, and meeting rooms take 8 to 140. There are 95 bedrooms by Eagle & Hodges, a riverside restaurant run with Soho House, a pool and tennis courts.

Great Fosters, Stroude Road, Egham, Surrey TW20 9UR

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Christmas parties, Team building, Hotel, Exclusive use, Private Dining, Country house, Conference venue

• Up to 250 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Civil ceremony licence
• Restaurant
• Private dining
• Bar
• Meeting rooms
• Gardens
• Swimming pool
• Spa treatments
• Wi-Fi
• Free parking
• EV charging

Tudor house near Egham dating from 1550, with a Grade II listed Tithe Barn, a Saxon moat and a sundial the hotel says was a gift from Sir Francis Drake. Weddings for 160, or 250 in the evening, meeting rooms for up to 120, 56 bedrooms and the Michelin-starred Tudor Pass.

Hedsor House, Hedsor Park, Taplow, Buckinghamshire SL6 0HX

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Exclusive use, Country house, Conference venue

• Up to 250 guests
• Exclusive use
• Civil ceremonies
• Rooms to stay
• Cottage
• Ballroom
• Bar
• Gardens
• Parkland
• Fireworks
• Canine Concierge for the couple's dog
• Parking

Georgian-style mansion of 1868 in 100 acres above the Thames, 40 minutes from London, hired exclusively for each event. It seats 150 for dinner or 250 for a party and sleeps 26 in the house, with dry hire from £6,450 plus VAT or three wedding packages.

Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6AA

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Christmas parties, Team building, Hotel, Tours and tastings, Private Dining, Conference venue

• Up to 500 guests
• Vineyard
• Rooms to stay
• Restaurants
• Bar
• Conference rooms
• Cinema
• Wine tours and tastings
• Marquee
• Gardens
• Free parking
• EV charging
• Wi-Fi

England's largest single-estate vineyard, outside Dorking, with 265 acres of vines facing Box Hill. Wedding packages cover parties of 10 in the Wine Library and outdoor vows for 150. Corporate spaces take 6 to 500, including vaulted cellars and a 17-room vineyard hotel.

Careys Manor Hotel & SenSpa, Lyndhurst Road, Brockenhurst, Hampshire SO42 7RH

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Christmas parties, Team building, Hotel, Private Dining, Conference venue

• Up to 150 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Walled garden
• Event suites
• Meeting rooms
• Private dining
• Restaurants
• Bar
• Spa
• Gym
• Pool
• Bedrooms
• Afternoon tea

A New Forest hotel in Brockenhurst with SenSpa, a Thai-inspired spa of over 22,000 sq ft that won Gold at the Beautiful South Awards 2024. Ceremonies for up to 100, wedding breakfasts for 100, evening receptions for 150, and meeting suites for 150.

Mount Ephraim Gardens, Staplestreet Road, Hernhill, Faversham, Kent ME13 9TX

Great for: Weddings, Celebrations, Country house

• Up to 250 guests
• Gardens
• Rooms to stay
• Exclusive use
• Bar
• Dance floor
• Marquee
• Private dining
• Self-catering
• Glamping
• Café
• Accessible toilets
• Parking

The Dawes family home since 1695, at the centre of an 800-acre Kent estate near Faversham, with ten acres of terraced Edwardian gardens. Exclusive-use weddings with ceremonies for 100 indoors or 150 in the garden. Dinner for 100, evening parties for 175, marquees for over 250 and rooms for 22.

Oakley Hall Hotel, Rectory Road, Oakley, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG23 7EL

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Christmas parties, Team building, Hotel, Exclusive use, Private Dining, Country house, Conference venue

• Up to 350 guests
• Exclusive use
• Civil ceremony licence
• Outdoor ceremony space
• Rooms to stay
• Bridal suite
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Meeting rooms
• AV equipment
• Gardens
• Dog friendly
• Parking

Family-owned Georgian manor of 1795 near Basingstoke, with Jane Austen links, 315 acres and 50 bedrooms. Eight spaces hold ceremonies, including an oak-framed Woodland Pavilion for 160. The Garden Pavilion seats 350 and has its own kitchen for dry hire, and conferences go up to 400.

Amberley Castle, Amberley, Nr Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9LT

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Hotel, Exclusive use, Private Dining

• Guest numbers: ask the venue
• Rooms to stay
• Exclusive use
• Fine dining restaurant
• Private dining
• Meeting rooms
• Marquee site
• Gardens
• Tennis court
• Croquet lawn
• Putting course
• Free parking
• Wi-Fi

A 12th-century castle hotel near Arundel, still enclosed by its 60ft curtain wall, with 19 bedrooms and a portcullis that is lowered every night. Weddings, private dining and meetings take place in the Queen's Room and the Norman Great Room, and the whole castle can be booked for exclusive use.

Michelham Priory, Michelham Priory Road, Upper Dicker, Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 3QS

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Team building, Exclusive use

• Up to 130 guests
• Gardens
• Museum
• Café
• Bar
• Civil ceremony licence
• Catering
• Meeting rooms
• AV equipment
• Wi-Fi
• Gift shop
• Parking
• Dog friendly

Augustinian priory founded in 1229 on an island near Hailsham, ringed by England's longest medieval water-filled moat and run by the Sussex Archaeological Society. Civil ceremonies in the Priory Chamber, the Elizabethan Great Barn or on the lawns, with the 130-capacity barn also hired for corporate events and parties.