Celebration venues

The Post, Snelsmore House, Snelsmore Common, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 3AL

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Celebrations, Barn venue

• Up to 220 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Outdoor ceremonies
• In-house catering
• Outdoor kitchen
• Terrace
• Mezzanine
• Open fires
• Sound system
• Underfloor heating
• Air cooling
• Breakout spaces
• Hotel accommodation nearby

A purpose-built English oak barn on Snelsmore Common near Newbury, opened in July 2021 by the team behind the Donnington & Co. hotel. It seats 150 for ceremonies and dinners, takes 220 in the evening, and hosts weddings, Christmas parties and conferences for up to 150 delegates.

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.

Wadhurst Castle, Wadhurst, East Sussex TN5 6DA

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

• Up to 130 guests
• Gardens
• Parking
• Food on site
• Civil ceremony licence
• Lake

An award-winning licensed castle venue at the heart of a 140-acre private estate in the High Weald, as featured in The Crown. Grand reception rooms, a Victorian Winter Garden, a restored Carriage Barn for 104 and evening parties for 130.

Dovecote Events, Bo Peep Farm, Aynho Road, Adderbury, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX17 3NP

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

• Up to 200 guests
• Dovecote Barn
• Giant tipi
• Licensed ceremony paddock
• Walled courtyard
• Refurbished bar area
• Heated marquee
• Tipi fire pits
• In-house catering
• Built-in speakers
• Accessible toilet
• Free parking

Family-run venue at Bo Peep Farm near Adderbury, with an 18th-century Grade II listed barn and a giant tipi. Hosts weddings of up to 140 in the barn or 200 in the tipi, plus corporate days, Christmas parties and private events, with in-house catering.

Port Office, Millennium Walkway, Portsmouth PO1 3FH

Great for: Weddings, Celebrations

• Up to 60 guests
• Food on site
• Museum
• Bar

Winters Tale Farmhouse, Old Blackmore Hill, Calvert Road, Steeple Claydon, Buckingham MK18 2HA

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Celebrations, Hotel, Exclusive use, Barn venue, Marquee venue

• Up to 215 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Outdoor ceremony spaces
• Exclusive use
• Marquee
• Licensed bar
• Cocktail bar
• On-site accommodation
• Parking
• Wheelchair access (ground floor)
• Baby changing
• Underfloor heating
• Sound system

A family-run barn venue near Steeple Claydon in rural Buckinghamshire, built in 2018 where an old hay barn once stood. It seats 135, holds 215 in total and comes with a marquee, secret garden, gallery cocktail bar and two on-site cottages.

Englefield House, Englefield, Reading, Berkshire RG7 5EN

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Celebrations, Country house

• Up to 1,000 guests
• Exclusive hire
• Marquee space
• Gardens
• Stage
• Grand piano
• Commercial kitchen
• Meeting rooms
• PA system
• Wi-Fi
• Lake
• Private car park
• Parking

Englefield House is the Benyon family's private home on a 14,000-acre West Berkshire estate near junction 12 of the M4. The state rooms seat 140 for dinner and the gardens take marquees for 1,000. The wider grounds can hold events for up to 10,000.

Cowdray Estate, Cowdray Park, Midhurst, West Sussex GU29 0AQ

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

• Up to 150 guests
• Exclusive hire
• Rooms to stay
• Civil ceremony licence
• Marquee space
• Gardens
• Golf course
• Indoor pool
• Outdoor pool
• Tennis court
• Restaurant
• Café
• Free parking

A 16,000-acre estate at Midhurst in the South Downs, home of Cowdray Park Polo Club. Cowdray House is hired exclusively with 22 bedrooms and Buck Hall for 150, the Walled Garden takes 10 to 100, and the golf clubhouse seats 80.

Pylewell House, Pylewell, East End, Lymington, Hampshire SO41 5SJ

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

• Up to 200 guests
• Exclusive use
• Rooms to stay
• Civil ceremony licence
• Gardens
• Beach access
• Bar
• Dance floor
• Kitchen for caterers
• Meeting rooms
• Outdoor event space
• Dog friendly
• Parking

Seventeenth-century country house on the Solent near Lymington, hired on an exclusive basis with private beach access and views to the Isle of Wight. Ceremonies take place under a sail structure or in the Colefax and Fowler drawing room, and the Pavilion seats 200. Weekend weddings include 13 bedrooms for 26 guests.

Goodnestone Park, Goodnestone, Canterbury, Kent CT3 1PE

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

• Up to 150 guests
• Exclusive use
• Rooms to stay
• Civil ceremony licence
• Marquee
• Gardens
• Bar
• PA system
• Café
• Self-catering cottage
• Parking

Queen Anne house of 1704 near Canterbury, once visited by Jane Austen, in 15 acres of gardens. Wedding weekends with the 12-bedroom house for two or three nights, an Orangery marquee seating 120 in the warmer months, and corporate stays for up to 24.

Swallows Oast, Gibbs Reed Farm, Pashley Road, Ticehurst, East Sussex TN5 7HE

Great for: Weddings, Celebrations

• Up to 130 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Outdoor ceremonies
• Licensed bar
• In-house catering
• Bridal suite
• Marquee
• Lake
• Courtyard
• Children's play area
• Parking
• Wifi
• Helicopter landing

An 1830s twin-kiln oast house at Gibbs Reed Farm near Ticehurst, converted into a banqueting hall in 1995. It seats 130 under an oak-beamed ceiling with a minstrels' gallery, holds civil ceremonies inside and under the Pavilion, and has a woodland bridal suite with a slipper bath.

Fontwell Park Racecourse, Arundel Road, Fontwell, Arundel BN18 0SY

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Christmas parties, Exclusive use, Stag and hen

• Up to 700 guests
• Horseracing
• Civil ceremony licence
• Marquee
• Restaurant
• Private suites
• Bar
• Gardens
• Viewing balcony
• Wi-Fi
• Free parking

Jumps racecourse in 65 acres between Arundel and Chichester, with the UK's only figure-of-eight steeplechase. Weddings in Fontwell House for 80 by day and 120 in the evening, the Premier Suite for 300, and multicultural weddings for up to 700 with a marquee.

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.

Chartham Park, Felcourt Road, Felcourt, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 2JT

Great for: Corporate Events, Celebrations

• Up to 120 guests
• Golf course
• Driving range
• Gym
• Indoor pool
• Hydro pool
• Sauna and steam room
• Bar
• Private dining
• Meeting space
• Covered pergola
• Catering
• Parking

Golf and country club just north of East Grinstead, with a par-72 championship course designed by Ryder Cup player Neil Coles. Private hire for up to 120 covers birthdays, anniversaries, meetings and proms, and exclusive Christmas party nights take up to 80.

Christine House, London Road, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent ME8 8PT

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Christmas parties, Conference venue, Wakes

• Up to 450 guests
• Beulah Suite
• Rhema Suite
• Citrine Suite
• Beulah Lounge with bar
• Reception Area
• Bridal suite
• Professional kitchen
• In-house catering
• Cocktail service
• Civil ceremony licence
• On-site parking
• Overflow parking

Event venue on London Road, Rainham, with its own civil ceremony licence. Two suites join into the Beulah Suite for 450 seated, and an in-house kitchen cooks multicultural menus for weddings, conferences and parties.

Newbury Road, Headley RG19 8LA

Great for: Weddings, Celebrations

• Up to 150 guests
• Bar
• Parking
• Food on site
• Café

The Darling Buds of May location, set in the idyllic Kent countryside, offers a charming and nostalgic setting for intimate corporate events and private celebrations, surrounded by the peaceful beauty of traditional English farmland.

Broadlands Park, Romsey SO51 9ZD

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Celebrations, Country house, Riverside venue

• Up to 500 guests
• Event parkland
• Orangery
• Civil ceremonies
• Concert site
• Helicopter landing
• Wi-Fi fibre
• Filming locations
• River fishing
• Walled gardens
• Woodland
• Parking
• Rail access

The Mountbatten family's estate at Romsey, with 4.5km of the River Test and a 135-acre parkland that has staged concerts by Elton John and Lionel Richie. It hosts civil and celebrant-led ceremonies, corporate events and filming.

Avington, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 1DB

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Team building, Private Dining, Country house, Riverside venue

• Up to 180 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Exclusive use
• Rooms to stay
• Lakeside barn
• Orangery
• Rose garden
• Trout fishery
• Estate pub
• Hot tubs
• Wild swimming
• Free parking
• Wi-Fi

A family-owned estate of 300 acres in the Itchen Valley near Winchester, where Charles II once lived with Nell Gwynn. Weddings for up to 180 use the Orangery and Library, with ceremonies in the rose garden or by the river. Lakeside Otters Barn hosts smaller weddings, Christmas parties and company days.

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.

The Warnham Barn, Rookwood, Robin Hood Lane, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 3RR

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

• Up to 100 guests
• Oak-beamed function barn
• Fully licensed bar
• Mezzanine meeting room
• Private veranda
• Terrace
• Dance floor
• Pitch and putt course
• FootGolf
• Complimentary wifi
• In-house catering
• Free car park

Restored 17th-century Sussex barn at Rookwood golf course, walking distance from Horsham town centre. Seats 80 for a wedding breakfast and 100 for an evening party, with a licensed bar, a mezzanine meeting room and pitch and putt on the doorstep.