Christmas party venues

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.

Tylney Hall, Rotherwick, Hook, Hampshire RG27 9AZ

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

• Up to 120 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Gardens
• Parking
• Food on site
• Bar
• Restaurant
• Swimming pool
• Private dining
• Meeting rooms

A Grade II listed luxury country house hotel in 66 acres of glorious parkland and gardens near Hook, Hampshire. Marry in the Italian Garden or historic Tylney Suite, with five ceremony areas, 120 guests, 112 bedrooms and award-winning dining.

Easthampstead Park, Off Peacock Lane, Wokingham, Berkshire RG40 3DF

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Christmas parties, Team building, Hotel, Exclusive use, Country house, Conference venue

• Up to 500 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Civil ceremony licence
• Outdoor ceremony pavilion
• Ballroom
• Conference rooms
• AV equipment
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Gardens
• Gym
• Free parking
• EV charging

Grade II listed Victorian mansion hotel in 80 acres between Wokingham and Bracknell, built for the 4th Marquess of Downshire around 1860. Licensed ceremonies for 110 in the mansion, weddings and conferences for up to 500 in the King Suite, and 93 bedrooms.

Ashdown Park Hotel, Wych Cross, Nr Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5JR

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

• Up to 200 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Civil ceremony licence
• Banqueting suites
• Meeting rooms
• Restaurant
• Spa
• Swimming pool
• 18-hole golf course
• Tennis courts
• Snooker room
• Free parking
• Dog-friendly rooms

A Victorian mansion and former convent in the Ashdown Forest near Forest Row, with 106 bedrooms, an 18-hole golf course, a spa and 186 acres of grounds. Its old chapel, lit by Harry Clarke stained glass, is now the main wedding and banqueting suite, for up to 150 day and 200 evening guests.

Brighton Racecourse, Freshfield Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 9XZ

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

• Guest numbers: ask the venue
• Grandstand Hall
• Event suites
• Executive boxes
• Restaurant
• Private bars
• Terraces
• Outdoor event space
• In-house catering
• Free Wi-Fi
• Accessible facilities
• Free parking
• Sea views

A racecourse 400ft up on Whitehawk Hill, a mile from the Brighton coast. Flat racing runs April to October, and outside racedays its suites, Grandstand Hall and lawns host conferences, parties and hen and stag days.

Queen Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 3HS

Great for: Weddings, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Christmas parties, Hotel, Conference venue

• Up to 500 guests
• Food on site
• Bar
• Rooms to stay
• Restaurant
• Spa
• Meeting rooms
• Catering
• Dog friendly

One of Portsmouth's oldest hotels, founded in 1850 as the Sailors' Home and just 200m from the Historic Dockyard. A fully licensed venue for weddings, parties, reunions and conferences, with two superb function rooms and packages at competitive rates.

Oatlands Park Hotel, 146 Oatlands Drive, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 9HB

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

• Up to 300 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Exclusive use
• Rooms to stay
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Meeting rooms
• AV equipment
• Wi-Fi
• Gardens
• Gym
• EV charging
• Parking

Weybridge hotel on the site of Henry VIII's Oatlands Palace, rebuilt after a fire in 1794 and a hotel since 1856. It has 157 bedrooms, 12 event rooms and 10 acres above Broadwater Lake. Weddings take up to 300 and exclusive use starts at £45,000, while the York Suite holds 420 for conferences.

Hotel du Vin, 2 Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AD

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

• Up to 120 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Private dining
• Meeting rooms
• AV equipment
• Air-conditioning
• Wi-Fi
• Exclusive use

Boutique hotel in a cluster of Gothic and mock Tudor buildings in Brighton's Lanes, with 49 rooms, Bistro du Vin and six private rooms. The Dome seats 100 for a wedding banquet, intimate wedding packages cover 15 to 30 guests, and meetings take up to 90.

Royal Windsor Racecourse, Maidenhead Road, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 5JJ

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Christmas parties, Team building, Stag and hen, Riverside venue, Conference venue

• Up to 300 guests
• Parking
• Food on site
• Bar
• Horseracing

Royal Windsor Racecourse is a Thames-side racecourse near Windsor hosting weddings, parties and corporate events in its suites and riverside marquee.

The Montagu Arms Hotel, Beaulieu, New Forest, Hampshire SO42 7ZL

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

• Up to 150 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Gardens
• Food on site
• Bar
• Restaurant
• Parking
• Exclusive use
• Dog friendly

A four-star country house hotel in the picture-postcard New Forest village of Beaulieu, a 16th-century coaching inn with over 300 years of stories. Three charming wedding spaces for up to 32, or exclusive use for up to 150.

Hartsfield Manor, Sandy Lane, Betchworth, Surrey RH3 7AA

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

• Up to 120 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Gardens
• Meeting rooms
• AV equipment
• Air-conditioning
• Dance floor
• Gym
• Wi-Fi
• Parking
• Dog friendly

Victorian manor near Betchworth, finished in 1869 and used as a Canadian Army hospital in the Second World War. Weddings for 120 in a garden gazebo or the Hartsfield Lounge, a conference wing led by the 120-seat Hartsfield Hall, and 50 bedrooms across the manor, Annexe and old Lodge.

Donnington & Co., Old Oxford Road, Donnington, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 3AG

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

• Up to 140 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Civil ceremony licence
• Meeting rooms
• Private bar
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Spa
• Indoor pool
• Gym
• Golf course
• Terrace
• Free parking

Privately owned hotel, spa and pay-and-play golf club in parkland just outside Newbury. Ceremonies are licensed in the Cromwell Suite and Greens, wedding breakfasts seat up to 140, eight meeting rooms take groups of up to 140, and there are 111 bedrooms.

Mercure Brighton Seafront Hotel, 149 Kings Road, Brighton BN1 2PP

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

• Up to 150 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Terrace
• Civil ceremony licence
• Meeting rooms
• AV equipment
• Air-conditioning
• Room service
• Wi-Fi
• Parking
• Wheelchair access

Grade II listed 4-star hotel on Brighton seafront, built in 1864 and opposite the Bandstand, with a Regency-style stucco front and original mirrors and chandeliers. The Ballroom seats 120 for a wedding breakfast and 150 in the evening, the Coast View Suite takes 60 for ceremonies, and five meeting rooms take up to 110 theatre-style.

Cottesmore Hotel, Golf & Country Club, Buchan Hill, Pease Pottage, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9AT

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Christmas parties, Hotel

• Up to 200 guests
• Challis Suite, Buchan Suite and Barn Roo
• Outdoor ceremony lawn
• French-style courtyard with fountain
• Private bar with late licence
• Disabled access and lift
• 26 en-suite hotel rooms
• 7 self-catering lodges
• Health club and swimming pool
• Beauty salon
• Phoenix Bar & Restaurant
• Two golf courses
• Lake

Family-owned golf and country club at Pease Pottage near Crawley, rebuilt after a 2018 fire. Three function rooms for 150 at a wedding breakfast and 200 in the evening, licensed ceremonies indoors or on a lawn, 26 bedrooms, seven lodges and a health club.

Canterbury Cathedral Lodge, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2EH

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

• Up to 120 guests
• Auditorium
• Meeting rooms
• Lecture theatre
• AV equipment
• Hybrid meeting kit
• Garden
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Bedrooms
• Holiday house
• Wi-Fi
• Limited parking

A hotel and conference centre inside the precincts of Canterbury Cathedral, run by the cathedral itself. The Clagett Auditorium seats 120 for dinner or 190 theatre-style, drinks move to the Campanile Garden, and hotel guests get free cathedral entry.

Hurley House, Henley Road, Hurley, Berkshire SL6 5LH

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

• Up to 250 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Civil ceremony licence
• Exclusive use
• Private dining
• Bar
• Meeting rooms
• Terrace
• AV equipment
• Air-conditioning
• Wi-Fi
• Parking
• EV charging

Former Red Lyon pub near Henley and Marlow, reopened in 2016 as a ten-bedroom boutique hotel and named Best Small and Exclusive Property in the UK three times. Weddings and events use the glass-fronted Garden Pavilion, which seats 160 and holds 250 standing.

Farnham Castle, Castle Street, Farnham, Surrey GU9 0AG

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

• Up to 350 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Civil ceremony licence
• Chapel
• Outdoor ceremony space
• Great hall
• Gardens
• Meeting rooms
• In-house catering
• Bar
• Bridal preparation rooms
• Marquee space
• Secure parking

Medieval palace of the Bishops of Winchester above Farnham, on the Surrey and Hampshire border, with a keep over 900 years old. Four licensed rooms and two chapels hold ceremonies, the Great Hall seats 230 for dinner and 350 for dancing, and 33 bedrooms are on site.

Rowhill Grange, Top Dartford Road, Wilmington, Kent DA2 7QH

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

• Up to 190 guests
• Spa
• Rooms to stay
• Gardens
• Food on site
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Terrace
• Private dining

A 4 silver star hotel and award-winning spa in the Kentish countryside near Dartford. The Clockhouse barn-style venue seats 120 and hosts up to 190 in the evening, with garden gazebo vows, 2 AA Rosette dining and 38 rooms and suites.

Lillibrooke Manor, Ockwells Road, Cox Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 3LP

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

• Up to 220 guests
• The Great Barn
• The Small Barn
• The Engine House
• Tack Barn preparation room
• Cottage Room
• Cloister Garden
• Manor House Garden
• Barn garden with pizza oven
• Two paddocks
• Projector and large screen
• PA and wireless microphone
• Onsite kitchen

Family-run estate of Grade II listed barns and a manor house on 15 acres near Maidenhead. Hired exclusively for weddings of up to 170 seated and 220 evening guests, and for corporate days and team building, with catering by Heritage Venues.

Clock Barn, Tufton Warren, Whitchurch, Hampshire RG28 7RB

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Christmas parties, Exclusive use

• Up to 200 guests
• Exclusive use
• Civil ceremony licence
• Gardens
• Bridal preparation rooms
• In-house catering
• Outdoor kitchen
• Bar
• 23 bedrooms
• Honeymoon suite
• Accessible rooms
• Dog-friendly rooms
• Parking

A 19th-century threshing barn near Whitchurch, Hampshire, with a thatched coronation clock at the gate. The Main Barn seats 160 and takes 200 in the evening, ceremonies run in three rooms or outdoors, and 23 bedrooms are on site.