Corporate event venues

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.

Solton Lane, East Langdon, Dover, Kent CT15 5JB

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Exclusive use, Barn venue, Country house, Party venue

• Up to 250 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Exclusive use
• On-site accommodation
• Stage
• Dance floor
• Bar
• Air conditioning
• Hot tub
• Children's play area
• Games room
• Wi-Fi
• Parking

A Grade II listed manor house near Dover, first recorded in the Domesday Book, with a converted 1950s Dutch Barn that seats 200. Exclusive-use weddings, parties and corporate events use nine acres of gardens and five licensed ceremony spaces, and up to 28 guests can stay overnight.

The Grange Hampshire, Estate Office, Folly Hill Farm, Itchen Stoke, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9TF

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

• Up to 200 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• On-site accommodation
• In-house catering
• Theatre
• Meeting space
• Breakout rooms
• Swimming pool
• Tennis court
• Vineyard tours
• Lakes
• Parkland
• Marquee site

A neo-classical mansion and family estate near Alresford, home to The Grange Festival and an English sparkling wine vineyard. Weddings use the house, its porticos or the smaller Abbotstone Barn, and the estate also hosts business retreats, milestone birthdays and stag or hen weekends with up to 20 bedrooms.

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.

Chesil House, 4 Chesil Street, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 0HU

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Exclusive use, Riverside venue, Conference venue

• Up to 100 guests
• Chesil Suite
• Garden Room over the tributary
• River View Room
• Riverside deck
• Walled garden with bridge
• Lounge breakout area
• Built-in audio-visual equipment
• Ceremony live-streaming
• Air conditioning
• Free WiFi
• Bridal preparation room
• In-house caterers

Nineteenth-century house on the River Itchen in central Winchester, owned by the Steel family for four generations. Hired exclusively for weddings and ceremonies of 20 to 100 guests and for meetings and conferences, with a riverside deck and walled garden.

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.

Mapledurham House, The Estate Office, Mapledurham, Reading RG4 7TR

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

• Up to 200 guests
• Gardens
• Bar
• Civil ceremony licence
• Tipi
• Marquee
• Riverside
• Moorings
• Meeting rooms
• Exclusive use
• House tours
• Outdoor event space

Family estate beside the Thames near Reading, owned by Richard Blount's descendants since 1490, with the last working watermill on the river. Weddings use licensed outdoor ceremony spaces and a permanent oak-framed tipi for 160 seated and 200 in the evening. The Grade I listed Old Manor takes meetings of 15 to 20.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fetcham Park, Lower Road, Fetcham, Surrey KT22 9HD

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

• Up to 100 guests
• Meeting rooms
• Video conferencing
• Wi-Fi
• Gardens
• Terrace
• Catering
• Free parking
• EV charging
• Bike racks

Grade II* listed house built in 1705, five minutes' drive from Leatherhead, with Louis Laguerre murals around its staircase and gardens first laid out by George London. Three meeting rooms take 6 to 100 and can be booked by the hour, and the house also hosts private dinners, birthdays and anniversaries.

The Old Dairy, Hatherden Farm, Hatherden Lane, Hatherden, Andover, Hampshire SP11 0HT

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

• Up to 140 guests
• Main barn for 140 seated
• Glass mezzanine
• Audio system with wireless microphones
• Bar area
• Commercial kitchen
• Paved patio
• Male, female and disabled toilets
• Bridal party bedroom
• Self-catering cottages
• On-site parking

Converted dairy barn on a family farm outside Andover, seating 140 under oak beams and a giant milk-bottle chandelier. Three days' hire for £6,000, a commercial kitchen, and self-catering cottages and loft rooms a few steps from the barn.