Exclusive use venues

The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TZ

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

• Up to 200 guests
• Museum
• Restaurant
• Meeting rooms
• Parking

Kent's new historic wedding venue: an internationally important Age of Sail dockyard just 35 miles from London, with 400 years of history, three historic warships and the meticulously restored Commissioner's House as your home for the day.

Port Lympne Reserve, Lympne, Hythe, Kent CT21 4PD

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

• Up to 120 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Outdoor ceremony space
• Rooms to stay
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Gardens
• Terrace
• Meeting rooms
• Wedding coordinator
• Catering
• Parking

Grade II listed Cape Dutch-style mansion of 1913 inside a 600-acre wildlife reserve near Hythe, Kent, run by The Aspinall Foundation and home to over 900 animals. Intimate weddings for up to 50 use the mansion and terraces; exclusive weddings for 50 to 120 use the walled-garden pergola and glass Orangery. Guests stay in the hotel, lodges or treehouses.

Kennel Hill, Chichester PO18 0PX

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

• Up to 500 guests
• Exclusive use
• Civil ceremony licence
• In-house catering
• Butler service
• Ballroom
• Meeting rooms
• Gardens
• Parking
• Golf
• Horseracing
• Motorsport

Home of the Dukes of Richmond since 1697, at the heart of the 11,000-acre Goodwood Estate near Chichester. The State Apartments are hired exclusively for weddings licensed for 245, parties and corporate dinners, with the 91-bedroom Goodwood Hotel close by.

Cliveden House, Taplow, Berkshire SL6 0JF

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

• Up to 250 guests
• Exclusive use
• Marquee option
• Private dining rooms
• Meeting rooms
• Screening room
• Restaurants
• Spa
• Gym
• Tennis courts
• Riverside cottage
• Dog friendly
• Valet parking

Grade I listed National Trust house above the Thames, now a five AA Red Star hotel and spa with 47 bedrooms. Exclusive-use weddings for 130 by day and 180 in the evening, up to 250 with a marquee, plus private rooms for parties and meetings.

The Grand Brighton, 97-99 King's Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 2FW

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

• Up to 900 guests
• Spa
• Rooms to stay
• Food on site
• Bar
• Restaurant
• Gym
• Meeting rooms
• Terrace

One of Brighton's most iconic seafront landmarks, freshly transformed by a £17 million refurbishment. Ceremonies for up to 80 beneath the famous staircase, the Empress Suite for up to 500, conferences for 900 and sea-facing rooms.

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.

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.

Cooling Castle Barn, Cooling, Rochester, Kent ME3 8DT

Great for: Weddings, Exclusive use

• Up to 250 guests
• Exclusive use
• Civil ceremony licence
• Outdoor ceremony pavilion
• Gardens
• In-house catering
• Bar
• Dressing rooms
• Bridal suite
• 15 bedrooms
• Heated barns

Exclusive-use barn wedding venue beside Cooling Castle in Kent, with central London about 35 minutes away. Up to 160 for the ceremony and wedding breakfast and 250 in the evening, with the couple's Master Suite and 15 en-suite guest bedrooms on site.

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.

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.

Painshill, Cobham, Surrey KT11 1JE

Great for: Weddings, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Team building, Exclusive use

• Up to 150 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Outdoor ceremony space
• Walled garden
• Marquee site
• Meeting rooms
• Catering
• Café
• Vineyard
• Lake
• Riverside
• Accessible toilets
• Parking

Grade I listed 18th-century landscape garden at Cobham, created by Charles Hamilton between 1738 and 1773 and run by an independent charity. It covers 160 acres. Couples marry between May and September in the Gothic Temple, for up to 120, or the Crystal Grotto, for 16. Dry-hire marquee receptions in the Walled Garden take 150, and meeting rooms hold up to 70.

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.

Hartwell House, Oxford Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP17 8NR

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

• Up to 150 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Civil ceremony licence
• Exclusive use
• Marquee
• Restaurant
• Private dining
• Meeting rooms
• Spa
• Swimming pool
• Gym
• Gardens
• Dog friendly

Jacobean and Georgian house in 90 acres near Aylesbury where Louis XVIII lived in exile, now a National Trust hotel with 48 bedrooms and a spa. Four rooms are licensed for weddings of up to 72, marquees take 150, and the Hartwell Rooms seat 90 for meetings.

The Royal Hotel, Belgrave Road, Ventnor, Isle of Wight PO38 1JJ

Great for: Weddings, Celebrations, Hotel, Exclusive use

• Up to 150 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Gardens
• Parking
• Food on site
• Bar
• Restaurant
• Swimming pool
• Wi-Fi
• Dog friendly

An award-winning four-star Victorian-style hotel in Ventnor's subtropical microclimate, with clifftop views over Ventnor Bay. Ceremonies for 120, wedding breakfasts for 150, the 2 AA Rosette Geranium Restaurant and a heated outdoor pool.