Exclusive use venues

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.

Bilsington Priory Estate, Priory Road, Bilsington, Ashford, Kent TN25 7AU

Great for: Weddings, Exclusive use

• Up to 200 guests
• Priory Room ceremony space
• Chequerboard garden gazebo
• Tree marquee with bar
• Tack Room dressing room
• In-house catering
• In-house DJ and disco lighting
• Nine-acre grounds
• Disabled access
• Free on-site parking
• Catering kitchen for dry hire
• Spaces for prayer
• Cloakroom

Medieval priory founded in 1253, looking out over Romney Marsh near Ashford. Exclusive-use weddings with ceremonies for 100, receptions for 140 and evening parties of 200, in-house catering and DJ, a tree marquee and a micro-wedding package for 11 to 30.

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.

Hoad Farm, Acrise, Folkestone, Kent CT18 8LP

Great for: Weddings, Exclusive use, Barn venue, Party venue

• Guest numbers: ask the venue
• Civil ceremony licence
• Exclusive use
• On-site accommodation
• Kitchen for caterers
• Bar facilities
• Music system
• BBQ area
• Accessible toilets
• Pet friendly
• Parking

A family-run barn wedding venue at Acrise, near Folkestone, where three-day packages include set-up and pack-down days. Couples choose from three licensed ceremony spots, and three holiday cottages on site sleep 12. Winter weddings for up to 50 start at £2,750.

Nether Winchendon House, Nether Winchendon, near Thame, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP18 0DY

Great for: Weddings, Celebrations, Exclusive use, Barn venue, Country house

• Up to 250 guests
• Exclusive use
• Gardens
• Rooms to stay
• Bar
• Dance floor
• Marquee
• Barn

Grade I listed Medieval and Tudor manor near Thame, in the same family since 1559 and remodelled in the Strawberry Hill Gothick style in the late 18th century. Exclusive-use weddings in the 18th-century Carriage Barn (85 dining, 120 evening) or marquees for up to 250 on three lawns, with church or garden ceremonies.

Brickwall House, Northiam, Rye, East Sussex TN31 6NL

Great for: Weddings, Exclusive use, Country house

• Up to 70 guests
• Exclusive use
• Civil ceremony licence
• Drawing Room with grand piano
• Great Parlour Room
• Walled garden
• Topiary chess garden
• Arboretum
• Get-ready room
• No corkage fee
• On-site venue manager
• Parking
• Outdoor pool

A Grade I listed Jacobean manor at Northiam, on the East Sussex and Kent border, used for small exclusive-use weddings of up to 70 day guests. It has three licensed ceremony spaces and a walled garden with yew topiary chess pieces.

Friars Court, Clanfield, Oxfordshire OX18 2SU

Great for: Weddings, Exclusive use, Country house

• Up to 80 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Outdoor ceremony space
• Exclusive use
• Gardens
• Museum
• Wheelchair-accessible paths

Mid-17th-century Cotswold stone house inside a 500-year-old moat at Clanfield, Oxfordshire, on a site founded by the Knights of St John in 1149. A ceremony-only venue: vows in the gardens for up to 80, with the Garden Room as the indoor option, and receptions held elsewhere.

Hidden Acres, Netherfield Road, Battle, East Sussex TN33 9PY

Great for: Weddings, Hotel, Exclusive use, Marquee venue

• Up to 150 guests
• Panoramic 9m x 21m marquee
• Dance floor and festoon lighting
• Chiavari chairs and trestle tables
• Farmhouse for 14 guests
• Three bell tents
• Ceremony lawn
• Styling and props shed
• Fire pits with seating
• Empty bar with fridges
• Field parking for 60 cars
• Ceremony speaker and microphone
• Wedding coordinator

Farmhouse wedding venue in Netherfield near Battle, hired exclusively for a whole Friday-to-Sunday weekend. A panoramic marquee takes 120 day and 150 evening guests, the farmhouse sleeps 14 and bell tents are included, with corkage-free drinks and your own caterers.

Duncton Mill, Dye House Lane, Duncton, Petworth, West Sussex GU28 0LF

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

• Guest numbers: ask the venue
• Licensed wooden lakeside lodge
• Three licensed outdoor ceremony areas
• Level marquee pitch
• Lakeside decking
• Four lakes
• Mains electricity (extra charge)
• Marquee package
• Fishing tackle hire
• Management living on site

Family-run lakeside venue in the South Downs National Park near Petworth, with four lakes across 12 acres. A licensed wooden lodge and three licensed lakeside spots for ceremonies, a level marquee pitch for receptions, and private fishing days for companies.