Meeting venues

RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey GU23 6QB

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

• Up to 500 guests
• Gardens
• Outdoor ceremony area
• Glasshouse
• Conference rooms
• Meeting rooms
• AV equipment
• Video conferencing
• Roof terrace
• Restaurant
• Marquee sites
• In-house catering
• Parking

The Royal Horticultural Society's flagship garden near Woking, with 240 acres and a dozen hireable spaces. Couples marry at a Chinese-style pavilion by the lake and dine in the Glasshouse for 140. Hilltop takes 320 theatre style, and marquee sites hold 500.

Hever Castle, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 7NG

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

• Up to 220 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Rooms to stay
• Cottage
• Restaurant
• Private dining
• Meeting rooms
• Gardens
• Lake
• Golf
• Fireworks
• Parking

Double-moated castle near Edenbridge in Kent, the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, restored by William Waldorf Astor. Weddings run in the castle, the Astor Wing and the Italian Garden for up to 220 guests, with 26 five-star bedrooms and a 27-hole golf course on the estate.

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Victory Gate, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth PO1 3LJ

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations

• Guest numbers: ask the venue
• Meeting rooms
• Private dining
• Catering
• Bar
• AV equipment
• Event manager
• Museum
• Shop
• Café
• Parking

Naval dockyard in Portsmouth that is home to HMS Victory, HMS Warrior and the Mary Rose. Its ships and museums are hired for dinners, receptions, meetings and weddings for 12 to 240. Warrior's Main Gun Deck seats 240 at mess tables, and 22 can dine in Nelson's Great Cabin on Victory. Hire fees fund the museums.

Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1PS

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Country house, Conference venue

• Up to 250 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• State Rooms
• Orangery restaurant and bar
• Meeting rooms
• Marquee locations
• Formal gardens
• Parkland
• In-house catering
• Approved outside caterers
• Wedding coordinator
• Free parking
• Team-building activities

The Oxfordshire palace where Winston Churchill was born, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2,000 acres of Capability Brown parkland. Weddings for up to 250 in the State Rooms, the Orangery for 150 seated, and marquee events for up to 2,000.

Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent ME17 1PL

Great for: Weddings, Meetings, Celebrations

• Up to 200 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Civil ceremony licence
• Exclusive use
• Gardens
• Golf
• Restaurant
• Food on site
• Marquee
• Meeting rooms
• Parking

Island castle near Maidstone, first built in stone in 1119 and restored by Lady Baillie in the 1930s. Weddings for 100 in the castle, 80 in Maiden's Tower and 30 at Battel Hall, with evening parties for 180 in the Fairfax Barn and marquees for more than 200.

National Motor Museum, New Forest, SO42 7YG

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

• Up to 500 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Historic event spaces
• Motor museum
• Meeting rooms
• Lecture theatre
• Projectors and screens
• Gardens
• Private lawns
• Marquee space
• Monorail
• Parking
• Catering

A New Forest estate with the 13th-century Domus of Beaulieu Abbey, Palace House and the National Motor Museum. Up to 1,000 guests can dine among the museum's cars, and private lawns host summer events for as many as 5,000.

Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP18 0JH

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

• Up to 1,000 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Gardens
• Museum
• Café
• Food on site
• Parking
• Restaurant
• Shop

A French-inspired château created from 1874 by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, built for beauty, for a collection and for entertaining. Today it hosts weddings, celebrations and corporate events for 10 to 1,000 guests, amid masterpieces and sweeping gardens.

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.

Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, Richmond, Surrey TW10 5HX

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Christmas parties

• Up to 200 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Outdoor ceremony space
• Gardens
• Terrace
• Catering
• Wedding coordinator
• Meeting rooms
• Café
• Accessible toilets
• Parking

Grade II listed Georgian mansion at the highest point of Richmond Park, and the only licensed wedding venue in a London Royal Park. The Belvedere takes 140 for the ceremony and meal and 200 in the evening, and the Russell Suite takes 70 and 100. Family-run, with in-house catering, 11 acres of gardens and free parking.

Portsmouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 2AB

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

• Up to 750 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Meeting rooms
• Catering
• Bar
• Dance floor
• Stage
• AV equipment
• WiFi
• Induction loop
• Accessible venue

Victorian civic hall in the centre of Portsmouth, gutted in the Blitz and reopened in 1959, now run by The Guildhall Trust charity. Its Main Auditorium seats 2,000 theatre-style or 420 for dinner. Weddings run up to 200, with ceremony rooms for 100, and Asian weddings take up to 750. It is a two-minute walk from Portsmouth & Southsea station.

Bewl Water, Bewlbridge Lane, Lamberhurst, Kent TN3 8JH

Great for: Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Team building, Private Dining, Stag and hen

• Up to 100 guests
• Waterside event space
• In-house catering
• AV equipment on request
• Meeting space
• Team-building activities
• Watersports
• Laser tag
• Waterfront Café
• Terrace
• Parking
• Dog friendly
• Lake

The South East's largest reservoir, 800 acres of water in the High Weald on the Kent and Sussex border. The waterside Boat House takes 100 standing or 80 seated for meetings, away days and private parties, with in-house catering and parties licensed until 1am.

Newbury Racecourse, Racecourse Road, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 7NZ

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

• Up to 1,000 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Meeting rooms
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Catering
• AV equipment
• Wi-Fi
• Wheelchair access
• Parking
• Horseracing
• Exhibition space
• Outdoor space

Berkshire racecourse that held its first meeting in 1905 and runs the Coral Gold Cup each November. More than 50 event spaces across 225 acres, conferences for up to 1,000 in the Grandstand and Asian weddings for up to 550. There is a 36-bedroom hotel on site, its own railway station and free parking.

Herstmonceux Castle Estate, Wartling Road, Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 1RN

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

• Up to 180 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Rooms to stay
• Bridal suite
• Meeting rooms
• Lift
• Gardens
• Observatory
• Café
• Pub
• Parking

Moated brick castle of 1441 near Hailsham in East Sussex, once home to the Royal Greenwich Observatory and now Bader College. The Ballroom and Cloisters take 180 for weddings, conference rooms seat up to 180, and guests can stay at the college's Bader Hall.

Pennyhill Park, London Road, Bagshot, Surrey GU19 5EU

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Christmas parties, Hotel, Country house, Conference venue

• Guest numbers: ask the venue
• Rooms to stay
• Spa
• Swimming pool
• Restaurant
• Private dining
• Meeting rooms
• Outdoor ceremony space
• Gardens
• Gym
• Tennis courts
• Dog friendly
• Parking

Ivy-clad country house hotel at Bagshot, Surrey, in 120 acres beside Swinley Forest. It has 124 bedrooms, a 45,000 sq ft spa and Latymer, which holds a Michelin star. The Terrace Wing is given over to weddings, and 18 meeting spaces take up to 196 theatre-style or 280 for dinner. The England rugby team trains here.

Longmoor Road, Liphook GU30 7PE

Great for: Weddings, Meetings, Celebrations, Christmas parties, Conference venue

• Up to 250 guests
• Chapel
• Outdoor ceremony space
• Rooms to stay
• Self-catering
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Meeting rooms
• AV equipment
• Golf course
• Spa
• Swimming pool
• Parking

Golf, spa and events resort on 400 acres at Liphook in Hampshire, just off the A3. Its par-72 course was designed by Peter Alliss. Weddings use a chapel, a walled garden and two ballrooms, the largest holding 500, and conferences take 450 theatre-style. There are 150 hotel rooms plus residences and penthouses.

South Lodge, Brighton Road, Lower Beeding, Horsham RH13 6PS

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Country house, Conference venue

• Up to 180 guests
• Spa
• Gym
• Rooms to stay
• Gardens
• Food on site
• Restaurant
• Private dining
• Meeting rooms

A five-star country house in 93 acres of Sussex countryside with South Downs views, an AA Spa of the Year, Michelin-starred The Pass, outdoor ceremonies at a wrought-iron pavilion and grand receptions for up to 180.