Team building venues

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.

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.

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.

Borde Hill, Borde Hill Lane, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1XP

Great for: Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Team building

• Up to 80 guests
• Historic house
• Meeting rooms
• Private dining
• Marquee
• Gardens
• Parkland
• Woodland
• Restaurant
• Café
• Licensed bar
• Adventure playground
• Parking

A Grade II* listed garden near Haywards Heath, with 13 garden rooms, champion trees and 383 acres of parkland around an Elizabethan house rebuilt in 1598. The house hosts board meetings and dinners for 70, and a garden marquee takes 80.

Penshurst Place, Penshurst, Tonbridge, Kent TN11 8DG

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

• Up to 500 guests
• Exclusive use
• Marquee site
• Gardens
• Courtyard
• Meeting rooms
• Catering
• Private dining
• Café
• Shop
• Parking

Medieval manor house at Penshurst in the Weald of Kent, built in 1341 and home to the Sidney family since 1552. The Baron's Hall seats 140 and takes 200 standing, and the Sunderland Room seats 100. The parkland takes marquees for 500. Weddings are exclusive hire, and the house also hosts corporate days, Christmas parties and birthdays.

Foxhills, Stonehill Road, Ottershaw, Surrey KT16 0EL

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

• Up to 200 guests
• Golf
• Spa
• Swimming pool
• Gym
• Tennis and padel courts
• Rooms to stay
• Restaurants
• Bar
• Meeting rooms
• Dance floor
• Terrace
• Crèche

400-acre country club near Chertsey with a Victorian Manor House, two championship golf courses plus The Manor, a HealthSpa and 66 bedrooms. Weddings use the Orangery for 45, the Library for 100 and the Clubhouse for 180, and nine meeting rooms take conferences.

Wotton House, Guildford Road, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6HS

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

• Up to 250 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Gardens
• Gym
• Food on site
• Bar
• Restaurant
• Swimming pool
• Parking
• Meeting rooms
• Dog friendly

Once home to diarist and botanist John Evelyn, Wotton House near Dorking has done things differently for 400 years. Marry in England's first Italian gardens or the pillared Old Library, with weddings for up to 200 and conferences for 250.

Brooklands Hotel, Brooklands Drive, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0SL

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

• Up to 220 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Event suites
• Meeting rooms
• Private dining
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Spa
• Gym
• Bedrooms
• Terrace
• Wi-Fi
• Parking

A four-star hotel in Weybridge on the Brooklands Estate, overlooking the Mercedes-Benz World track. Nine meeting rooms, a 220-capacity Brooklands Suite licensed for weddings, a spa with a hydrotherapy hot tub, and track-view rooms and suites.

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.

Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6AA

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

• Up to 500 guests
• Vineyard
• Rooms to stay
• Restaurants
• Bar
• Conference rooms
• Cinema
• Wine tours and tastings
• Marquee
• Gardens
• Free parking
• EV charging
• Wi-Fi

England's largest single-estate vineyard, outside Dorking, with 265 acres of vines facing Box Hill. Wedding packages cover parties of 10 in the Wine Library and outdoor vows for 150. Corporate spaces take 6 to 500, including vaulted cellars and a 17-room vineyard hotel.

Careys Manor Hotel & SenSpa, Lyndhurst Road, Brockenhurst, Hampshire SO42 7RH

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

• Up to 150 guests
• Civil ceremony licence
• Walled garden
• Event suites
• Meeting rooms
• Private dining
• Restaurants
• Bar
• Spa
• Gym
• Pool
• Bedrooms
• Afternoon tea

A New Forest hotel in Brockenhurst with SenSpa, a Thai-inspired spa of over 22,000 sq ft that won Gold at the Beautiful South Awards 2024. Ceremonies for up to 100, wedding breakfasts for 100, evening receptions for 150, and meeting suites for 150.

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.

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.