Riverside venues

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.

Sir Christopher Wren Hotel, Thames Street, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 1PX

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

• Up to 90 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Gym
• Food on site
• Bar
• Restaurant
• Meeting rooms

A charming 4-star riverside hotel on a historic cobbled street by Eton Bridge in Windsor, with individually styled bedrooms, Thames-side dining, contemporary meeting rooms and the Princess Suite, licensed for ceremonies of up to 90.

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.

Royal Windsor Racecourse, Maidenhead Road, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 5JJ

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Christmas parties, Team building, Stag and hen, Riverside venue, Conference venue

• Up to 300 guests
• Parking
• Food on site
• Bar
• Horseracing

Royal Windsor Racecourse is a Thames-side racecourse near Windsor hosting weddings, parties and corporate events in its suites and riverside marquee.

Monkey Island Estate, Bray-on-Thames, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 2EE

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Celebrations, Anniversaries, Christmas parties, Hotel, Exclusive use, Riverside venue, Private island

• Up to 300 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Exclusive use
• Civil ceremony licence
• Marquee
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Spa
• Meeting rooms
• AV equipment
• Wi-Fi
• Gardens
• Parking

Two Grade I listed fishing pavilions, built for the 3rd Duke of Marlborough in 1723, on a private Thames island at Bray. Now a 40-bedroom hotel with a Floating Spa. Civil ceremonies take place in the River Room or on the lawn. Pavilion weddings take 130, Temple Lawn marquees 300, and meetings up to 200 theatre-style.

Phyllis Court Club, Marlow Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire RG9 2HT

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Riverside venue

• Up to 300 guests
• Rooms to stay
• Restaurant
• Bar
• Terrace
• Gardens
• Civil ceremony licence
• Meeting rooms
• AV equipment
• Moorings
• Gym
• Swimming pool
• Parking

Members' club founded in 1906 in a riverside manor at Henley, on 18 acres beside the Thames and owned by its members since 1937. Non-members can hire its rooms. Three rooms hold ceremony licences, the Ballroom and Finlay Suite seat 240 and take 300 in the evening, and there are 17 hotel bedrooms.

Ardington House, Church Street, Ardington, Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12 8QA

Great for: Weddings, Corporate Events, Meetings, Celebrations, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Team building, Exclusive use, Country house, Riverside venue, Conference venue

• Up to 200 guests
• Exclusive use
• Civil ceremony licence
• Riverside marquee
• Rooms to stay
• Outdoor swimming pool
• Tennis court
• Fly fishing
• Walled gardens
• Helicopter landing site
• Free parking
• Wi-Fi
• Dog friendly

A Georgian house built in 1719–21 near Wantage, home to the Baring family since 1939 and hired out exclusively with its walled gardens, Temple Island and a furnished riverside marquee for 200. Twelve bedrooms sleep up to 25, and the house hosts weddings, house parties, company retreats and filming.

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.

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.

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.

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.