74 venues
Exceptional venues in England
74 venues in England are documented in this guide, ordered by renown and by how fully each is documented. For large events, Claydon Estate receives up to 5,000 guests. Each page gives the history, the key figures and a direct line to the events team.
The venues
Worksop, England
Hodsock Priory
Restored Tudor-gated country house near Worksop with a 130-seat Pavillion, four meeting rooms and 17 bedrooms, hired exclusively
17 rooms
Wantage, England
Ardington House
Exclusive-use Georgian house in Oxfordshire: 12 bedrooms, meeting rooms for 20 to 60 and a riverside marquee for 200, 75 minutes from London
12 rooms
London, England
Charlton House & Gardens
Grade I Jacobean manor house in Greenwich with an Old Library for 150, meetings for 10 to 150 and fully catered weddings
Chawton, England
Chawton House
Historic manor house near Alton hired by the hour for meetings of 10 to 15 and by the day for weddings of 50 to 100 guests
Clitheroe, England
Browsholme Hall
Lancashire hall in the Forest of Bowland: Tithe Barn for 130 delegates, Cart Shed for 26, weddings up to 200, 10 woodland lodges
Haywards Heath, England
Borde Hill
Board meetings and dinners in an Elizabethan mansion, plus a marquee for 80 in a Sussex garden
Kettering, England
Boughton House
A Northamptonshire family house with a 100-seat Tapestry Suite and a Great Court marquee site for up to 750
Skirlaugh, England
Burton Constable Hall & Parkland
Elizabethan hall near Hull for corporate events from 20 to 400 guests: Indoor Riding School for 400, hall rooms for 80 to 100
Elton, England
Elton Hall & Gardens
Historic house near Peterborough with licensed ceremony rooms for 40 to 120, receptions of up to 250 and dinners for 20 to 50
Woodstock, England
Blenheim Palace
Baroque palace in Oxfordshire hiring the Long Library for 250 diners, the Great Hall for 150 and marquee sites in the gardens
Filleigh, England
Castle Hill
A Palladian house and 50 acres of gardens in Devon, with a West Wing for 130 seated, a Red Room for 20 and a woodland temple for weddings
Carnforth, England
Leighton Hall
Lancashire hall for dinners of 80, lectures of 50 with break-outs and marquee events of 150, with parkland for more than 5,000
York, England
Bedern Hall
A 14th-century hall in central York for meetings of up to 60 and weddings of up to 75 guests, ten minutes from the station
Birdsall, England
Birdsall House
Georgian family house near Malton with a 150-seat theatre-style Ballroom and nine ensuite bedrooms for corporate stays
9 rooms
Totnes, England
Dartington Hall
South Devon estate with 10 meeting rooms for 2 to 220 people, 48 bedrooms and in-house catering, 3 hours by train from London
Dunsford, England
Great Fulford
Devon manor of 800 years with three interconnecting state rooms for parties and weddings: Great Hall for 100, parlour and ante room for 130
Windsor, England
Cumberland Lodge
Residential retreat and conference house in Windsor Great Park: meeting rooms for 8 to 100, 60 en-suite bedrooms, exclusive hire
Middle Claydon, England
Claydon Estate
A 6,000 sq m walled garden on dry hire and parkland for 5,000 guests near Buckingham, 60 miles from London
Abbotsbury, England
Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens
Garden wedding venue on the Dorset coast with a licensed lawn and a marquee seating 120 guests
Ottery St Mary, England
Cadhay
Tudor manor in East Devon for exclusive-use weddings and group stays: Old Apple Store for 80, beds for 22 in the house and 14 in cottages
Salisbury, England
Arundells
Cathedral Close house in Salisbury for meetings, recitals and dinners: drawing room for 30, dining room for 10, studio and riverside garden
London, England
Chelsea Physic Garden
London's oldest botanic garden for evening receptions of up to 500, seated dinners of 200 and seminars of 60 in the Gallery
Hagley, England
Hagley Hall
A Palladian mansion in 350 acres near Birmingham, with a Long Gallery for 120 diners, a Saloon for 70 and exclusive-use State Rooms
Kingston Bagpuize, England
Kingston Bagpuize House
Oxfordshire country house for private dinners and meetings of up to 40 and a summer marquee extending to 300 guests
Penrith, England
Askham Hall
Exclusive-use Lake District hall near Penrith: Bank Barn for 150 guests, bedrooms on site, Michelin-starred restaurant in the house
Ongar, England
Blake Hall
Three 17th-century barns in Essex hired exclusively for weddings and milestone parties, 150 seated and 200 in the evening
Nantwich, England
Combermere Abbey
Exclusive-use estate in Cheshire with a Pavilion for 150 seated, a Glasshouse and beds for 49 guests on site
Wetherby, England
Bramham Park
Conferences for up to 100 delegates in a 1698 Palladian house near Wetherby, West Yorkshire
Old Warden, England
Shuttleworth House
Country house and aviation collection near Biggleswade: 200 guests in the House or Garden Suite, a 130-guest hangar and 15 en-suite bedrooms
15 rooms
Hernhill, England
Mount Ephraim Gardens
An Edwardian Kent house and ten acres of gardens: wedding breakfasts for 100, marquee receptions for 250 and rooms for 22 guests
22 rooms
Cobham, England
Painshill
Meeting rooms for 30 to 60 and lawns for up to 250 in a 160 acre landscape garden in Cobham, Surrey
Grittleton, England
Grittleton House
Grade II listed Wiltshire manor for conferences, away days and parties of 50 to 400, with 30 bedrooms and 37 acres off M4 junction 17
Dalston, England
Rose Castle
Former bishops' palace near Carlisle for off-sites of 4 to 100, six reception rooms, 15 bedrooms for 26 to 28 and exclusive use
Newbury, England
Shaw House
Elizabethan house in Newbury with a Great Hall for 100 delegates and historic meeting rooms for 2 to 100 people, with free parking and Wi-Fi
Bignor, England
Bignor Park
Exclusive-use country estate in the South Downs with a marquee lawn for 250 guests and a restored stable complex
Winchester, England
The Hospital of St Cross
Medieval halls for 50 to 60 seated, a Norman chapel for weddings and a marquee lawn for 200 in Winchester
Ulverston, England
Swarthmoor Hall
A 17th-century Quaker house near Ulverston with a conference room for 60, a barn and cafe for small events, and 12 bedrooms sleeping 22
12 rooms
Bridlington, England
Sewerby Hall & Gardens
Four meeting rooms and a restored Orangery for up to 120 delegates in a Bridlington park, with free TV, flip chart and network access
Bath, England
No.1 Royal Crescent
Georgian house museum in Bath hired for events of 20 to 50 guests: a parlour, a servants' hall, a courtyard and exclusive use of the whole museum
New Alresford, England
The Grange
Barn for up to 60 guests, 20 bedrooms on five properties and an English wine estate near New Alresford, Hampshire
20 rooms
Lamport, England
Lamport Hall
Drinks receptions for 250, meeting rooms and a 150-guest Carriage House in a Northamptonshire country house
Kenilworth, England
Stoneleigh Abbey
Cistercian abbey turned palatial home near Kenilworth: Riding School for 300, Saloon for 60, Orangery for 50 workshops, Gilt Hall for 30
Hitchin, England
St Paul's Walden Bury
Five Georgian rooms for up to 60 delegates, a 17th-century barn for 100 and marquee weddings for 800 near Hitchin
Englefield, England
Englefield House
Berkshire estate with a 12-acre formal garden for marquee events of up to 1,000 guests and state rooms for private dinners
Longstowe, England
Longstowe Hall
A 16th-century hall and gardens 10 miles west of Cambridge, hired exclusively for weddings and corporate events of up to 150 guests
London, England
Spencer House
Eight Georgian State Rooms for exclusive-use receptions of 450, dinners of 120 and meetings in St James's, London
Sledmere, England
Sledmere House and Gardens
East Yorkshire country house with a 110-capacity Library, a Main Hall for 100 and conference suites in the Dining Room, Library, Hall and Orangery
Ingatestone, England
Ingatestone Hall
Tudor hall in Essex for conferences of 30 to 85 and weddings of 20 to 200: five principal rooms, four garden areas and six break-out rooms
Lostwithiel, England
Boconnoc
Georgian house and private estate in Cornwall hired exclusively for weddings, corporate retreats, conferences and parties
Allerton Mauleverer, England
Allerton Castle
Grade I listed Gothic revival castle in North Yorkshire, hired exclusively for weddings, conferences and private dinners
Hurst, England
Manor of Hurst
Elizabethan manor an hour west of London, dry hire for marquee receptions of up to 150 guests and corporate days, sleeping 22 in 7 bedrooms
7 rooms
Lutterworth, England
Stanford Hall
Grade I listed 1697 hall near Lutterworth for exclusive-use weddings: Ballroom for 90 seated, Georgian Stables for 150, 15 bedrooms
Moreton-in-Marsh, England
Sezincote
A Mughal-style Cotswold house for exclusive-use weddings: civil ceremonies for 220 in the Orangery or 70 in the dining room, then marquee dinners
Minterne Magna, England
Minterne House & Gardens
Dorset country house in the Himalayan Gardens: Trafalgar Hall for 100 seated, civil ceremonies for 160, private dining for 6 to 60, bedrooms on site
Rolvenden, England
Hole Park
Grade II listed Great Barn for up to 160 guests with exclusive use, your own caterers and 4 ceremony areas in Kent
Camborne, England
Roswarne House
Regency house in Cornwall for exclusive-use events of up to 40, conferences of 6 to 40, and beds for 26 with a nearby beach house
Longtown, England
Netherby Hall
Dedicated Moot Hall for meetings of up to 24 delegates on a 36-acre Cumbrian estate, with overnight stays for up to 36 guests
Bournemouth, England
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
Seafront Victorian villa in Bournemouth for drinks receptions of 120 in the Edwardian Galleries and meetings of 16 in the Conservatory
Owermoigne, England
Moignes Court
Moated 13th-century manor in Dorset for retreats and workshops of up to 30: exclusive use, beds for 28 in single beds, 30 acres of grounds
Chipping Norton, England
Ditchley Park
Palladian mansion in Oxfordshire for board retreats and strategic convenings: 30 bedrooms, exclusive use, secure live studio
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