Ellenborough Park is a five-star country house hotel and spa on 90 acres between the highest point of the Cotswolds and Cheltenham Racecourse. It hosts board meetings, strategy days, team building and weddings of up to 120 guests, and the whole estate can be hired exclusively with all 61 bedrooms.
Seminars and company events
The hotel presents its meeting rooms as spaces with character rather than conventional boardrooms. The rooms include a grand room with high ceilings and daylight for larger groups, a rustic pavilion next to the Victorian Old Chapel, an airy room with exposed brickwork, a private bar and a glass ceiling, a meeting room with ornate ceilings, a stone fireplace and original wood panelling, a wood-paneled room for smaller meetings and presentations, and a medium-sized room with wooden beams. The official pages do not name these rooms or give capacities for them. For hybrid meetings, the hotel supplies an Owl, a 360-degree camera with auto-tracking, microphone and speaker, as part of a conference booking. Team building draws on the grounds, with country pursuits, bungee running and yoga on the lawn.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel says there is room for up to 120 friends and family, and it also offers packages for up to 50 guests. Named wedding spaces are the De la Bere Suite, the Old Chapel, the Stone Gazebo, the Elizabethan and the Royalist. Exclusive use is available, and the wedding team holds showcase open days and private visits.
Rooms and capacities
The only stated figures are 120 for weddings, 50 for the smaller wedding package and 61 bedrooms for exclusive hire. Capacities for individual rooms are not published on the pages given, so ask for a layout sheet with your request.
Accommodation
The manor has 61 bedrooms, described with roll-top baths and Hypnos beds. Exclusive venue hire includes all 61 bedrooms, the grounds and the facilities, which suits a company that wants to take over the estate for a house-party style event. A spa sits in the tower.
Catering
The hotel has a restaurant and a Cotswolds-focused menu that draws on local producers. The pages given do not describe event catering formats, so confirm whether a chosen caterer is allowed.
History and setting
The manor house has been restored to its original five-star standard. It stands in 90 acres of grounds and lawns, with a Victorian Old Chapel in the grounds.
Getting there
The hotel is on Southam Road in Cheltenham GL52 3NJ and is about two hours from London. Birmingham, Bristol, Oxford and Bath are a short drive away. The grounds have more than 120 parking spaces, five accessible spaces and six electric charging spaces.
