Private meetings, team days, exclusive-use retreats and weddings for up to 85 seated guests, or 150 in the evening, can be organized here, with 16 bedrooms on site. The venue is Falcon Manor, a restored Victorian manor house on Skipton Road, on the edge of the market town of Settle in North Yorkshire, at the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales.
Seminars and company events
The manor is sold for private meetings, away days and team-building sessions as well as for weddings. The Garden Room can be reserved for a meeting and looks out over the grounds, and the house also offers equipped meeting rooms for smaller and larger groups. A company can book the whole manor, which turns the bedrooms, the dining room and the bar into a private base for a retreat of one or several days. The gardens and the views toward the Dales give space for outdoor exercises and for breaks between sessions. Menus for events are tailored with the events team, and the operator, James' Places, publishes a corporate brochure that covers the meeting facilities of its venues.
Weddings and receptions
Falcon Manor holds a license for civil ceremonies in two places: the Garden Room indoors and an outdoor Pavilion that faces the Dales. The wedding day is exclusive, so no other event shares the house. The wedding breakfast seats up to 85 day guests, with a minimum of 50, and the evening reception can grow to 150. The couple has the Rafters Suite, and every available bedroom is held for the wedding party once the date is booked. The final room allocation is due three months before the day. Fireworks are allowed only on Bonfire Night and New Year's Eve.
Rooms and capacities
The Garden Room is the main event space. It takes plenty of daylight, opens onto the terraces and gardens, seats about 85 for a meal and holds a ceremony for more than 80 guests. The terrace adds seating outside in good weather. The outdoor Pavilion is used for ceremonies. Inside, a grand sweeping staircase rises from the hall, and the dining room and the bar complete the ground floor for drinks and evening service.
Accommodation
The house has 16 bedrooms and suites, each decorated individually. Many of them can be set up as twins, which helps when colleagues share during a team stay. On a wedding or an exclusive-use booking, the whole stock of rooms goes to the group.
Catering
Food is prepared on site by the manor's team of chefs, with local produce, and served by front-of-house staff. Sample wedding menus are available on request, and corporate menus are adapted to the format, from a working lunch to a dinner in the dining room. A bar completes the offer.
History and setting
The house was rescued from years of neglect in 2015, then restored, redecorated and reopened as a wedding and event venue. It stands in private grounds with terraces, lawns and wide views over the surrounding hills.
Getting there
Settle lies close to the A65 and the A59, so the manor is easy to reach by road. The Settle-Carlisle railway line serves the town, and parking on site is free.
