Seminars and company events
The Lion at Malpas hosts day meetings, training sessions and company dinners for up to 75 people theatre-style in its Brereton Suite, with 16 bedrooms upstairs for those staying overnight. The inn sits on Old Hall Street in Malpas, a village in rural Cheshire close to the Welsh border.
The Brereton Suite is a self-contained event space with daylight, a private bar and its own entrance. For a smaller board or client meeting, the Tudor Cottage seats up to 10, with comfortable seating next to the room and the pub's full service at hand. Lunch and dinner can be served in the meeting room or in the pub. Corporate rates apply to bedrooms for delegates who stay the night. The team can also arrange rounds at local golf courses and tickets for race days at Chester or Bangor-on-Dee, which makes the place a fit for client hospitality as well as working days. A meetings brochure can be downloaded from the website.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings take place in the Brereton Suite, which seats up to 50 for the wedding breakfast. The room has high beamed ceilings, its own bar and entrance, and access to outdoor space. Menus and wines are chosen with the in-house chefs and wine team, and the venue recommends local partners for cakes, flowers, beauty and entertainment. Birthdays, christenings and other family celebrations are also hosted.
Rooms and capacities
The Brereton Suite takes 75 theatre-style, 30 in cabaret or boardroom layouts, and 50 for a seated wedding meal. The Tudor Cottage takes up to 10 for a meeting or a private dinner. The website does not list audiovisual equipment, so technical needs are best set out in the enquiry.
Accommodation
The inn has 16 boutique bedrooms, added during the renovation that followed the 2018 change of ownership. Room names include the Village Room, the Country Room and The Bakery. Corporate rates are available for meeting groups.
Catering
Food is cooked in-house. The pub serves breakfast every day from 8 a.m., lunch and evening meals from Monday to Saturday, and food from noon to 9 p.m. on Sunday, so delegates can move from the meeting room to the bar or the dining room without changing venue.
History and setting
The Lion has been part of village life in Malpas for more than 300 years. Si and Chrissy Lees Jones bought it in 2018 and, with local operator Woody Barlow, modernized the pub, built the bedrooms and the Brereton Suite, then reopened it in September 2020. The inn was named Best Inn at the 2026 Great British Pub Awards.
Getting there
The inn has 30 free parking spaces, including accessible bays and an electric vehicle charging point, which suits groups arriving by car. Chester and Wrexham are the nearest larger towns.
