Sandford Springs Hotel & Golf Club hosts weddings, receptions and meetings in Kingsclere, Hampshire, with room for up to 140 guests at a wedding meal and up to 200 for an evening celebration. A four-star hotel with 40 en-suite bedrooms stands in the grounds of a 27-hole golf club, on the A339 between Newbury and Basingstoke.
Seminars and company events
The website presents the site as a place for golf, weddings and meetings, and lists a Book a Room and Book a Table service alongside a Sandford Lounge for dining. The pages provided give no meeting room names or capacities, so ask the team for the rooms and layouts available for a seminar or a golf day. What is certain is the combination on one site: bedrooms, a restaurant and lounge, and a golf course with a driving range and 27 holes in three nine-hole loops called The Park, The Woods and The Lakes.
Weddings and receptions
This is the main event offer. The site is licensed for civil marriages for up to 100 guests. The ceremony takes place in the Clock House, which has a vaulted ceiling, open beams and views over the Kingsclere countryside and the golf course. To arrange a civil ceremony, you confirm a date with the hotel and then contact the local registrar.
After the ceremony, guests move to the clubhouse and gather in the Sandford Lounge for drinks. The wedding breakfast is served in the Garden Suite, which overlooks the golf course and has a dance floor and a private bar. Wedding receptions hold a maximum of 140 guests, with smaller rooms available for smaller weddings, and evening celebrations are available for up to 200 guests.
The hotel sells all-inclusive packages for 40 and for 70 guests. They include reception room hire, an arrival drink, wine with the meal, a toast, a three-course wedding breakfast with coffee, an evening finger buffet, white table linen, an informal toast master, a private bar, and an overnight stay for the couple in a superior room. Extras include chair covers, canapés and champagne, and winter upgrades are offered in season. Wedding coordinators help plan the day, from flowers to photographs. The newlyweds can also take golf buggies onto the course for photographs.
Rooms and capacities
The Clock House seats up to 100 for a civil ceremony. The Garden Suite is the main reception room, and the Sandford Lounge is used for the drinks reception. Wedding receptions in total hold up to 140 guests at the meal and 200 in the evening.
Accommodation
The hotel has 40 four-star en-suite bedrooms with views over the golf course. Wedding packages include a superior room for the couple, and preferential bed and breakfast rates are available for wedding guests.
Catering
Catering is in-house. Wedding breakfasts are chosen from the hotel menu, and packages include the evening buffet. Dining is also available in the Sandford Lounge.
History and setting
The estate covers 220 acres of Hampshire countryside near Watership Down. The golf club offers 27 holes, a driving range and a pro shop, and the hotel is its recent addition.
Getting there
The club stands on the A339 at Kingsclere, between Newbury and Basingstoke, in the Tadley postcode area RG26 5RT.
