The Crown Hotel hosts weddings, private celebrations, conferences, workshops and meetings for groups of a handful to 180 seated guests. Its Sealy Suite combines two function rooms with private entrances, a dedicated bar and a walled garden, and the hotel has 27 en-suite bedrooms. The Crown is a Georgian coaching inn in Blandford Forum, a market town in north Dorset, looking over the River Stour and its water meadows.
Seminars and company events
The Fox Den suits meetings, workshops, presentations and small training days, and can also serve as a breakout room when a conference runs next door in the Badger Sett. Both rooms have private entrances, so a company group can come and go without crossing the hotel bar. On-site parking helps for attendees arriving by car, which is the main way in for this part of Dorset. Delegates can stay in the hotel's bedrooms, and meals are served by the kitchen on site.
Weddings and receptions
The Badger Sett is the room used for weddings, parties and larger celebrations. It seats from 30 to 180 guests, and the fully licensed venue supports both seated dinners and buffet receptions. Hiring the whole Sealy Suite gives the wedding party both rooms, the dedicated bar and the walled garden for drinks and photographs. Guests can stay overnight in the 27 bedrooms, including family rooms and dog-friendly rooms.
Rooms and capacities
The Badger Sett is the larger function room, with a private entrance and capacity for 30 to 180 seated guests. The Fox Den is a smaller room, also with its own entrance, for up to 22 seated or about 30 standing, used for meetings, private dining and drinks receptions. Full hire of the Sealy Suite adds a dedicated bar and the walled garden. Private bar hire is arranged separately from the room hire.
Accommodation
The hotel has 27 en-suite bedrooms. Family rooms and dog-friendly rooms are available, which helps for wedding guests traveling with children or pets.
Catering
Catering is provided on site, for sit-down meals or buffet-style receptions. In the hotel itself, the dining room looks over the Stour Meadows and serves breakfast, light lunches, evening meals and Sunday roasts, and a wood-panelled bar and a beer garden complete the ground floor. The beers include Badger ales, first brewed in 1777.
History and setting
The Crown is a Georgian coaching inn on West Street, at the edge of the town center of Blandford Forum. The town is known for its Georgian architecture, and the hotel's rear looks over the river and the open meadows beyond.
Getting there
The address is West Street, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7AJ. The hotel has parking on site for function guests.
