The Golf Hotel in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, hosts conferences for up to 120 delegates in its main suite, meetings for 2 to 200 people across several rooms, and weddings in its banqueting rooms. The house dates from 1880 and stands in seven acres of gardens, lawns and woodland next to the Woodhall Spa golf course, about twenty miles from Lincoln. With 50 en-suite bedrooms on site, it works well for events where guests stay the night.
Seminars and company events
The hotel offers its function rooms for sales conferences, training seminars, interview days, annual general meetings and smaller working sessions. The main conference suite takes up to 120 delegates and comes with its own private reception lounge, so arrival coffee, registration and breaks can take place next to the plenary room rather than in the public areas of the hotel. For break-out work or training courses, a choice of syndicate rooms each takes up to 20 delegates. Across all its rooms the hotel quotes a range from 2 to 200 delegates, from a two-person interview to a large company day.
Audiovisual equipment can be hired on site: a TV and DVD player, an overhead projector, flip charts, a projection screen and a digital projector. The car park holds 100 cars, which matters in a rural setting where most delegates arrive by road. The hotel's own staff look after catering and the running of the day.
Weddings and receptions
The banqueting rooms are set for a formal wedding breakfast and then changed to a more relaxed layout for the evening reception, so the whole day can stay in one place. The team guides couples through the planning while leaving the decisions to them. The hotel invites couples and their families to visit the rooms and the Aqua Sante Spa before they book. A Honeymoon Suite is among the bedrooms.
Rooms and capacities
The main conference suite, with its private reception lounge, seats up to 120 delegates. The syndicate rooms take up to 20 delegates each and serve for break-out sessions and training. Taken together, the meeting rooms cover groups from 2 to 200 delegates. The banqueting rooms host the wedding breakfast and then the evening reception. Capacities by layout, such as theatre, classroom or banquet, are not published, so the hotel confirms them on enquiry.
Accommodation
The hotel has 50 en-suite bedrooms in twin, double and suite configurations, including the Honeymoon Suite. Each room has satellite TV, a direct-dial telephone, a hairdryer, a trouser press and a hospitality tray. Stays are offered room only, with bed and breakfast, or with dinner, bed and breakfast, which suits residential seminars as well as wedding guests.
Catering
The hotel runs its own restaurant and bar menu. For conferences and weddings, the in-house staff provide the food and drink, from refreshments during a working day to the wedding breakfast.
History and setting
Built in 1880, the hotel stands in seven acres of well-kept grounds beside the Woodhall Spa golf course, where the golfers Jacklin and Cotton learned their game. The village sits in the heart of Lincolnshire, in quiet countryside, and a group of golfers can combine a meeting with a round on the course next door.
Getting there
Woodhall Spa lies about twenty miles from Lincoln. Parking for 100 cars on site makes arrival by road simple for delegates and wedding guests alike.
