The Vale Resort hosts conferences of up to 700 delegates theatre style, dinners for 420 and weddings with 400 seated guests, across ten event rooms, with 143 bedrooms and two golf courses on the same estate. The resort stands on the Hensol Park estate in Hensol, in the Vale of Glamorgan, west of Cardiff.
Seminars and company events
The business offer covers conferences and meetings, dinners and events, team building and charity packages. Day events start at 15 delegates. The day delegate package includes the main conference room, a screen, a flipchart and a projector, name cards, pens and pads, two tea and coffee breaks with biscuits, a buffet lunch, cordials and mineral water, free parking and EV charging. A 24-hour package adds an overnight stay. The estate has more than 400 free parking spaces, which helps for regional events where most delegates drive. Golf days and society golf can be added to a program.
Weddings and receptions
The Vale holds one wedding a day. Three rooms are proposed: the Castle Suite, for up to 700 guests at a ceremony and 400 at the wedding breakfast; the Morgannwg Suite, for 220 at a ceremony, 140 at the meal and 200 in the evening; and the Conservatory, for 120 at a ceremony and 70 at the meal, with daylight in every season. The resort also runs packages for Indian and Asian weddings and hosts wedding fairs. Hensol Castle, on the same estate, is marketed separately as a wedding and corporate venue.
Rooms and capacities
The ten spaces range from a 16-seat boardroom to the Castle Suite. The Castle Suite has high ceilings, large windows, a private bar and a wide terrace over the Lake Course: 700 theatre, 320 cabaret, 420 for dinner and 350 for a dinner dance. The Trecastell Suite, on the lower ground floor with its own entrance and bar, takes 280 theatre and 220 for a dinner dance. The Morgannwg Suite and Lounge seats 240 theatre, can be split in two and has a balcony with a spiral staircase down to a terrace. The Conservatory and the Tredodridge Suite, beside the golf club and the putting greens, each take 110 theatre. The Pendoylan, Hensol and Cowbridge rooms suit groups of 60 to 80, and the Dyffryn Suite and the Boardroom handle small meetings, interviews and private dinners.
Accommodation
The resort has 143 rooms and suites, so a residential conference can keep everyone on site. Guests can use the spa, which the resort says has been named best spa hotel in Wales at the World Spa Awards from 2017 to 2025, along with the health club and hotel gym.
Catering
Catering is in house. The Vale Grill and the Vale Bar serve day to day, and private dinners run in the suites; the Trecastell and Castle Suites have their own bars. Afternoon tea is served at Hensol Castle.
History and setting
The estate covers 650 acres and includes Hensol Castle, which keeps features from the 17th century. Two courses, the Lake Course and the Wales National Course, surround most event rooms, and several suites open onto terraces facing the Lake Course.
Getting there
The address is Hensol Park, Hensol, CF72 8JY, in the Vale of Glamorgan, west of Cardiff. Cardiff Airport is the closest airport. Ask the events team for driving times and the nearest rail station for your group.
