Wivenhoe House

Colchester, United Kingdom · Meetings · Weddings

Meeting rooms for 2 to 200 guests in an 18th-century country house hotel near Colchester, an hour from London

Meetings, conferences and weddings in an 18th-century country house hotel on the Essex and Suffolk border. Five hire spaces from 14 to 200 guests, 40 bedrooms, free parking and an hour from London.

Largest room: 100
With outdoor spaces: 200
Event spaces: 7
Rooms: 40
Rooms with daylight: Yes

Event spaces

Garden Suite, all three sectionsup to 200seated 120, standing 200, minimum 60, daylight
Garden Suite, two sectionsup to 120seated 80, standing 120, minimum 28
Garden Suite, one sectionup to 60seated 40, standing 60, minimum 14
Signatures and Drawing Room togetherup to 100seated 80, standing 100, minimum 20
Signaturesup to 60seated 45, standing 60, minimum 10
Drawing Roomup to 60seated 45, standing 60, minimum 10

All 7 spaces

The Parlourup to 142 to 14 people, small meetings

Transport

Train station: Hythe (Colchester)1.9 km · about 5 min by car
Airport: London Southend Airport (SEN)39 km · about 1 h 05 by car
Airport: London Stansted Airport (STN)49 km · about 1 h 15 by car

Distances as the crow flies; times are estimates. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Getting there and practical details

Neighborhood: Wivenhoe Park

Wivenhoe House hosts meetings, conferences, team days and weddings for up to 200 guests standing, at a country house hotel in Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, on the Essex and Suffolk border. Hire spaces range from a parlour for two people to a Garden Suite that divides into three sections, with 40 bedrooms on site.

Seminars and company events

The Garden Suite is the main conference space. Removable partition walls divide it into three sections, each opening onto a private courtyard. One section seats 40 and holds 60 standing. Two sections seat 80 and hold 120 standing. All three sections seat 120 and hold 200 standing. Minimum numbers apply for each hire, from 14 for one section to 60 for all three. Hire is by the full day, up to 8 hours, or the half day, up to 4 hours.

The hotel also offers inclusive delegate packages for groups of ten or more, and team building days. Rooms have natural daylight and audiovisual equipment, and the site has free wifi, free parking and accessible access.

Weddings and receptions

The hotel presents itself as a wedding venue with a team of wedding planners, and invites couples to request a showaround. The site states no wedding capacity. The Garden Suite and the Signatures and Drawing Room spaces are listed for hire, and their capacities give an idea of the guest numbers the hotel handles.

Rooms and capacities

The Signatures and Drawing Room spaces can be hired together or separately. Together they seat 80 and hold 100 standing, with a minimum of 20. Each one alone seats 45 and holds 60 standing, with a minimum of 10. The Parlour is the smallest space and seats 2 to 14 people, which suits an interview or a board committee.

Accommodation

The hotel has 40 bedrooms. Historic rooms are in the Main House, each decorated differently, and contemporary rooms are in the Garden Wing, some with a balcony. Delegates and wedding guests can stay on site.

Catering

The hotel serves food in the Park Brasserie, with locally sourced dishes, a bar and outdoor terraces. Afternoon tea is also on the menu. Delegate packages include catering for meeting groups. Staff include trainees from the Edge Hotel School.

History and setting

Wivenhoe House is an 18th-century country house in historic parkland of about 300 acres. Period features sit alongside modern meeting spaces, with technology and facilities for business events.