Cleve Lodge takes meetings, training sessions, networking events and corporate dinners, as well as weddings and private parties, with a ceremony room seating up to 100 and wedding packages built for 50 day guests and 80 evening guests. The venue is a Freemasons' hall on Elm Avenue in Long Eaton, between Nottingham and Derby, and one of the largest in the East Midlands.
Seminars and company events
Several rooms can be booked for meetings, training days, networking events and market research sessions, and the meeting and conference rooms are air-conditioned. The availability of each room is confirmed at the time of the enquiry. Corporate dinners are cooked on site by the venue's own chef. Free Wi-Fi, a large private car park and step-free access make the lodge practical for day events where delegates drive in from the M1.
Weddings and receptions
Three rooms are licensed for marriage and civil partnership ceremonies: the Masonic Temple, the Ballroom and the Jubilee Room. Two packages, Premier and Gold, include exclusive use of the whole building, a red carpet arrival, linen and table dressing in the couple's colors with chair covers, sashes and centerpieces, a three-course wedding breakfast for up to 50, an evening buffet or supper for up to 80, a sweet cart and a dedicated wedding planner. The Gold package adds an arrival drink, a prosecco toast or a glass of wine with the meal, and a chef-carved buffet with a cheeseboard in the evening. Both packages can be scaled up for more guests. Couples who marry in church or elsewhere can hold only their reception here. The lodge also hosts birthdays, Christmas parties, afternoon teas and buffets.
Rooms and capacities
The Masonic Temple seats up to 100 and can be dressed to the client's taste; it is reached by ramp or lift. The Jubilee Room takes 40 guests and sits next to the lounge bar, which suits smaller weddings and daytime events. The Ballroom works either as the ceremony room or as the dining room for the wedding breakfast and evening reception; its capacity is not published. The bar area is fully licensed, with spirits, beers, ciders, wines, champagne and prosecco.
Catering
All food is prepared in-house by the chef. Wedding breakfasts follow two set menus. For parties and day events there are three cold finger buffets: one with sandwiches, chicken goujons, an Indian selection and crudités, one with filled artisan rolls, quiche, antipasti and salads, and one with ham, pâté, cheese boards and pork pie. Hot options include lasagne or curry with rice and naan, chilli with jacket potato or rice, and carved roast pork with crackling and stuffing. Vegetarian dishes are marked on the menus, with vegetable versions of the chilli and the curry.
History and setting
The venue describes itself as an old lodge house. It serves as one of the largest Freemasons' halls in the Masonic province of Derbyshire, which explains the temple at the heart of the building. The official site gives no construction date.
Getting there
The address is 23 Elm Avenue, Long Eaton, NG10 4LR. Junction 25 of the M1 is about five minutes away by car and East Midlands Airport about 20 minutes. Long Eaton station, on the line between Nottingham and Derby, is the closest railway station.
