Conferences for up to 150 delegates, board meetings, civil ceremonies for up to 200 guests and English or Asian wedding receptions can be organized here. The venue is The Grange, a restaurant, bar and events house on the edge of Beddington Park, on London Road in Wallington, in the London Borough of Sutton.
Seminars and company events
The Grange hosts everything from a small board meeting to a conference of 150. Rooms are set boardroom, theater or classroom style. Catering runs through the day, from breakfast and morning biscuits to lunch, afternoon cakes and dinner, and dietary needs are covered. Organizers choose a set delegate package or a package built with the event coordinators. Parking is free, which counts on a site in outer London, and a conference brochure is available from the venue.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are a core business, with separate offers for English and Asian weddings. The Park Suite is licensed for civil ceremonies and civil partnerships, for a small ceremony of up to 15 guests or a larger one of up to 200. The wedding breakfast is served as a seated meal, and a Twilight Package skips it in favor of a buffet while keeping the speeches, the cake cutting and the first dance. Evening receptions can include live bands, DJs, singers and photo booths. The house also hosts christenings, birthdays, anniversaries, Asian functions and wakes, and it runs an outside catering service.
Rooms and capacities
The Park Suite is the main event space, with a flexible layout used for ceremonies, wedding meals, evening receptions and conferences. The restaurant serves wedding breakfasts and private dining, and the bar is open every day. The venue publishes two headline figures: civil ceremonies for up to 200 guests and conferences for up to 150 delegates. Room-by-room capacities are in the conference brochure.
Catering
The kitchen cooks Indian and English food, and a vegan and Jain menu is available, which helps for mixed groups and Asian weddings. Indian dishes are not served on Mondays, except on bank holidays.
History and setting
Alfred Hutchison Smee built The Grange around 1880 on land where his father, the surgeon Alfred Smee, had laid out a celebrated garden. From 1908 the house belonged to Zuluka Langrana Cavalier, an Indian princess, and from 1915 to the timber merchant William James Mallinson. In 1935 the local council bought it, opened the grounds as a public park and used the house for wedding receptions, a clinic and a library. Fire destroyed it in January 1960. It was rebuilt in the 1970s, then again in the early 1990s in the image of the original house.
Getting there
The Grange is close to the A23 London to Gatwick road, about 15 minutes from junction 7 of the M25 and the M23 interchange. Hackbridge station is nearby, with trains to central London in about 15 minutes.
