Hedsor House is hired exclusively for board retreats, conferences, product launches, awards dinners, parties and weddings, for up to 150 guests seated or 250 standing. The Georgian-style country house stands on a 100-acre estate at Hedsor Park in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, above the Thames Valley and about 40 minutes from London by the venue's estimate.
Seminars and company events
Every corporate booking includes the whole venue for the length of the event, an event specialist, the Ballroom and four other ground-floor reception rooms, and parking for up to 100 cars. The house lists team building days, corporate parties, product launches, board retreats, conferences, awards dinners and Christmas parties. A plenary of 180 fits the Ballroom theater style, and the smaller rooms suit breakout sessions or a board meeting of 12 to 20. For a residential retreat, 13 bedrooms are available, although the house does not offer them for parties.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are held with exclusive use of the house and gardens. The usual sequence runs from the ceremony in Centre Hall, under its domed ceiling and mezzanine balcony, to Champagne in the Drawing Room or on the South Lawn, photographs in the Dutch Sunken Garden, and the wedding breakfast in the wood-paneled Ballroom for up to 150. The Boudoir hosts very small ceremonies, a tisch or a creche. The evening reception starts in the Willingdon Bar, with its botanical wallpaper and mirrored walls. Up to 26 people can stay in the house, and a home-cooked breakfast the next morning is part of every wedding option.
Rooms and capacities
The Ballroom takes 180 theater style, 70 cabaret, 60 boardroom, 150 for dinner and 200 for a reception. Centre Hall holds 120 theater, 42 cabaret, 20 boardroom, 60 dining and 150 standing. The Drawing Room takes 80 theater, 35 cabaret, 20 boardroom, 60 dining and 100 standing. The Willingdon Bar holds 60 theater, 21 cabaret, 16 boardroom, 40 dining and 70 standing, and the Boudoir 50 theater, 28 cabaret, 12 boardroom, 40 dining and 50 standing.
Accommodation
The accommodation page names twelve guest rooms, from the Alexander and Florence suites to Capri, Lilliput and Belles Rives, plus the Lavinia Suite, which serves as the wedding suite with its own dressing room. The Hive, a three-bedroom cottage in the grounds, can be booked for the night before a wedding.
History and setting
The current house dates from 1868 and was built by the Boston family, who held the estate for six generations and built three successive houses on the site. In 1925 the racing driver D'Arcy Baker bought it and remodeled it in Georgian style. In 1934 it was given to Florence and Philip Shephard as a wedding present, and it remains family-owned. Hedsor has also been used as a filming location since the late 2000s.
Getting there
The address is Hedsor House, Hedsor Park, Taplow, Buckinghamshire SL6 0HX. The estate is close to Heathrow, and the venue puts the journey from London at about 40 minutes. On-site parking takes up to 100 cars.
