Leighton Hall, near Carnforth in Lancashire, is the home of the Gillow furniture family and can be hired for dinners, lectures, workshops, award evenings, product launches and weddings. The Hall seats 80 for a served dinner with dancing, 50 lecture style with up to three break-out rooms, 24 in the boardroom layout and 40 for a meeting. A marquee attached to the back raises the total to 150, and the parkland holds more than 5,000.
Seminars and company events
The private hire page lists lectures and networking, workshops with break-out rooms, product launches, staff Christmas parties, charity nights, legacy events, award dinners and dances. The published capacities are 50 lecture style with up to three break-out rooms, 40 for a meeting room, 24 in a boardroom layout and 80 for a served dinner with dancing.
Two learning facilities, the Studio and the Conservatory, have their own pages, and corporate conservation days are offered as an ESG activity. Guests can take a break in the gardens and the woodland walk. Refreshments and catering can be provided by the in-house team, with quotes on request.
Weddings and receptions
The Hall hosts weddings and civil ceremonies and partnerships, with separate pages for wedding catering, suppliers, local accommodation and hen parties. It also takes other celebrations: birthdays, christenings, engagements, anniversaries and reunions. The pages provided give the party capacities above and no separate wedding figure.
Rooms and capacities
Hall: 80 for a served dinner and dancing, 50 lecture style with up to 3 break-out rooms, 40 meeting room, 24 boardroom. Marquee attached to the back of the Hall, enclosing the stairs from the Drawing Room: up to 150 guests. Parkland: more than 5,000 people with space for parking, refreshment marquees and activities.
Accommodation
No accommodation is listed in the hire pages, which link to a local accommodation page for wedding guests.
Catering
An in-house catering team can supply food and refreshments, with quotes on request. A marquee, food and drink are charged separately from the facility fee.
History and setting
The Hall is the historic seat of the Gillow furniture family and the ancestral home is lived in today, with no roped-off areas. Parts of the building go back almost 800 years. The house has a famous collection of Gillow furniture, gardens and a woodland walk.
Getting there
The address is Leighton Hall, Carnforth, Lancashire LA5 9ST. The pages provided do not give transport details.
