Mannings Heath Golf Club, on the Leonardslee wine estate near Horsham in West Sussex, hosts meetings and conferences for 12 to 100 delegates, private dinners, team-building days and weddings. The estate combines meeting rooms, a vineyard, two golf courses and on-site bedrooms, so a residential seminar can stay on one site.
Seminars and company events
The estate sells day delegate and residential packages for meetings and conferences. The meeting rooms are described as light-filled and fully accessible, and they take between 12 and 100 delegates. Parking is free for meeting guests.
Organisers can add activities to the programme. The estate lists private wine tastings of its own sparkling wine, vineyard tours, a round of golf, the driving range and tennis. These suit a strategy day, a company retreat or a team-building afternoon. A corporate brochure can be downloaded from the estate website.
Private dining is also offered for company dinners and celebrations, with menus written by the estate chefs.
Weddings and receptions
The estate runs a weddings service under the Leonardslee Wine Estate name, with a dedicated wedding team reachable by email. The estate also takes bookings for wakes and funerals, and for private celebrations such as birthdays and baby showers in its private dining spaces.
Rooms and capacities
The official site gives one capacity figure for working events: 12 to 100 delegates across the meeting rooms. It does not publish room names or separate seated and standing numbers, so these should be confirmed with the estate when you enquire. The same applies to the capacity of the private dining spaces and of the wedding spaces.
Accommodation
Three types of lodging are linked to the estate. The Vineyard Hotel has nine ensuite bedrooms beside the vines. Fullers' Cottage has four bedrooms and two bathrooms, about five minutes from the center of Horsham, and suits a small group that wants a house. Leonardslee House is a Grade II listed Italianate mansion built in 1855, with ten ensuite bedrooms, set in the Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens grounds about 3 miles away.
Catering
Two places to eat sit on the estate: The Vineyard Kitchen and The Spike Bar. A restaurant and the Leonardslee Tasting Room serve seasonal dishes with local produce. For events, the chefs prepare bespoke menus, and dining can be arranged flexibly around a meeting day. Wines come from the estate's own vineyard, Leonardslee Family Vineyards, and from its sister estate, Benguela Cove in South Africa.
History and setting
The estate is in the Sussex countryside, with two golf courses on rolling hills and wooded land. Its vineyard produces English sparkling wine, and the owners state an environmentally responsible approach to running the grounds. The site also runs a seasonal calendar of public events, including wine dinners and Christmas party nights.
Getting there
The address is Hammerpond Road, Mannings Heath, Horsham, RH13 6PG. The estate describes itself as minutes from Horsham, Brighton and London, and Leonardslee House is described as near Gatwick Airport. Free parking is available for meetings.
