Mount Ephraim Gardens, at Hernhill near Faversham in Kent, hosts weddings and private events in a family-owned manor house with ten acres of Edwardian gardens. Reception rooms hold up to 100 guests, a marquee reception in the gardens takes over 250, and accommodation sleeps up to 22 guests the night before and the night of a wedding. The estate is an hour from London and a short drive from Canterbury.
Seminars and company events
The estate is described for private events and celebrations, and for day retreats organised by third parties. It also lists group retreats and group bookings in its menu. The pages read give no meeting equipment or seminar layouts. The reception rooms can be used as one space for 100 or divided into rooms for 65 and 35, a private dining room seats 12, and the adjacent hall serves drinks receptions, so a small company dinner or a day for a team can be arranged there. Ask the estate team about equipment and daytime use.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings use exclusive use of the manor house. Ceremonies take up to 100 people in the main house or 150 in the Edwardian Garden. House wedding breakfasts seat up to 100 in the dining room, and an evening party takes up to 175 with a boutique bar and a dance floor. A marquee reception in the gardens takes over 250 guests, with up to 150 for a ceremony.
Rooms and capacities
The reception rooms hold up to 100 as one space or 65 and 35 as two rooms. The private dining room seats 12. The adjacent hall serves drinks and dancing, and a boutique bar completes the set. Outdoors, the Edwardian Garden and the marquee lawn extend the choices.
Accommodation
On-site accommodation sleeps up to 22 guests: a Wedding Suite, four ensuite guest rooms and the Garden Wing, a shared house sleeping 12. Two glamping pods are also listed. Accommodation can be part of an event package.
Catering
The estate works with an exclusive catering partner, Scott Anderson Ltd, named Best Caterer in the National Wedding Awards 2026, and with trusted local catering partners for private events.
History and setting
Mount Ephraim is a privately owned family home, the home of the Dawes family, set in an Edwardian estate with a farm. The gardens and tea room are open to visitors from April to September and close for winter.
Getting there
The address is Staplestreet Road, Hernhill, Faversham, Kent ME13 9TX, between Canterbury and Faversham and about an hour from London.
