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Which fancy hotel would you have a micro wedding at in the UK?

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Reori · 26/01/2025 13:25

i am engaged and decided I really don’t want to have a big wedding. I like weddings but most weddings to me are nothing spectacular especially when you find out how much they cost per head.

Fiance and I are also the last siblings in our families to get married so the novelty is kind of gone.

Fiance and I initially assumed we would do something small abroad with our siblings and parents. But I find the concept of being married in a country which I don’t know at all and where I don’t speak the language really daunting. The idea of running around the Tuscan countryside trying to find a place that sells a specific object really unappealing.

I was hoping to book my family rooms at a big country house and share a sort of mini break with food and activities.

Cliveden is at the top of my list but I just think there must be better value for money elsewhere.

What would you do if you were having my style of wedding?

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Cattery · 26/01/2025 14:35

Brighton Grand

PokerFriedDips · 26/01/2025 14:35

The loveliest micro-wedding I went to was at the Manoir aux Quat'Saisons in Oxfordshire

brochure link

Although the hotel has 32 bedrooms so there would be other people there, they have some really lovely intimate spaces for ceremony and private dining for up to 14 people and the food is spectacular. Plenty of activities around there too.

StrugglingwithIvanhoe · 26/01/2025 14:35

Luton Hoo is lovely with a gorgeous chapel.

Ishoos · 26/01/2025 14:26

JustAnotherDayWorkingAtHome · 26/01/2025 13:39

Middleton lodge, North Yorkshire gorgeous

I second this, went to a wedding g there recently and it was gorgeous. Congratulations btw.

Lollzi86 · 26/01/2025 14:24

Fairy hill in the gower, Swansea. Beautiful gardens. Amazing food. Small and intimate. Wild horses running across the moors on an evening is a sight I’ll never forget.

Reori · 26/01/2025 14:24

The Newt is my new number 1. Wow

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HelloNorthernStar · 26/01/2025 14:21

Langley castle in Hexham Northumberland

Reori · 26/01/2025 14:21

Oh and Chewton Glen is a contender. Gorgeous.

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boulevardofbrokendreamss · 26/01/2025 14:20

Burgh Island

Reori · 26/01/2025 14:20

Thanks all. Still googling all suggestions

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Dressingdown1 · 26/01/2025 14:20

Another vote for Chewton Glen, you could stay in a tree house. Lovely location with a great spa, tennis courts, croquet, little golf course and the sea just a few minutes walk away.

Reori · 26/01/2025 14:20

So far my faves are:
The Newt
Middleton Lodge
Babington House
Four Seasons Hampshire
Gleneagles (trekking up all together on the train sounds fun)

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Bankholidayhelp · 26/01/2025 14:18

Sneaton castle Whitby?

mum2jakie · 26/01/2025 14:16

Not sure I'd it's up market enough but a lovely location by Rudyard Lake in Staffordshire.

hotel-rudyard.com/weddings-functions/

Cynic17 · 26/01/2025 14:13

Well, I would choose Claridge's, but that is London.

If you want rural, how about Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons?

nabanna · 26/01/2025 14:12

Onetimeonly2024 · 26/01/2025 13:40

Bit of a trek for you, but Gleneagles would suit. It’s fabulous 🥰 I would definitely have a small wedding there.

Colleague gor married there - think 20 guests. They loved it, activities available (golf horse riding, spa etc), train from London stops at Gleneagles station, can drive up or flight to Edinburgh

elliesmummy19 · 26/01/2025 14:12

We got married at Bailbrook House in Bath. Absolutely no guests. They used to do a “just us” wedding package but I’m not sure they do anymore. It was amazing though. Highly recommend.

Mylovelygreendress · 26/01/2025 14:12

Cromlix near Stirling

Duckcake2 · 26/01/2025 14:12

Heckfield Place or Four Seasons Hampshire

somethingischasingme · 26/01/2025 14:11

Some rooms have 2 baths!

somethingischasingme · 26/01/2025 14:10



somethingischasingme · 26/01/2025 14:08

Hotel du Vin in Henley. Each room is unique- one has a bath on the balcony, done room have stairs.

luckylavender · 26/01/2025 14:06

InternetRandom · 26/01/2025 13:34

The Goring does this. Would be obviously not a countryside experience but they have lovely gardens.

Very small gardens though compared to somewhere in the country

driedapricots101 · 26/01/2025 14:06

Beaverbrook in Surrey is gorg.. has all you want but no boating

MarzipanAndFrenchFancies · 26/01/2025 14:04

I am going to duck and run for cover.. I am not too fond of The Pig.