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Last update: September 2024

Washingborough Hall is a gorgeous, traditional country house and wedding venue just a stone's throw from Lincoln, Lincolnshire. A Grade II listed Georgian manor house set in three acres of mature, sweeping gardens, it is truly a unique wedding venue. An award-winning hotel, nobody forgets a wedding at Washingborough in a hurry!

The hotel boasts its own private entrance into the delightful church, which is the crown of the Lincolnshire village of Washingborough! Ideal for your ceremony, it is a wonderfully intimate setting to say 'I do' to that special someone. Alternatively, if you prefer a civil ceremony, three rooms are licensed within the hall itself.

With a history dating back over 250 years, Washingborough Hall has been lovingly restored and maintained by its current owners. They have added the Winston Orangery and an additional 6 bedrooms to make it a 20-bedroom hotel. It really has become the most gorgeous setting for your wedding day.

Accommodating up to 110 daytime guests and additional evening guests, the fabulously appointed Winston Room is a stunning, orangery-style room perfect for your wedding breakfast and evening reception. Light-flooded with expansive windows, the Winston Room allows your party to spill out into the manicured grounds for a drinks reception and—of course—your wedding photos! The Winston Room also connects with the Dining Room. Our elegant Sibthorpe Room can be used for smaller weddings and breakfast the following morning.

With the help of Washingborough Hall's very own Director of Romance, Lucy, nothing is left to chance in planning your special day. Their attention to detail is second to none. From delicious menu options to delicate décor, the hotel's team will ensure that your wedding day is everything you dreamed it to be!

Once the celebrations have drawn to a close, Washingborough Hall Hotel can offer you and your guests a comfortable range of accommodation to retire to.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information on the kinds of weddings Washingborough Hall Hotel can host.

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Situated just outside Lincoln, in the centre of the charming village of Washingborough.

Award-winning wedding venue – including 'Best Wedding Hotel in the UK' and 'Wedding Venue of the Year'.

Private entry into the village church, the perfect setting for your church ceremony.

Range of function spaces for your celebrations, including the orangery-style Winston Room.

Director of Romance and team on hand to ensure your wedding is everything you dreamt it to be!

Accommodation is available for both you and your guests.

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Frequently asked questions

Venue type:

In the country
Small hotel
Historic
Church
Unique weddings

Ceremony options:

Civil ceremony licence

Dining options:

Seated meal facilities
Alcohol licence
Buffet meal facilities
In-house catering

Evening entertainment:

Dance floor
Live band facilities
Evening reception facilities
DJ facilities

Overnight accommodation:

Overnight accommodation for wedding couple
Overnight accommodation for guests

Venue staff assistance:

Master of ceremonies/toastmaster
Wedding coordinator

Venue leisure facilities:

Hairdresser
Beautician

Other features:

Exclusive use
Accessible facilities
Car parking
Confetti permitted
Pet-friendly
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Reviews for Washingborough Hall

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4.9 out of 5 rating
4.9 out of 5 rating
18 reviews
99% recommend it
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Jayne O. Sent on 10/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Exceptional

I would highly recommend Wahingborough Hall as a Wedding venue. The Hall itself is outstanding surrounded by beautiful gardens, and the warm feeling and ambience is just perfect, to share your wedding with family and friends.
Lucy and all the staff are absolutely wonderful. They made sure our wedding was just how we envisaged it. Every single detail and all the planning for the big day, was absolutley worth it. The food is of a high quality, and I can not thank Lucy and all the staff for all their help in ensuring our big day went so well.


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David B. Sent on 22/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

The perfect day

Our wedding on September 14th was everything we dreamed of and more!

Lucy and her team were outstanding, ensuring the day ran smoothly from start to finish. Nothing was an issue, and were all on hand to help with any request, big or small. Special mention to Jordan, whose service was exceptional and ran the day.

The food was incredible—restaurant-standard—and received rave reviews from our guests. In fact, many guests said it was the best wedding breakfast they had ever had!

The accommodation was also fantastic, offering a perfect retreat before and after the celebrations, and the breakfast each morning was fantastic.

We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day!
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Charlotte B. Sent on 03/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Incredible Wedding

We hired Washingborough Hall for our wedding on 17/08/24 and we had the most incredible experience from start to finish. Lucy and her team are exceptional and I cannot recommend them enough. Lucy guided us through the entire process, we tweaked bits as we went along and the day was absolutely perfect. Everything went so smoothly and the venue was absolutely stunning. The food was incredible, including the breakfast that ourselves and our guests had the morning after the wedding. I wish we could do it all over again. Immaculate rooms, outstanding planning and service, overall 10/10 experience. Thank you so much Lucy and team, you were the real stars!! We look forward to seeing you in the future!
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Alisha B. Sent on 12/08/2024
4 out of 5 rating

Wedding 2024

Our wedding at Washingborough Hall was magical. We would like to shout out Lucy Herring, the director of romance and Jordan, the hospitality manager for making our wedding preparations and day run really smoothly. They were both there to offer us support and advice throughout the whole time we were preparing for our wedding. On the wedding day itself, they both put myself and my husband at ease by discussing each part of the day to us in great deal. Washingborough hall had great food and the food service was good. The only couple of things we were disappointed with were when my father asked for more veg during the weeding breakfast to be told there was none left so we had to share a little bowl of veg between 3 adults. Also, the breakfast the morning after the wedding was tasty. However, we found the Waitress Lynne extremely unwelcoming and really unfriendly. Whatever we asked her seemed to be a chore and a few times she never answered our query she just walked away. Checkout was also very rushed the next day after our wedding. We were not told that all our decor had to be gone by 11am that morning with no help from the staff. It just seemed like they had our money and now weren’t fussed about us or our stuff. This did make myself and my new husband a little upset as they didn’t seem to care about us now our wedding was over. There was no wedding the day after ours so we were unsure why we were so rushed.
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Denise W. Sent on 09/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Fantastic Wedding Venue

Excellent venue. Staff extremely professional and friendly and went out of their way to make our day special. Food was exceptional. A perfect wedding venue.
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Charlotte H. Sent on 08/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Our Wedding Day

Washingborough Hall was the perfect wedding venue for us. Lucy was on hand to help us every step of the way in our planning and on the day. The staff couldn’t have done more for us, even down to making us chocolate covered strawberries on the day of the wedding with no notice because I hadn’t got round to doing them myself. The venue is stunning, and having the whole place to yourself for 24hours is so special. Having our closest family staying over then us all having breakfast the next morning topped off the wedding day for us. Thank you so much to everyone at Washingborough hall, we genuinely couldn’t have picked a better venue.
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Louise Sent on 23/01/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Our Wedding Reception

From start to end Amy has been amazing, so helpful and lovely. She really helped to make our wedding so special, even saying on the night before our wedding that I could email her at any time even if it was late at night. It was always a joy to see her and she always put us at ease with any queries or worries we might have.

Our wedding day was perfect and that's a massive thanks to everyone at Washingborough Hall for helping to make the day so special. We can't praise them enough, we really enjoyed every minute of it. Everyone really enjoyed themselves and were very complimentary about the hotel, gardens, food and staff. Amy was, as she has been during the wedding planning amazing but special thanks also goes to Rob and Lee who were outstanding too. All staff were brilliant. We were so happy that we had our wedding reception there and can't wait to re-visit to celebrate our first anniversary.
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Jessica Sent on 28/10/2019
5 out of 5 rating

The most perfect day

We had our wedding weekend at Washingborough Hall, with a family meal on the Friday and wedding on the Saturday - everything was perfect.

From the minute we booked Washingborough 2 years prior, Amy was on hand to help with anything, calming my nerves and guiding us through every step - Amy is an absolute star and made the wedding planning as smooth as possible.

The staff at Washingborough are so welcoming and polite and were absolutely amazing on the day. The attention to detail at Washingborough is perfect and no ask is too big for the staff.

The food was fantastic and all our guests were commenting about the food, staff and exclusivity of the venue.

If you are currently considering Washingborough Hall as a venue, just book it - you honestly won't regret it. It was the most perfect day and we can't wait to visit for our anniversaries.

Thank you Washingborough Hall for making our dream come true.
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Emma Sent on 28/10/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Best wedding ever attended

If you're considering Washingborough Hall Hotel as a wedding venue consider it no more. Request a meeting with Amy, book in your date and then congratulate yourself on making one of the best decisions you'll ever make.

We were married on 24 November 2018 and it was exceptional! Every single part of both the planning and the day was amazing. The venue, Amy, Rob, the bar team...and the chefs - just WOW!

Our guests absolutely loved it. "Best wedding ever attended" was the general feedback. They all felt how we did when we first visited; at home (albeit a more impeccably stylish and elegant home) genuinely welcome, relaxed, comfortable and calm on not just our wedding day but every visit in the run up too.

Throughout the whole process, there has not been one jot of stress, Amy has been just delightful, supportive, calm and patient offering advice helping us create a truly perfect day.

From the wonderful cosy family meal they created for us on the Friday to the impeccable wedding breakfast, the team at Washingborough truly know what works and nothing is too much trouble.

The lovely Rob, (Robert Stubbs) a member of the Washingborough team and incredible florist almost had me in tears with his beautiful flower creations. The place just looked stunning.

The Team here just know what they are doing and they looked after myself, my husband our children and every single one of our guests beautifully.

Book in your day, trust their advice and the suppliers they work with and you'll have not just an amazing day but a perfect memory for life.

We can't thank you all enough and we'll be back again very soon.
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Claire Sent on 17/10/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Exquisite service and stunning location

Amy and her team were completely fabulous from start to finish. They took care of every little detail and nothing was deemed a problem in any way. The service before during and after was built on attention to detail and everything ran perfectly. The food was incredible and the atmosphere was even better. Washingborough Hall is the perfect blend of exquisite service, stunning location and incredible romance.
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Sophie Sent on 17/10/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Everything exceeded our expectations

Where do we start?!?! Everything exceeded our expectations, Amy was incredible from our first meeting right through until after the wedding, putting us at ease constantly with nothing ever too big or small and always quick to respond any time day or night! The amount of compliments we had on the venue, staff and food (food being the best people had ever had at a wedding, EVER) was so pleasing! It was everything we could have ever wanted and it was down to everyone at Washingborough Hall Hotel, we couldn’t recommend you enough, thank you!
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Lisa Sent on 17/10/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect wedding

My Husband and I had our wedding reception at Washingborough Hall Hotel on the 6th April 2019. We booked the venue in November 2018 whilst we were attending their Wedding Fayre. From our initial booking Amy was our point of contact and she provided a first class service in response to any of our requests and was on hand to offer support and advice. On the day Amy and all the staff gave not only us but all of our guests exceptional service and nothing was too much trouble. We would not hesitate in recommending Washingborough Hall Hotel for other couples looking for a personal, exclusive and relaxed wedding venue. Thank you to Amy and the team for making our wedding day perfect.
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Nicolle Sent on 17/10/2019
5 out of 5 rating

The whole day ran smoothly from start to finish!

We had our wedding in May 2019 at Washingborough Hall. It was just perfect, nothing was too much for them and the whole day ran smoothly from start to finish! I couldn’t have asked for a better team to assist with our wedding, they were amazing :) Amy was especially amazing, she helped with all my weird and wonderful questions no matter what day it wasn’t or what time it was. I literally couldn’t have done it without her. Thanks again
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Joanna Sent on 17/10/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Washingborough Hall is AMAZING!

We booked Washingborough Hall for our wedding just over 2 years ahead of the date after viewing it and 3 other venues. It was the first venue we saw and we fell in love with it straight away, the other 3 venues didn't come close. We were allocated Amy as our wedding coordinator (who worked with us from booking through to the actual day itself) and we couldn't have been happier. Amy is an amazing person and was an absolute pleasure to deal with. She made us feel at ease and understood us as a couple and what we wanted. We started our wedding weekend on the Friday with a big family meal and it was the best start to an amazing weekend. The venue is perfect and the staff are so attentive and friendly.

Special thanks to Andrea for all your help the morning of the wedding and for sorting out the cake on the Sunday for us to take home.

Rob Stubbs did our flowers and we were amazed with these, they were more than we could have imagined and again he understood what we wanted perfectly. Rob also acted as MC on our wedding day and we were so pleased, he is the perfect person for this. The food was amazing and all our guest commented on how good it was.

We cannot thank Washingborough Hall enough for making our wedding day the best and a day we will never forget. We cannot recommend them enough. If you're looking for the most perfect wedding venue then look no further.
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Adam Sent on 17/10/2019
5 out of 5 rating

The perfect wedding day

My wife and I had our wedding reception at Washingborough Hall in July straight after getting married at St John's Church next door. It is no understatement when I say it was the perfect day and I do believe a large part of that is due to Amy and the staff at Washingborough Hall. They were so attentive all day, and kept everything running so smoothly. Your wedding day is a bit like a blur, so surreal and you have no concept of time. Amy and the team were incredible at keeping everything running on schedule all while quietly working away in the background. Always present but never overbearing.

We hired the hall for our exclusive reception. The hall is a beautiful building and a picturesque backdrop for our formal photos. The Church is literally a stone's throw away and through a very convenient gate through the wall.

The food was an absolute highlight. We have had so many compliments from so many people about the food. I really couldn't fault the food, it was lovely. Also, to note is that the serving sizes were very large. Often I find myself hungry at weddings because the meals are stingy, at Washingborough this was no problem at all.

The rooms at the hotel all have amazing character to them. We stayed in the bridal suite at the front left of the building / room 20). The 4 poster bed was huge and so comfortable. The room let in so much natural light.

All in all, it was the best day ever and Washingborough Hall delivered above and beyond what we could have dreamt of.
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