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Willington Hall Hotel is a historic small hotel wedding venue located in Tarporley, Cheshire. This luxury country house is a hidden gem situated in northwest England and offers an abundance of charm for wedding occasions. This Georgian property dates back to 1829 and sits upon 17 acres of beautiful countryside with many activities for your guests to explore.

Facilities and Capacity

Willington Hall Hotel offers an array of event spaces to accommodate 40 to 150 guests for wedding celebrations. It boasts a variety of indoor and outdoor spaces that are licensed to hold civil ceremonies. The Gainsborough Restaurant is one such indoor space that can host up to 40 guests for an intimate ceremony. The Garden Temple provides a beautiful paved setting for up to 80 attendees in a mid-sized outdoor service. The Hamilton’s Lawn offers a verdant outdoor option for ceremonies for up to 150 guests attending. These spaces can also serve as beverage reception options, where guests can roam the extensive grounds as they sip champagne and mingle. The scenic surroundings here also offer a variety of natural backdrops for wedding photos. For those wishing to host a tented reception, space is available on the grounds for a wedding marquee. The Hamilton’s Ballroom provides a beautiful indoor reception option. Large picture windows and a skylight ceiling allow natural light to illuminate celebrations held within. Glittering chandeliers and marble flooring also add to the elegance of this space. A bridal suite is available so that the wedding party can prepare in comfort and style.

Accommodations

Willington Hall Hotel offers 12 beautifully appointed guest rooms so that your wedding party and guests can enjoy an elegant overnight stay. Each room is intentionally decorated with antique accents and luxurious fabrics. Dog-friendly rooms can also be arranged for guests’ convenience. Those choosing to stay here can enjoy a sumptuous afternoon tea on the terrace, try their hand at some clay pigeon shooting, or explore the extensive grounds.

Services Offered

Willington Hall Hotel can provide a wedding coordinator to ensure that your dream day is successfully brought to life here. Their in-house culinary team is happy to create a customised wedding menu to suit your style. The venue also holds an alcohol licence and offers corkage options for couples’ convenience.

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Frequently asked questions

Venue type:

In the country
Small hotel
Stately home
Historic
Woodland and festival
Outdoor license

Ceremony options:

Civil ceremony licence

Dining options:

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

Evening entertainment:

Dance floor
Entertainment licence
Evening reception 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

Other features:

Accessible facilities
Car parking
Helipad
Confetti permitted
Changing room for wedding guests
Pet-friendly
Orangery on site
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James Sent on 25/08/2018
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Thank you for our amazing wedding!

Thank you for our amazing wedding at willington hall yesterday. From our first visit in 2016 we knew we had made the right decision. The venue looked amazing on the day (despite the wind and rain) and the staff were absolutely fantastic throughout. The guests had an amazing day and loved the venue, food and grounds.

I have to say a special thanks to Michel (not sure if that's how you spell it) but he was absolutely incredible and a credit to the team. He was so attentive, hardworking and did everything to make our day run smoothly.

I would like to thank Natalie for helping me organise our perfect wedding and for always emailing me back with advice, correspondence and being so relaxed. I can't recommend willington hall enough.
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Jose Sent on 29/04/2018
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Charlotte and John Backhouse Wedding

Wonderful wedding yesterday. Beautiful venue. Fantastic canapés food and drink. Friendly helpful staff and really professional service from entering through the doors to leaving. Wonderful extremely well organised wedding Every detail perfect.
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Natasha Sent on 07/10/2017
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June 2017 Wedding

We just wanted to say thank you very much for everything you did for our wedding this June. The venue was beautiful and the service was fantastic.
Natalie helped us get everything organised in the months leading up to the wedding and helped us tailor things to us. The menu choices were brilliant (advice: don't eat breakfast before you go for the menu taster, you will want to eat it all).
Everything went very smoothly, especially considering we had guests wanting to change their menu options right up to the day of the wedding. I'm sure this can't have been easy to arrange but some how it was sorted.
On the day the master of ceremonies ensured there were no problems and made sure we were well looked after all day.
We could not recommend this venue more and thank you to everyone at Willington.
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Jenny Sent on 25/07/2016
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14th July Wedding

We had our Wedding Day at Willington Hall. The grounds are stunning and the weather was very kind to us so we were able to get married outside in the Temple. From initial booking right up to the day the communication was excellent. Not once did I worry that things wouldn't go to plan.
The wedding breakfast was as expected just delicious. Our guests were amazed by the venue, the food and the staff. All of whom made our day very special but hands down Michelle was outstanding very knowledgeable of the grounds ensured everyone was having a great time right up until it was time for bed. We had all the rooms booked for the night by our guests all had a great night sleep. The breakfast in the morning was a great full English all of us were able to sit down and complete the celebration together.
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James Sent on 07/05/2016
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Wedding 1st May

Dear Natalie,

Just a quick message to say thank you so much for your help in making our day run so smoothly and be so fantastic last Sunday.

Everything felt perfect, and we are so grateful to you, Michelle, Chris and everyone else at Willington Hall - including the kitchen, bar and back room, gardening team and everyone else! - we know a lot of people pulled together to pull it all off.

We will remember it forever, as will all of our friends and family who have had nothing but praise to heap on our choice of venue (i.e. you guys!) and the way everything went.

We look forward to popping back for happy occasions with friends and family in the future!

Best wishes :)

James & Katherine
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Steph Sent on 24/02/2016
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Wedding May 2015

Our wedding on 22 May 2015 was the perfect day and went totally according to plan, which was due to the hard work of Natalie (Assistant Manager and Wedding Co-ordinator) and Michel (Restaurant Manager who acts as Master of Ceremonies throughout the day), who were fantastic both in the run up to the wedding and on the day. Natalie was incredibly patient with all our questions and was always on hand for advice.

Michel was up late the night before and up at the crack of dawn on the day making everywhere look perfect (even moving all the chairs outside for us last minute when he decided the rain would hold off – he was right). His timings through the day were spot on and he did a very good job of organising everyone (in a subtle way though). Willington Hall is such a nice place and the staff cannot be faulted. The food was perfect, as it always is at the hotel.

The hotel rooms are lovely and our friends and family really enjoyed their stay. The bridal suite is great; the fantastic views and peacefulness took our breath away the following morning. We first looked at Willington Hall Hotel as my husband was taken there as a child by his grandparents so it holds some lovely memories and now it holds a very special one for us both.

Thank you again Team Willington!

Tom and Steph Howard x
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Vanessa Sent on 24/02/2016
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Wedding October 2015

Thank you to all of the staff at Willington, especially Natalie and Michele for making mine and Tony's wedding reception so special! From beginning to end, no question was too small to ask and every stage was thoroughly explained with professionalism. Everything ran smoothly on the night and the food was amazing! Thank you again team Willington. Xx
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Abi Sent on 19/02/2016
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August 2015 Wedding

We got married here in August, the venue is stunning. Natalie the wedding coordinator has the patience of a saint and was there whenever I needed her, Michel was amazing on the day, totally looked after us. Every member of staff We came across was so helpful, the young lady on reception, bar staff, you all made our wedding day perfect, thank you so much! Mr and Mrs Breeze x
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