Hotel wedding venues in Dorset
Plumber Manor - Spring Three Night Special Offer
Sturminster Newton
For close to 50 years the Prideaux-Brune family have welcomed guests to their ancestral Jacobean manor house in an English country garden with the Divelish stream skipping through.
The Eastbury Hotel & Spa - Twilight Tranquility Special Offer
Sherborne
Close to Sherborne Abbey, this handsome Georgian town house in ‘lovely’ walled gardens makes a ‘pleasant retreat’ in the heart of the historic market town.
Summer Lodge
Evershot
Staying in this Georgian mansion in ‘flower-filled and perfectly tended gardens’ is 'a pretty faultless experience', with 'every detail properly attended to but the atmosphere still friendly and relaxed', say readers.
From £60 per night
The King’s Arms
Dorchester
With its projecting porch, Doric columns and bow windows, this Georgian coaching inn is a commanding presence on the High Street of Thomas Hardy's Casterbridge.
Captain’s Club Hotel
Christchurch
You can relax on a terrace beside the River Stour to the sound of lapping waves and popping corks at this streamlined, nautical-themed luxury hotel, spa and popular wedding venue.
The Acorn Inn
Evershot
Thomas Hardy fans will be in their element at this local watering hole in Dorset, which was the model for 'The Sow and Acorn’ in Tess of the d’Urbervilles.
The Pig on the Beach
Studland
There is a fairy-tale aspect with more than a hint of Hogwarts to this 1820s marine villa with a sandy beach at the bottom of the garden in a village that inspired Noddy's Toy Town.
The Seaside Boarding House
Burton Bradstock
A playful mix of Edward Hopper’s Cape Cod and Edwardian seaside hotel, this white-painted villa above Chesil Beach has an easy-going stylishness, conducive to fun.
The Grange at Oborne
Sherborne
Built of stone from the Purbeck hills, this 200-year-old house on the edge of the village stands in formal gardens (floodlit at night).
The Green House
Bournemouth
Within strolling distance of the town and the beach, a ‘friendly’, and eco-friendly, hotel in a handsome Victorian clifftop villa.
The Ollerod
Beaminster
The Ollerod (Dorset dialect for cowslip), with boutique rooms and a dabster in the kitchen, is the perfect place for a bit’ a’ drap when you’re hungry and athirt.
Moonfleet Manor
Fleet
‘As a family we have said we need to try to visit once a year at least,’ write readers after a visit to this child-friendly, dog-friendly hotel occupying a Georgian manor house above Chesil Beach.
The Grosvenor Arms
Shaftesbury
This former coaching inn, in a hilltop Dorset town, combines Georgian features with a contemporary style to create an intimate feel.
From £62.50 per night
Hotels not in the Guide that you may want to consider
Hotel wedding venues in Dorset
RNLI College
Poole
Set up as a training centre for RNLI volunteers, this purpose-built structure overlooks Holes Bay in Poole Harbour. Alongside crew members, visitors can stay in comfortable, jauntily decorated bedrooms (each with a double bed, work desk, seating and stunning view of the harbour). Breakfast and bistro food is served in the light and cheerful Riggers restaurant facing the waterfront; the Slipway bar has drinks and nibbles. Tours of the facility (which include a wave tank and simulator) can be pre-arranged. Every £1 spent goes towards providing equipment, training, and support for those saving lives at sea.
Hotels near Corfe Castle
Hotels near Kingston Lacy