Hotel wedding venues in the North East
Middlethorpe Hall & Spa - Tailor make the break of your choice
York
Handy for the racecourse, this William and Mary mansion, built for Sheffield cutler Thomas Barlow ‘in the Italian mode’, operates as a hotel and spa, ‘ideal for those seeking individual attention and pampering’.
Judges - Autumn and Winter Special Offer from £125 B&B
Yarm
Up to 75 people can attend your garden wedding ceremony in the Gazebo at this smart hotel (smaller gatherings in the lounge, garden room and conservatory restaurant). You want a Daimler? A magician? A string quartet? They have the contacts.
Seaham Hall - 'Winter RetrEAT' Special Offer
Seaham
Lord Byron married Annabella Milbanke at this Georgian mansion turned spa hotel. The union didn’t fare well, but the hotel’s wedding packages, named after their brilliant daughter, Ada Lovelace, include everything from use of the ballroom to champagne.
Headlam Hall - Winter Escape Special Offer from £80 per Person per Night
Darlington
Girdled by walled gardens, with farmland sprawling beyond, the Robinson family’s stately 17th-century property has an intimate, ‘country house feel’ running through its smart, contemporary public spaces.
The Frenchgate Restaurant & Hotel
Richmond
An 18th-century town house combines with its 17th-century neighbour as an atmospheric small hotel, a stroll from a charming survivor of this market town’s Georgian heyday, the Theatre Royal.
The Lord Crewe Arms
Blanchland
You can drink champagne in the vaulted bar, as W H Auden did, dine among the ancient stone walls like Philip Larkin, or sleep in a tranquil room once used by Benjamin Britten, at this hotel in the monastic buildings of a dissolved abbey.
The Pheasant
Harome
‘So glad it’s in your guide – keep it in.’ A strong endorsement this year for Jacquie Pern and Peter Neville’s hotel overlooking a duck pond.
From £120.00 per night
The Devonshire Arms
Skipton
You can arrive by helicopter at the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire’s hotel ‘in extensive lawned grounds with a view towards the River Wharfe’.
The Star Inn at Harome
Helmsley
In ‘a lovely village’ on the edge of the North Yorkshire moors, Andrew Pern’s ‘stylish old inn’ is a mix-and-thatch of ancient cruck-framed pub, dining extension, and lodgings in a converted building opposite.
Jesmond Dene House
Newcastle upon Tyne
From the Apartment, hosting ten guests, to the panelled Great Hall for up to 120, from a small supper to a banquet, cakes, flowers, photographers, magicians, all can be arranged at this 19th-century stone mansion in woodland.
Grassington House
Grassington
‘Grassington House provided all I could want for a most enjoyable break in this busy but beautiful village.’ A full entry this year for Sue and John Rudden’s restaurant-with-rooms overlooking the cobbled square.
Battlesteads
Hexham
Formed from an 18th-century farmstead, Dee and Richard Slade’s hybrid of pub and hotel in the empty reaches of Northumberland is liked for its unique blend of sustainable hospitality, ‘beautiful grounds’ and ‘amazing dark sky observatory’.
The Coach House at Middleton Lodge
Richmond
More tasteful developments this year among the potpourri of Georgian estate buildings that create James Allison’s hotel 'in beautiful countryside a few miles from Scotch Corner’.
Bar Convent
York
Serenity is assured at this B&B in England’s oldest active convent, next to the city’s medieval walls.
The Durham Ox
Crayke
For three centuries Michael and Sasha Ibbotson’s village pub-with-rooms has hosted visitors following an ancient Celtic trail to York, and has been family-owned for two decades.
Yorebridge House
Leyburn
No cause for truancy at this revamped former Victorian school and headmaster’s house, in a pretty Dales village on the River Ure.
Cleveland Tontine
Northallerton
Travellers heading between London and Sunderland have long stopped at this Georgian inn which skirts the North York moors.
The Angel Inn
Skipton
‘A peaceful, scenic place to unwind’, amid ‘beautiful surroundings’ in a Dales village, the Angel continues its ascent from drovers’ inn to foodie heaven.
From £70 per night
The Three Acres Inn & Restaurant
Huddersfield
‘High on the hills’ near Huddersfield, this ‘friendly’ roadside drovers’ inn has ‘detour-worthy food’; ‘tremendous views to all sides’ are nearly as impressive.
Easby Hall
Richmond
Overlooked by the ruins of Easby Abbey, Karen and John Clarke provide luxurious B&B accommodation in a rustic country house setting.
Hotels not in the Guide that you may want to consider
Hotel wedding venues in the North East
Oulton Hall
Leeds
Occupying an 18th-century mansion this large hotel (part of QHotels group) sits in beautifully landscaped gardens, SE of Leeds. It has a spa, conference and wedding facilities, and a 27-hole championship golf complex in its grounds. Leeds train station is 5 miles away.
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