Wedding FAQs

The registrar has a separate fee for preforming ceremonies at licenced venues. For details of their fee, please contact their local office on 0845 1295900 or visit the Oxfordshire County Council website www.oxfordshire.gov.uk for more information.

We can hold your preferred date for two weeks. After this time we will be in contact to discuss how you would like to proceed.

Please send us your enquiry using our wedding form and we can see what is available for you.

We have 244 parking spaces. Parking is free and guests can park overnight if required.

Yes, we have a lift onsite, accessible bedrooms and toilets.

We require a £500 non-refundable deposit to secure and confirm your special day. Our payment schedule is six months prior – 50% of wedding balance due, six weeks prior to the wedding – 100% of wedding balance due.

If you wish to pay on a monthly basis, let us know and we can arrange this for you.

We require a £500 non-refundable deposit to secure and confirm your special day. Our payment schedule is six months prior – 50% of wedding balance due, six weeks prior to the wedding – 100% of wedding balance due.

In both of our upstairs function rooms, we have a card machine available and are happy to accept cash.

In the event of you cancelling your wedding, the following charges will be made:

More than six months – loss of deposit

Four – six months’ notice – 50% of estimated total value

Two – four months’ notice – 75% of estimated total value

Less than two months’ notice – 100% of estimated total value

Check in is from 2pm. Check out is at 11am.

We have 52 luxury bedrooms and 14 of these will be allocated for your wedding guests to book individually. These rooms will be held until eight weeks prior to the wedding date.

We recommend you book a bedroom the night prior with us to get ready in as we don’t have any changing rooms available.

No unfortunately not.

Ceremony and reception – 160 Evening – 200

The hotel cannot be fully exclusive due to our facilities onsite, however the entire upstairs will be exclusive to your wedding venue party and you won’t be disturbed by other guests.

No other weddings will be held on site on the same day.

If your ceremony is offsite or in our Windsor Suite, there will be no changeover. If your ceremony is in our Orangery Suite, we will prepare your tables behind our two partitions. Once you have had your ceremony, it will only take our team members half an hour to arrange the tables for your wedding breakfast.

Our Wedding function rooms can cater for all weddings.

Yes, we have a PA system we can use for your ceremony; however we can’t play any religious music

We have a wide range of affordable wedding packages available to suit all wedding sizes.

For our day package, you have a choice of starter, main and dessert for your guests. If you would like the option to give your guests a choice, we would require a £15 supplement per person. If your guests have any special dietary requirements, we will arrange a special meal for them at no extra cost. Children have a separate menu.

No.

As part of our commitment to you, our team will work with you and your suppliers to dress the rooms. Please ensure that you make specific arrangements with us.

This can be discussed with the events team for individual circumstances.

Our tables are six foot rounds so we suggest eight – ten guests per table.

Yes, we have silver stands and we suggest table names/numbers of A5 size.

We have one round and one square stand. These both accommodate a 12 inch cake.

We have a member of our Banqueting Team who will act as your Toastmaster / Master of Ceremonies for the day. If you would prefer a professional Toastmaster / Master of Ceremonies, we have a recommended contact.

We close our bars to non-residents at midnight and music may only be played to this time.

Yes, as long as they have public liability insurance and are PAT passed where appropriate.

Yes.

Yes, we have a list of our favourite suppliers; here are some of our best:

Room decoration: Dean’s Chair Covers – deanschaircovers.co.uk

Photography: Sam & Steve Photography – www.samandstevephotography.com

Cakes: Cakes by Kit – cakesbykit.com

Outside caterers are only permitted if you choose a marquee wedding in the grounds.

You will be allowed White Tack or Command Hooks on the walls, however we ask guests not to use Blue Tack or to use nails. Let us know what decoration you plan on bringing and we will be more than happy to assist you.

Yes, as long as its biodegradable and only outside.

Yes, however, they must be booked by our preferred suppliers and can only be silent.