The Retreat
The honeymoon room, a dark four-poster against panelled walls with its own living space next door, sofas turned to the garden windows. It is where most couples spend the night after the party has gone quiet.
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1836 country house in seven acres above the Trout Beck, Troutbeck, near Windermere, Cumbria
Broadoaks Country House is a 20-bedroom house of 1836 in seven acres at Troutbeck, two miles from Windermere, taken for exclusive use with no sound limiter.
Broadoaks Country House was built in 1836 on the hillside above the Trout Beck at Troutbeck, a couple of miles out of Windermere. Seven acres of garden and woodland surround it, with a tiered fountain below the windows and the Lakeland fells closing the view. Its best-known room is the Music Room of 1905, which the house presents as designed with inspiration from William Morris, with a vaulted ceiling, oak panelling, a painted frieze and a grand piano in the leaded bay.
Weddings use the whole house as standard, so no other guests are booked in. Most couples marry at the white Victorian gazebo on the lawn, then move to the Orangery for a wedding breakfast of up to 120 and an evening for up to 150. Catering and the bar are the house's own teams, with a complimentary tasting, and there is no sound limiter, although music stops at midnight unless the paid extension to 1am is taken. Twenty individually styled bedrooms keep the party together. Windermere station is a five-minute taxi away.
Broadoaks Country House
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Broadoaks was built in 1836 on the hillside above the Trout Beck at Troutbeck, a couple of miles out of Windermere. Ivy covers much of the stone front, a tiered fountain plays below the windows and seven acres of garden and woodland run toward the river with the Lakeland fells closing the view.

The Music Room was added in 1905 and is described by Broadoaks as designed with inspiration from William Morris. It has a vaulted ceiling, oak panelling, a painted frieze, shell niches beside the chimneypiece, a wood-burner in an oak overmantel and a grand piano in the leaded bay.

Most couples marry outdoors at the white Victorian gazebo, with the fells behind, then move to the Orangery for a wedding breakfast of up to 120 and an evening for up to 150. Catering and the bar are the house's own, and with no sound limiter the band can play at the volume it was hired for until midnight.

Twenty individually styled bedrooms mean nobody has to drive back down the valley. They range from Walnut with its slipper bath to the honeymoon Retreat.


An ivy-clad stone house on the hillside above the Trout Beck, in 7 acres of garden and woodland.
The HouseDesigned with inspiration from William Morris: a vaulted ceiling, a painted frieze, an open fire and a grand piano.
The Room

Named rather than numbered: Walnut, Ash, Yew, Willow, Riverhaven, The Folly, the Garden Suites and The Retreat.
The StayA band or a DJ can play at full volume. The bar closes and the music stops at midnight, with a paid upgrade to 1am.
The Night
The honeymoon room, a dark four-poster against panelled walls with its own living space next door, sofas turned to the garden windows. It is where most couples spend the night after the party has gone quiet.
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The accessible room, with a white super-king four-poster, step-free access and a Japanese slipper bath. Proof that an accessible room in a house of 1836 does not have to be the plain one.
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Twenty bedrooms, individually styled and named rather than numbered: carved French beds, dark oak four-posters, several with their own fireplace, and a run of Garden Suites. No two are decorated alike.
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The house and its seven acres for the day, with no other guests booked in, and 20 bedrooms.
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Broadoaks stands on Bridge Lane at Troutbeck, on the hillside above the Trout Beck river and about two miles north of Windermere. Windermere station is a five-minute taxi, which makes the venue unusually easy for guests coming by train from Manchester, Lancaster or Glasgow. Manchester Airport is about an hour and a half by road, 89 miles. A helicopter arrival is possible by prior arrangement with a signed indemnity form.
Bridge Lane, Troutbeck, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 1LA, England
Exclusive use of the house and seven acres, no other guests on the day
A ceremony in the Orangery or outdoors at the white gazebo
A wedding breakfast for up to 120 and an evening for up to 150
In-house catering and bar teams, with a complimentary menu tasting
20 individually styled bedrooms, including the honeymoon Retreat
Whirlwind package on remaining dates: £9,499 for 50 day guests and 30 evening guests
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On Bridge Lane at Troutbeck, on the hillside above the Trout Beck and about two miles north of Windermere in Cumbria. Windermere station is a five-minute taxi and Manchester Airport is about an hour and a half by road, 89 miles.
Yes, indoors. Broadoaks appears on Westmorland and Furness Council's list of premises approved for civil ceremonies and civil partnerships. Registrar fees are paid separately to the register office.
Broadoaks says it is licensed for ceremonies inside and outside, and most couples marry at the white gazebo. The council list gives only the venue name, so the legal position for an open-air ceremony should be checked with the venue and the registrar before a date is fixed.
The Orangery seats 120 for a daytime wedding breakfast and holds 150 for the evening. A single overall capacity applies, with no separate figure for the ceremony, so ask for that figure directly.
Yes, as standard. The house and its seven acres are yours for the day with no other guests, and 20 bedrooms come with it.
No. A band or DJ can play at full volume. The trade is a firm finish, with the bar closing and all music stopping at midnight, and a paid upgrade to 1am.
No. The house uses its own catering and bar teams, and a menu tasting is included before the day.
Wedding packages start at £5,600. A shorter Whirlwind package, offered on remaining dates, costs £9,499 for 50 day guests and 30 evening guests. The final figure moves with the date, season and numbers.
There are 20, each styled individually and named rather than numbered. Walnut is the accessible room with a white super-king four-poster, step-free access and a Japanese slipper bath, and the honeymoon room is The Retreat, with its own living space. Checkout is at 10am.
Dogs can join the ceremony and photographs but not the wedding breakfast. Real petal confetti is allowed outdoors only, and sparklers are permitted outside. Fireworks, fire pits, confetti cannons and smoke machines are not.
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