Captain's Club Hotel & Spa
Dorset, Italy
Hotel
Up to 250 guests · 41 rooms
A contemporary riverside hotel and spa in Christchurch where the wedding suites, the bedrooms and the restaurant all look over the River Stour.
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Wedding venues
Wedding venues
in Dorset
- 5
- Wedding venues
- Up to 250
- Guests
- From £1,225
- Venue hire
Wedding venues in Dorset
Dorset's coastline is among England's most recognisable, with limestone cliffs, sheltered coves and traditional villages overlooking the English Channel. Elegant country estates, historic manor houses and coastal hotels provide memorable settings for weddings, where landscaped gardens and beautiful natural surroundings create an atmosphere of understated sophistication.
The Jurassic Coast is recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with landmarks including Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove. Inland, the countryside reveals rolling chalk hills, traditional market towns and villages built from local stone. Dorchester is closely associated with the novelist Thomas Hardy, whose writing drew inspiration from the region's landscapes. Dorset retains a strong rural identity, shaped by its geological heritage, agricultural traditions and the timeless character of England's southern coast.
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Chedington Grange
Dorset, Italy
Country house
Up to 225 guests
Chedington Grange is a country estate near Beaminster in West Dorset with two guest houses, Vielha and Baqueira, a barn and orangery for ceremonies, outdoor pergolas and room for marquees and tents.
Highcliffe Castle
Dorset, Italy
Castle
Up to 200 guests
Highcliffe Castle is a Grade I listed Gothic Renaissance castle on the Dorset coast, with a Wintergarden for ceremonies of up to 110 guests, state rooms for wedding breakfasts and a beach reached by a woodland trail.
Hotel du Vin & Bistro Poole
Dorset, Italy
Hotel
Up to 90 guests · 38 rooms
Hotel du Vin & Bistro Poole is a four-star boutique hotel in the former Mansion House, a Grade II listed Georgian building off the Old Quay, with 38 rooms and a bistro that holds weddings of up to 90 guests.
Lulworth Castle
Dorset, Italy
Castle
Lulworth Castle, built in 1608 as a hunting lodge, offers a restored exterior, a natural interior and an eighteenth-century courtyard for civil ceremonies, with marquee space on the lawns.
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Choosing a wedding venue in Dorset
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Hotel, castle or country house?
The type of venue shapes the whole wedding: who else is there, where guests sleep, and how the day moves from ceremony to dinner. Dorset venues include 2 hotels (exclusive use at 2, rooms for guests at 2); 2 castles (exclusive use at 0, rooms for guests at 0); 1 country house (exclusive use at 1, rooms for guests at 1). With exclusive use the property is yours; elsewhere, ask which rooms and gardens are private on the day.
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What does a wedding venue in Dorset cost?
2 of our 5 venues publish a starting price, quoted in different ways: 1 package, 1 as venue hire. Compare what each price includes: exclusive use, minimum stays, catering and accommodation. The lowest published venue hire is £1,225.
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