Creeper-clad country house hotel in Beaulieu village on the edge of the New Forest, Hampshire
The Montagu Arms is a country house hotel on Palace Lane in Beaulieu, with a civil ceremony room for 32 and exclusive private hire of the whole hotel for up to 150 guests.
The Montagu Arms stands halfway down Palace Lane in the middle of Beaulieu, a New Forest village in southern Hampshire. It is a country house hotel of red brick under creeper, so weddings take place inside the village rather than behind a gate. Guests can walk down to the Beaulieu River between the ceremony and dinner and return through the ivy-covered garden archway. The hotel has 33 bedrooms and suites in seven room types, spread across the main house, a courtyard and the barn, and the cooking is done in-house throughout.
Civil ceremonies are held in the Oakwood Room, which seats 32 under leaded diamond windows. Exclusive private hire takes the whole hotel for 50 to 150 guests, with 100 seated in the wood-panelled Terrace Restaurant and 150 standing for the evening. Monty's Inn serves as the pub and brasserie, and the gardens include a lawn used for outdoor ceremonies. There is no spa or ballroom. Southampton Airport is about 35 minutes away by car.
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The Montagu Arms stands halfway down Palace Lane in Beaulieu, red brick under creeper, with the New Forest beginning where the houses stop. Wedding days play out in the village itself, with guests walking to the Beaulieu River and back through the ivy-covered garden archway.
The Oakwood Room is licensed for civil ceremonies and seats 32, with a red runner on the parquet and a floral arch at the brick fireplace. For larger celebrations the whole hotel can be taken on exclusive use for 50 to 150 guests, with 33 bedrooms and suites included.
The wedding breakfast is served in the wood-panelled Terrace Restaurant, with velvet chairs and a still-life oil on the wall. The kitchen cooks modern British dishes in-house, and Monty's Inn, the pub and brasserie, takes over for the evening.
Beaulieu is a small village with Palace House and the motor museum at the top of the lane and the Beaulieu River running towards the Solent below. Open forest lies in every other direction, and Southampton Airport is about 35 minutes away by car.
The hotel stands on Palace Lane in the middle of Beaulieu, with the New Forest starting where the houses stop.
The SettingLicensed for civil ceremonies, seating 32 on parquet under leaded diamond windows.
The Ceremony
Exclusive private hire for 50 to 150 guests, 100 through the day and 50 more in the evening.
Exclusive Use33 bedrooms and suites in the house, around the courtyard and out in the barn.
The Stay
The larger rooms in the main house, with mullioned windows looking over Palace Lane or the gardens, layered cushions and floors that give slightly underfoot. Closest to the Oakwood Room and the Terrace, so the shortest walk on the morning of the wedding.
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The suites in the main house, with space to dress and a bathroom that runs to a freestanding bath and twin vanities. The room most couples take for the night before and the night of.
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The smallest rooms in the old house, tucked under the roof and into the corners. Priced for guests who intend to be downstairs, in Monty's or out in the forest, for most of the weekend.
EnquireLighter and more contemporary than the house rooms, with a sitting area and a green sofa alongside the bed, fitted shelving and doors that open toward the garden terrace.
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Bright courtyard bedrooms with upholstered headboards and botanical fabrics, set away from the main house, which suits guests who want the party to be audible only when they choose.
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The most self-contained of the courtyard rooms, with a lounge opening onto the garden terrace, for the couple who want somewhere to sit with a small group before everyone else is awake.
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Suites in the barn, arched headboards and botanical cushions under the roof line, the furthest of the seven room types from the main building and the last lights to go off.
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The whole hotel for 50 to 150 guests, 100 through the day with 50 more joining in the evening.
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The Montagu Arms stands on Palace Lane in Beaulieu, a New Forest village on the Beaulieu River in the south of Hampshire. The Palace House and the National Motor Museum are at the top of the lane, Lymington and the Solent coast are a short drive south, and the M27 is about 20 minutes away. Southampton Airport is roughly 35 minutes by car and Bournemouth about 45, which keeps travelling guests off the road for most of the day.
Palace Lane, Beaulieu, New Forest, Hampshire, SO42 7ZL, England
Beaulieu Road (South Western Railway) is the nearest station, about 3.4 miles from the venue in a straight line.
Intimate package: the Oakwood Room for the ceremony and the meal, for 4 to 32 guests
Exclusive private hire of the whole hotel: from £21,500 for 50 to 150 guests
Exclusive hire covers all 33 bedrooms, both restaurants, the gardens and the courtyard
In-house cooking throughout
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On Palace Lane in the middle of Beaulieu, a New Forest village in southern Hampshire, with the Beaulieu River below and Palace House and the National Motor Museum at the top of the lane.
Yes. The hotel is licensed for civil ceremonies, and the Oakwood Room seats up to 32 on parquet beneath leaded diamond windows, with an original brick fireplace at the front.
The Oakwood Room seats 32. On exclusive use the Terrace Restaurant seats up to 100 and holds 150 standing for the evening, and the Paris Room seats 10.
Yes, in the Terrace Restaurant, but only when the whole hotel is taken on exclusive use. Otherwise the Terrace remains the working fine-dining room.
Outdoor ceremonies take place on the garden lawn, and the hotel asks for a wet-weather plan. The outdoor licence should be checked directly with the wedding team before a date is held.
No. All cooking is done by the hotel's own kitchen, from the canapes to the evening food.
Yes, 33 bedrooms and suites across seven room types in the house and around the gardens. On exclusive use they all belong to the wedding.
The Intimate package starts at £2,800 for 4 to 32 guests. Exclusive private hire of the whole hotel starts at £21,500 for 50 to 150 guests.
Neither. A wedding uses the hotel's own rooms: the Oakwood Room for the ceremony, the Terrace Restaurant for the meal, the Paris Room for a private dinner and Monty's Inn for the pub hours.
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