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Places to stay in England that host weddings – and that are just as good for the other big days: a milestone birthday, an anniversary, a proposal, a christening or a family get-together. Book direct with the venue to talk through your plans, then book rooms nearby for your guests.
Wedding venue guide
27 wedding venues in Kent that aren’t hotels – barns, country houses, castles, estates and something a little different.
Filter by guest numbers, the style you love and the things that matter on the day, then find somewhere nearby for your guests to stay.
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27 venues
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Restored 18th-century barn with walled garden and courtyard, made for intimate weddings of up to 60.
Venue hire £5,760-£6,960; packages £10,600-£17,250 for 60 guests
Sandwich (approx. 4 km)
Minimum 60 guests on packages.
Finish time: Carriages 11:30pm
Address: Knell Lane, Ash, Kent CT3 2EF
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Barn wedding venue in the countryside near Ashford.
£7,500-£11,750; £7,990-£11,740
Address: Near Ashford, Kent
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Gothic-style priory house on a site founded in 1253, overlooking Romney Marsh countryside.
From £8,650 weekday January incl. food and drink; £7,850-£16,530
Address: Bilsington, near Ashford, Kent
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Victorian mansion in a park in the centre of Broadstairs, suited to small weddings.
From £300
Broadstairs (approx. 0.5 km)
Council-owned historic building.
Address: Pierremont Park, Broadstairs, Kent
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Secluded 16th-century barn complex in the countryside just south of Canterbury, with eight bedrooms on site.
Venue hire £3,930-£8,750; packages from £8,075 incl. 60 guests (2026)
Canterbury East (approx. 3 km)
No external caterers (corkage on own alcohol); one wedding per day.
Address: Nackington Road, Canterbury, Kent CT4 7AY
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Napoleonic fort with a candlelit tunnel and Grand Magazine for ceremonies.
From £4,000
Chatham (approx. 1 km)
Address: Dock Road, Chatham, Kent
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Georgian Commissioner's House with ballroom, terrace and lawns inside the historic naval dockyard.
Packages from £11,695 (Marline, Mon-Thu Apr-Sep), £14,400 (Bowline), £31,650 (Reef)
Chatham (approx. 2 km)
Packages cover 70 day / 120 evening guests; Visit Medway lists four ceremony venues on site for 15-250.
Finish time: Packages end at midnight
Address: The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TZ
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Grade II* listed castle in 35 acres with a lake, Victorian Orangery and a Tudor village on its doorstep.
From £5,865 weekday November incl. food; from £3,320
Penshurst (approx. 3 km)
Four appointed caterers, no corkage but a handling charge; ceremonies inside the castle for under 80 guests, larger parties use the marquee.
Address: Hill Hoath Road, Chiddingstone, Kent TN8 7AD
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
17th-century barn in the grounds of medieval Cooling Castle on the Hoo Peninsula, with 15 bedrooms.
Packages £6,900-£14,670
Higham (approx. 5 km)
Sound limiter in use; confetti permitted; drinks package included.
Address: Cooling Road, Cooling, Rochester, Kent ME3 8DT
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Former colliery site turned country park, with a modern visitor centre and open parkland.
From £2,750
Deal (approx. 5 km)
Address: Betteshanger Country Park, Deal, Kent
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Private country estate in rolling countryside behind Deal, hired over two nights with accommodation.
From £21,000 for a May weekday incl. 2-night hire and accommodation
Address: Ripple, near Deal, Kent
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Historic manor farm with barn spaces in the countryside behind Dover.
£3,000-£9,600; from £8,250
Address: Near Dover, Kent
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Childhood home of Anne Boleyn, with a moated castle, Italian Garden loggia overlooking the lake and a 600-acre estate.
From £3,750 ceremony-only, weekday January; £4,750-£11,000
Hever (approx. 1.5 km)
Minimum 25 adults for Castle/Astor Wing packages; 26 bedrooms (Astor Wing luxury B&B, not marketed as a hotel); provisional holds max 10 working days.
Finish time: Licensed until 1am
Address: Hever Castle, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 7NG
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Family-owned Edwardian country house in 10 acres of gardens and orchards, with house access the day before and after.
Venue hire £2,000-£8,500; packages from £15,470 for 60 guests
Faversham (approx. 5 km)
Catering by Scott Anderson Ltd only (£116-£126 pp, minimum numbers); marquee on front lawn for 250+.
Address: Hernhill, Faversham, Kent ME13 9TX
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Britain's oldest brewer, with ceremonies in the working Brewhouse and function rooms in the town centre.
£1,325-£1,825; from £3,610
Faversham (approx. 0.5 km)
Address: Court Street, Faversham, Kent
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Grade II listed Queen Anne-era house with celebrated gardens, a timber Orangery marquee and 12 bedrooms for 2-3 night exclusive hire.
From £17,400; from £19,200 for a March weekend incl. 2-night hire and accommodation
Aylesham (approx. 3 km)
Saturday weddings when gardens close to the public; independent caterers permitted, no corkage.
Address: Goodnestone Park, Wingham, Canterbury, Kent CT3 1PL
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Medieval fortified manor with curtain walls and a 14-acre setting, plus a 300-capacity marquee option.
£7,850-£16,530; example Classic package £15,030 for 80 day/100 evening guests, Friday June 2027
Westenhanger (approx. 0.5 km)
Dry hire package uses approved external caterers; Twilight package Oct-Apr; late-availability offers advertised; confetti and marquees allowed.
Finish time: Dressing room until midnight
Address: Stone Street, Westenhanger, Hythe, Kent CT21 4HX
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Family-run 16th-century barn estate on the Swale estuary on remote Sheppey marshland.
From £6,500; from £7,750 weekday March incl. accommodation, food and drink
Address: Harty, Isle of Sheppey, Kent
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Medieval clifftop castle overlooking Romney Marsh and the Channel.
£9,400-£14,985
Westenhanger (approx. 3 km)
Address: Lympne, Hythe, Kent
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Medieval moated castle on the banks of the River Medway.
£1,800-£10,000; from £1,500
Maidstone Barracks (approx. 3 km)
Address: Allington, Maidstone, Kent
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Moated 900-year-old castle on islands in a lake, with outdoor lawns for ceremonies and marquee sites for up to 500.
Venue hire £5,000-£30,000 (Castle £8,000-£17,800; Maiden's Tower £5,500-£12,000; Battel Hall from £6,000)
Bearsted (approx. 5 km)
Fireworks permitted.
Address: Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent ME17 1PL
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Landmark seafront gallery with ceremonies in the Foyle Rooms or the sea-view Clore Studio and a waterfront terrace.
Venue hire £2,300-£6,800
Margate (approx. 1 km)
Terrace used for drinks not ceremonies.
Address: Rendezvous, Margate, Kent CT9 1HG
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Medieval manor with the 14th-century Baron's Hall and an Inner Courtyard for outdoor ceremonies.
Venue hire £1,500-£8,600; catering £86-£163 pp
Penshurst (approx. 3 km)
No external caterers; guests use TN11 8DH private entrance.
Address: Penshurst Place, Penshurst, Tonbridge, Kent TN11 8DG
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Historic court room and guildhall in the medieval Cinque Port of Sandwich.
£550-£2,250
Sandwich (approx. 0.5 km)
Town-council-run historic guildhall.
Address: Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent
✓ Licensed for ceremonies, including outdoors
Victorian mansion with its own Science Theatre and lakeside grounds outside Tunbridge Wells.
Venue hire £1,750-£6,345; catering £38.50-£75 pp
High Brooms (approx. 3 km)
Fireworks and confetti permitted.
Address: Broomhill Road, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 0TG
✓ Licensed for ceremonies
Grade I listed late-17th-century manor held by one family for 280+ years, with lake, parkland and its own estate wine.
Price on request
Hall licensed for 90; marquee for larger receptions.
Address: Squerryes Court, Westerham, Kent TN16 1SJ
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Seafront castle-style house with public gardens at the heart of Whitstable.
£675-£4,000
Whitstable (approx. 1 km)
Address: Whitstable, Kent
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Canterbury, Kent
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Barham, Kent
Price guide: from £150 a night
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Canterbury, Kent
Price guide: from £100 a night
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Boughton-under-Blean, Kent
Price guide: from £200 a night
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Lenham, Kent
Price guide: from £100 a night
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Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Price guide: under £50 a night
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Lenham, Kent
Price guide: from £50 a night
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Ash, Kent
Price guide: from £100 a night
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Folkestone, Kent
Price guide: from £50 a night
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Maidstone, Kent
Price guide: from £50 a night
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Aylesford, Kent
Price guide: from £100 a night
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Canterbury, Kent
Price guide: from £100 a night
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Bapchild, Kent
Price guide: from £100 a night
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Ashford, Kent
Price guide: from £100 a night
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