The Top Ten Hotels for a Stylish but Intimate Wedding Venue

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Your wedding reception is a wonderful time for celebration when you greet and entertain your friends and family for the first time as Mr and Mrs. So, the venue you choose needs to reflect your personalities, aspirations and what memories you want to carry away from this important occasion. Whilst some couples opt for grandiose surroundings others want their wedding breakfast to be an intimate yet sophisticated event. For them there are some great romantic choices from chocolate box style manor houses, beachside hotels with private terraces, to gracious Georgian town houses and luxuriously restored buildings that are the epitome of style.

Hotel du Vin - Bristol

This magnificently restored 18th century sugar house is totally unique and looks over the rejuvenated Bath waterfront. It has an amazing secluded leafy courtyard, ideal for drinks receptions. The 4 function rooms are style personified and ooze class with high vaulted ceilings, arches, lots of natural daylight and private terraces with great views.

The Devonshire Brasserie

Situated on the Bolton Abbey Estate this hotel has hosted its fair share of celebrity weddings. A tranquil and idyllic riverside location near a ruined abbey with cascading waterfalls and its own Italian box garden, this place has character. It's opulent but intimate ambience with antique furnishing and chandeliers make this an amazing venue.

Tre-Ysgawen Hall Hotel & Spa

Built originally as a grand country house mansion the hotel is perched at the end of a private wooded drive amidst acres of woodland. On the sweeping flower filled lawns you will find Anglesey's first outdoor wedding pavilion intimate and truly romantic, however many guests you choose to invite to witness you saying “I do”.

Tuddenham Mill

Oak exposed beams, sleek glass and a waterwheel Tuddenham Mill is an eclectic mix of rustic chic. This renovated water mill has a wonderfully relaxed environment and a contemporary elegance second to none, perfect for those who are seeking something different. Its function rooms have idyllic private terraces and views over the serene mill pond.

Careys Manor Hotel

In the magical tranquil setting of the New Forrest this romantic Victorian country house combines elegant English charm with contemporary chic and it does it so well! The stylish Cedar suite is perfection for receptions and it has its own private entrance opening up onto a secluded terraced area with magnificent views of the surrounding countryside.

Ockenden Manor Hotel & Spa Restaurant

Tucked away in the pretty Tudor village of Cuckfield, this Elizabethan manor house could have come straight from the pages of any storybook. It is charming, tranquil, has lots of character and is heavenly romantic. Outside there's an English country garden effect, whilst inside the elegant sitting rooms, antiques and roaring log fires make it so welcoming for wedding guests.