Wedding Venues In Essex

Written By Tom Bedwin

Here is a huge list of wedding venues, gleaned from all over the internet, of possible wedding venues in Essex.

I’ve ranked them in order of price, but in some cases, the price is per person, and in others just a starting price so you’ll have to enquire with them.

At the end is a shorter list of price-on-request venues that don’t publish their prices online.

I’ve also included their stated capacity for guests, which is usually how many dining guests they can host.

Here goes:


Wedding Venues in Essex Organised by Price (Low to High)

  • Coggeshall Village Hall

    • Price Range: £13 - £450

    • Capacity: 120 Guests

    • Location: Colchester, Essex

    • Special Features: Traditional village hall, ideal for smaller receptions.

  • Rayleigh Windmill

    • Price Range: £252 - £670

    • Capacity: Varies

    • Location: Rayleigh, Essex

    • Special Features: 210-year-old Grade II listed building.

  • Braintree Town Hall

    • Price Range: £250 - £630

    • Capacity: 12 Guests

    • Location: Braintree, Essex

    • Special Features: Historical town hall, caters to all wedding sizes.

  • Brook Red Lion Hotel

    • Price Range: £250 - £600

    • Capacity: 60 Guests

    • Location: Colchester, Essex

    • Special Features: Historic Tudor wedding venue.

  • Eden Gardens

    • Price Range: £300 - £2,000

    • Capacity: 150 Guests

    • Location: Brentwood, Essex

    • Special Features: 1837 house, picturesque setting.

  • The Tower Hotel, Essex

    • Price Range: £150 - £200

    • Capacity: 60 Guests

    • Location: Harwich, Essex

    • Special Features: Romantic, picturesque, outdoor patio.

  • MGM Muthu Westcliff Hotel

    • Price Range: £400 - £975

    • Capacity: 150 Guests, 55 Bedrooms

    • Location: Southend-on-Sea, Essex

    • Special Features: Cliff gardens, sea views, Victorian hotel.

  • House of Ryker

    • Price Range: £500 - £2,500

    • Capacity: 200 Guests

    • Location: Stapleford Tawney, Essex

    • Special Features: Instaworthy venue, Abridge Golf Course & Country Club.

  • Maylands Golf Club

    • Price Range: £500 - £2,500

    • Capacity: 110 Guests

    • Location: Romford, Essex

    • Special Features: Old barn, breathtaking views.

  • Clarice House, Colchester

    • Price Range: From £500

    • Capacity: 60 Guests

    • Location: Colchester, Essex

    • Special Features: Parkland setting, secluded venue.

  • Ford Sports & Social Club

    • Price Range: £1,000 - £2,000

    • Capacity: 200 Guests

    • Location: Ilford, Essex

    • Special Features: Versatile venue, function room.

  • Sheene Mill

    • Price Range: £1,000 - £5,498

    • Capacity: 110 Guests, 10 Bedrooms

    • Location: Near Essex

    • Special Features: Tranquil setting, Cambridgeshire countryside.

  • Warley Park

    • Price Range: £1,000 - £8,000

    • Capacity: 120 Guests

    • Location: Brentwood, Essex

    • Special Features: Beautiful landscapes, spacious rooms, golf club.

  • Leez Priory Wedding Venue

    • Price Range: £1,000 - £13,000

    • Capacity: 110 Guests, 25 Bedrooms

    • Location: Chelmsford, Essex

    • Special Features: Tudor mansion, experienced wedding venue.

  • Holiday Inn Colchester

    • Price Range: £1,499 - £2,999

    • Capacity: 100 Guests, 110 Bedrooms

    • Location: Colchester, Essex

    • Special Features: Appealing and delightful space.

  • The Rochford Hotel

    • Price Range: £1,500 - £12,995

    • Capacity: 120 Guests, 20 Bedrooms

    • Location: Rochford, Essex

    • Special Features: Wedding Pavilion, church pews, landscaped gardens.

  • Woolston Manor Golf & Country Club

    • Price Range: £1,500 - £5,750

    • Capacity: 370 Guests

    • Location: Chigwell, Essex

    • Special Features: Romantic setting, sweeping driveway, high ceilings, 200 acres of grounds and lakes.

  • Castle Green

    • Price Range: £1,500 - £2,500

    • Capacity: 250 Guests

    • Location: Dagenham, Essex

    • Special Features: Flexible venue design, location.

  • Talbooth Weddings

    • Price Range: £1,500 - £8,250

    • Capacity: 160 Guests, 29 Bedrooms

    • Location: Dedham, Essex

    • Special Features: Riverside venue, intimate indoors, grand outdoors.

  • Holiday Inn Basildon

    • Price Range: £1,500 - £2,500

    • Capacity: 180 Guests, 141 Bedrooms

    • Location: Basildon, Essex, Essex

    • Special Features: Outdoor ceremony venue.

  • The Reid Rooms

    • Price Range: £1,375 - £4,950

    • Capacity: 150 Guests, 8 Bedrooms

    • Location: Margaret Roding, Dunmow, Essex

    • Special Features: Essex countryside, modern facilities, timeless charm, flexible suppliers.

  • Blakes Events

    • Price Range: £2,000 - £4,500

    • Capacity: 250 Guests

    • Location: North Weald, Epping, Essex

    • Special Features: Picturesque surrounding views, golf club setting.

  • Golf World Stansted

    • Price Range: £2,200 - £4,000

    • Capacity: 78 Guests

    • Location: Bishop's Stortford, Essex

    • Special Features: Parkland scenery.

  • Layer Marney Tower

    • Price Range: £2,350 - £7,700

    • Capacity: 180 Guests

    • Location: Colchester, Essex

    • Special Features: Tudor gatehouse.

  • Newland Hall

    • Price Range: £2,495 - £4,495

    • Capacity: 150 Guests

    • Location: Chelmsford, Essex

    • Special Features: Picturesque venue, history and charm.

  • The Essex Golf and Country Club

    • Price Range: £2,500 - £6,500

    • Capacity: 180 Guests, 42 Bedrooms

    • Location: Colchester, Essex

    • Special Features: Flexible packages.

  • The Thurrock Hotel

    • Price Range: £2,500 - £3,700

    • Capacity: 120 Guests, 60 Bedrooms

    • Location: Aveley, Purfleet, Essex

    • Special Features: Excellent food, attentive staff, choice of suites.

  • The Boundary

    • Price Range: £2,500 - £5,500

    • Capacity: 270 Guests

    • Location: Southend-on-Sea, Essex

    • Special Features: Cricket ground setting, barn and marquee, blank canvas.

  • Merchant Taylors' Hall

    • Price Range: £2,500 - £6,000

    • Capacity: 280 Guests

    • Location: Near Essex

    • Special Features: Historic building, London location, courtyard gardens, great halls.

  • Houchins

    • Price Range: £2,500 - £7,400

    • Capacity: 150 Guests, 7 Bedrooms

    • Location: Colchester, Essex

    • Special Features: Modern barn venue, 17th-century farmhouse.

  • The Compasses at Pattiswick

    • Price Range: £2,500 - £5,750

    • Capacity: 120 Guests

    • Location: Pattiswick, Essex

    • Special Features: Award winning, North Essex countryside venue, bespoke weddings.

  • The Old Regent Ballroom

    • Price Range: Moderate

    • Capacity: 100Guests

    • Location: Stanford−le−hope,Essex

    • SpecialFeatures: Ballroom, Piano Bar.

      Civic Hall Essex

    • PriceRange: Moderate

    • Capacity: 432 Guests

    • Location: Grays, Essex

    • Special Features: Licensed wedding venue, ceremonies, receptions.

  • The Barn

    • Price Range: From £3,000

    • Capacity: 120 Guests

    • Location: Colchester, Essex

    • Special Features: Romantic venue, luxurious country setting.

  • Holiday Inn Southend

    • Price Range: £3,000 - £8,800

    • Capacity: 100 Guests, 129 Bedrooms

    • Location: Southend-on-Sea, Essex

    • Special Features: Contemporary hotel, modern venue.

  • St Osyth Priory

    • Price Range: £3,000 - £10,750

    • Capacity: 110 Guests, 20 Bedrooms

    • Location: West field lane, Essex

    • Special Features: Beautiful venue, modern luxury in historic surroundings.

  • The Chichester Hotel

    • Price Range: £3,000 - £7,000

    • Capacity: 150 Guests, 36 Bedrooms

    • Location: Wickford, Essex

    • Special Features: Barn-converted venue, accommodation, three event spaces.

  • High House Weddings

    • Price Range: £5,000 - £13,000

    • Capacity: 140 Guests, 14 Bedrooms

    • Location: Chelmsford, Essex

    • Special Features: Award-winning venue, Grade II listed barn, thatched gazebo, Orangery (2025).

  • The Barns at Lodge Farm

    • Price Range: £3,000 - £7,500

    • Capacity: 250 Guests

    • Location: Epping Green, Essex

    • Special Features: Exclusive use, rolling farmland.

  • The Old Kent Barn

    • Price Range: £3,495 - £4,995

    • Capacity: 150 Guests, 5 Bedrooms

    • Location: Swingfield, Kent

    • Special Features: Family business, first-class service, high attention to detail, exclusive use.

  • Prested Hall

    • Price Range: £3,499 - £5,999

    • Capacity: 350 Guests, 13 Bedrooms

    • Location: Colchester, Essex

    • Special Features: 15th-century Manor House, countryside setting, exclusive use.

  • Smeetham Hall Barn

    • Price Range: £3,499 - £6,729

    • Capacity: 150 Guests

    • Location: Sudbury, Essex

    • Special Features: Working farm, leading wedding venue.

  • Friern Manor Country House Hotel

    • Price Range: £3,500 - £9,995

    • Capacity: 120 Guests, 4 Bedrooms

    • Location: Brentwood, Essex

    • Special Features: English, cosmopolitan, elegant spaces, picturesque grounds.

  • The Grand Marquee Brentwood

    • Price Range: £3,500 - £7,000

    • Capacity: 400 Guests

    • Location: Brentwood, Essex

    • Special Features: Dry hire Marquee venue, countryside setting.

  • Colchester Garrison Officers Club

    • Price Range: £3,500

    • Capacity: 120 Guests

    • Location: Colchester, Essex

    • Special Features: Secluded location, spacious venue.

  • Talbooth House

    • Price Range: £3,500 - £12,000

    • Capacity: 40 Guests, 12 Bedrooms

    • Location: Dedham, Essex

    • Special Features: Luxury home away from home, smaller weddings.

  • Barnfield Weddings & Events

    • Price Range: £3,500 - £3,900

    • Capacity: 120 Guests, 3 Bedrooms

    • Location: Sible Hedingham, Essex

    • Special Features: Lakeside space, marquee or tipis, woodland and meadows, outdoor ceremony options.

  • The Rose and Crown Hotel

    • Price Range: £3,650 - £11,130

    • Capacity: 100 Guests, 38 Bedrooms

    • Location: Colchester, Essex

    • Special Features: All-inclusive packages, tailored to requirements.

  • That Amazing Place

    • Price Range: £3,600 - £8,600

    • Capacity: 150 Guests, 15 Bedrooms

    • Location: Old Harlow, Essex

    • Special Features: Exclusive use, stunning grounds, overnight accommodation.

  • Barnston Lodge

    • Price Range: £3,700 - £4,500

    • Capacity: 300 Guests

    • Location: Dunmow, Essex

    • Special Features: 18th-century manor house, stunning grounds.

  • Colville Hall

    • Price Range: £3,700 - £7,300

    • Capacity: 200 Guests, 9 Bedrooms

    • Location: White Roding, Essex

    • Special Features: Romance and history.

  • Marygreen Manor Hotel

    • Price Range: £3,800 - £10,995

    • Capacity: 120 Guests, 44 Bedrooms

    • Location: Brentwood, Essex

    • Special Features: 16th-century Tudor manor house, historic charm, modern luxury.

  • Westerham Golf Club

    • Price Range: £4,000 - £9,500

    • Capacity: 220 Guests

    • Location: Westerham, Kent

    • Special Features: Picturesque wedding destination, award-winning venue, Kent countryside.

  • Browning Bros

    • Price Range: £4,100 - £11,650

    • Capacity: 180 Guests, 20 Bedrooms

    • Location: Colchester, Essex

    • Special Features: Unique outdoor weddings, lakeside and woodland venues.

  • Alpheton Hall Barns

    • Price Range: £4,100 - £8,060

    • Capacity: 200 Guests

    • Location: Sudbury, Essex

    • Special Features: Historic barns, woodland venue, family-run.

  • Royal Corinthian Yacht Club

    • Price Range: From £4,200

    • Capacity: 120 Guests

    • Location: Burnham on Crouch, Essex

    • Special Features: Grade 2* listed building, beauty, romance, history.

  • Gaynes Park

    • Price Range: £4,200 - £11,800

    • Capacity: 150 Guests, 10 Bedrooms

    • Location: Epping, Essex

    • Special Features: Elegant barn venue, historic estate.

  • Pig & Whistle Restaurant

    • Price Range: £4,497 - £7,875

    • Capacity: 30 Guests

    • Location: Chelmsford, Essex

    • Special Features: 16th-century house, romantic, cosy, intimate restaurant, indoor & outdoor weddings.

  • The Old Kent Barn

    • Price Range: £4,500 - £10,000

    • Capacity: 150 Guests, 5 Bedrooms

    • Location: Swingfield, Kent

    • Special Features: Family business, first-class service, high attention to detail, exclusive use.

  • Greenwoods Hotel & Spa

    • Price Range: £4,999 - £9,000

    • Capacity: 220 Guests, 39 Bedrooms

    • Location: Ingatestone, Essex

    • Special Features: 17th-century manor house, landscaped grounds.

  • Little Channels

    • Price Range: £4,999 - £11,999

    • Capacity: 90 Guests, 3 Bedrooms

    • Location: Chelmsford, Essex

    • Special Features: Waltham Barn, idyllic, intimate setting.

  • The Kings Oak Hotel

    • Price Range: £4,995 - £13,995

    • Capacity: 200 Guests

    • Location: High Beach, Loughton, Essex

    • Special Features: In the heart of Epping Forest, award-winning venue, "WOW factor".

  • Mulberry House

    • Price Range: £4,950 - £12,000

    • Capacity: 130 Guests, 24 Bedrooms

    • Location: Ongar, Essex

    • Special Features: Georgian House, 22 acres of grounds.

  • Frinton Lawn Tennis Club

    • Price Range: £4,900 - £10,500

    • Capacity: 150 Guests

    • Location: Frinton-on-sea, Essex

    • Special Features: Vaulted ballroom, beautiful grounds.

  • Orsett Hall Hotel & Restaurant

    • Price Range: £3,500 - £12,500

    • Capacity: 450 Guests, 56 Bedrooms

    • Location: Grays, Essex

    • Special Features: Variety of reception rooms, tailored to requirements.

  • Crondon Park

    • Price Range: £6,995 - £14,000

    • Capacity: 148 Guests, 7 Bedrooms

    • Location: Ingatestone, Essex

    • Special Features: Baronial Hall Barn, Essex countryside setting.

  • Gosfield Hall Wedding Venue

    • Price Range: £6,995 - £16,000

    • Capacity: 116 Guests, 23 Bedrooms

    • Location: Halstead, Essex

    • Special Features: Georgian manor house, grand reception rooms, Queen Charlotte’s Gallery, Marquis of Buckingham’s Ballroom.

  • Tuffon Hall

    • Price Range: £6,000 - £7,500

    • Capacity: 120 Guests, 6 Bedrooms

    • Location: Castle Hedingham, Halstead, Essex

    • Special Features: Boutique vineyard, open air ceremonies, 16th-century barn, farmhouse accommodation.

  • Fennes

    • Price Range: £6,000 - £16,500

    • Capacity: 700 Guests, 14 Bedrooms

    • Location: Braintree, Essex

    • Special Features: Award-winning venue.

  • Stoke by Nayland Resort

    • Price Range: £6,000 - £8,500

    • Capacity: 250 Guests, 80 Bedrooms

    • Location: Colchester, Essex

    • Special Features: 300 acres of countryside, banqueting suites, Tipis.

  • Hylands Estate

    • Price Range: £6,500 - £13,600

    • Capacity: 300 Guests

    • Location: Chelmsford, Essex

    • Special Features: Grade II* listed mansion, parkland, Grand Pavilion.

  • Apton Hall

    • Price Range: £6,495 - £15,495

    • Capacity: 200 Guests, 8 Bedrooms

    • Location: Rochford, Essex

    • Special Features: Exclusive venue, Essex countryside.

  • Hedingham Castle

    • Price Range: £3,100 - £9,875

    • Capacity: 150 Guests, 12 Bedrooms

    • Location: Halstead, Essex

    • Special Features: Norman Castle, Georgian Country House, onsite accommodation, romantic countryside.

  • Chelmsford City Racecourse

    • Price Range: £8,000 - £15,000

    • Capacity: 1000 Guests

    • Location: Chelmsford, Essex

    • Special Features: Largest venue in Essex, multiple venues, tailored to requirements.

  • Stock Brook Country Club

    • Price Range: £8,000 - £15,000

    • Capacity: 300 Guests, 24 Bedrooms

    • Location: Billericay, Essex

    • Special Features: Manor house, 250 acres of countryside.

  • Boreham House

    • Price Range: £8,000 - £25,000

    • Capacity: 400 Guests, 8 Bedrooms

    • Location: Chelmsford, Essex

    • Special Features: Stunning venue, Essex countryside.

  • Hutton Hall

    • Price Range: £8,900 - £11,100

    • Capacity: 120 Guests, 4 Bedrooms

    • Location: Brentwood, Essex

    • Special Features: Exclusive, newly-renovated venue.

  • Rivenhall Oaks Golf Centre

    • Price Range: From £9,000

    • Capacity: 130 Guests

    • Location: Witham, Essex

    • Special Features: Breathtaking landscapes, vibrant greenery.

  • Parklands Quendon Hall

    • Price Range: From £9,600

    • Capacity: 500 Guests, 22 Bedrooms

    • Location: Saffron Walden, Essex

    • Special Features: Picturesque venue, romantic fairy tale setting.

  • Braxted Park Estate

    • Price Range: £10,150 - £23,450

    • Capacity: 350 Guests, 12 Bedrooms

    • Location: Witham, Essex

    • Special Features: 500-acre estate, unique blend of old and new.

  • Vaulty Manor

    • Price Range: £11,500 - £13,500

    • Capacity: 185 Guests, 24 Bedrooms

    • Location: Heybridge, Essex

    • Special Features: Historic venue, 17th-century wedding barn.

  • The Old Hall Ely

    • Price Range: £11,500 - £55,000

    • Capacity: 170 Guests, 16 Bedrooms

    • Location: Near Essex

    • Special Features: Exclusive use, Jacobean Manor House, immaculate grounds, classic interiors.

  • Pontlands Park

    • Price Range: £800 - £1,600

    • Capacity: 80 Guests, 35 Bedrooms

    • Location: Great Baddow, Essex

    • Special Features: Luxury hotel, family-run.

  • The Pier Hotel and Restaurant

    • Price Range: From £75

    • Capacity: 50 Guests

    • Location: Harwich, Essex

    • Special Features: North Sea coast, fine food and drink.

  • The Old Parish Rooms

    • Price Range: From £60 pp

    • Capacity: 80 Guests

    • Location: Rayleigh, Essex

    • Special Features: Modern, light space.

  • The Arlington Ballroom

    • Price Range: From £50 pp

    • Capacity: 160 Guests

    • Location: Southend-on-Sea, Essex

    • Special Features: Art Deco venue, flexible space.

  • Down Hall Hotel & Spa

    • Price Range: From £170 pp

    • Capacity: 180 Guests, 100 Bedrooms

    • Location: Hatfield Heath, Essex

    • Special Features: Country house, perfect wedding day.

  • The Bull Hotel, Essex

    • Price Range: From £11 pp

    • Capacity: 60 Guests, 16 Bedrooms

    • Location: Halstead, Essex

    • Special Features: 14th-century setting.

  • Thatchers Arms

    • Price Range: From £15 pp

    • Capacity: 72 Guests

    • Location: Colchester, Essex

    • Special Features: Country pub, Stour Valley views.

  • Hunters Meet

    • Price Range: From £99 pp

    • Capacity: 100 Guests, 20 Bedrooms

    • Location: Bishop's Stortford, Essex

    • Special Features: Family-run hotel, restaurant, spa.

  • Kingscliff Hotel

    • Price Range: From £2,995

    • Capacity: 80 Guests

    • Location: Clacton-on-sea, Essex

    • Special Features: Seaside hotel, photo backdrop.

  • The Electric Palace

    • Price Range: From £385

    • Capacity: 70 Guests

    • Location: Harwich, Essex

    • Special Features: Historic cinema, unique setting.

  • The Waterfront, Essex

    • Price Range: From £220

    • Capacity: 100 Guests

    • Location: Harwich, Essex

    • Special Features: Purpose-built events venue.

  • Oysterfleet Hotel

    • Price Range: From £52 pp

    • Capacity: 150 Guests, 41 Bedrooms

    • Location: Canvey Island, Essex

    • Special Features: Lake views, excellent facilities.

  • Delta Hotel by Marriott Colchester

    • Price Range: From £75 pp

    • Capacity: 110 Guests, 131 Bedrooms

    • Location: Colchester, Essex

    • Special Features: Grand ceremony venue.

  • Moot Hall

    • Price Range: From £650

    • Location: Maldon, Essex

    • Special Features: History, character, romance.

Price On Application (P.O.A.) Venues:

  • Garon Park Golf Club

  • Leigh Community Centre

  • Ingrebourne Links Golf & Country Club

  • Weddings At The Lodge

  • Villiers Barn

  • The Rayleigh Club Wedding and Golf Resort

  • Runnymede Hall

  • The Diocesan House Of Retreat

  • The Paddocks

  • Mount Avenue Banqueting Suite

  • Sands Restaurant

  • Harlow Town Football Club

  • The White Hart Hotel Coggeshall

  • Saracens Head

  • Warren Lodge Hotel

  • Topsail Charters

  • The Cricketers Arms

  • Ye Olde White Harte Hotel

  • Greenstead Hall Barn

  • Theydon Bois Golf Club

  • Hutton Poplars Hall

  • Osea Island Resort

  • Crown House Hotel

  • Moot House

  • The Burstead Golf Club

  • Reids

  • Cromwell Manor

  • The Legacy Great Hallingbury Manor Hotel

  • Stapleford Abbotts Village Hall

  • The Willow Room

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