Weddings

Set in three acres of private gardens near Battle, Claverton is a beautiful country house wedding venue where you can make the day as traditional, informal or individual as you want it to be.

You can marry outside beside our lily pond and pagoda, celebrate in the gardens, enjoy a BBQ on the lawn, sit down for a traditional wedding breakfast, dance the evening away in our Function Room, or combine a little bit of everything.

But one of the things our couples value most is that you don’t simply hire the venue and then get left to organise everything else yourself.

We Take Care of the Practical Bits

Wedding planning should be about choosing the things you love, not discovering a growing list of chairs, tables, linen, glasses, cutlery and other essentials that you hadn’t realised you needed to organise separately.

At Claverton, we take care of the practical side of the day.

Our standard tables, chairs, white linen, cutlery, glassware and room setup are all part of the service. We’ll set everything up with you, help work out how the different parts of your day will flow and make the changes that need making as the day progresses.

Of course, you’re welcome to add your own colours, flowers, decorations and personal touches. We’ll work with those too.

The idea is simple:

You enjoy planning your wedding. We’ll worry about making it work.

A Wedding That Doesn’t Have to Follow a Formula

Not everybody wants the same wedding.

You might want a traditional ceremony followed by a seated wedding breakfast, speeches and an evening reception.

Or perhaps you’d rather marry outside, have drinks and photographs in the gardens, fire up the BBQ and let everyone relax and enjoy the afternoon before moving inside for music and dancing later.

Some couples want lots of structure. Others want almost none.

We’ll help you create the day that feels right for you rather than trying to fit your wedding into a fixed timetable or format.

And because we have several indoor and outdoor spaces, plans can remain flexible. If the Great British weather has other ideas, we’ll work with you to adapt the day.

Ceremonies, Gardens & Celebrations

Claverton is licensed for civil weddings and partnership ceremonies, with both indoor and outdoor options.

Our outdoor ceremony area sits beside the lily pond with its picturesque pagoda, surrounded by gardens that provide a wonderful setting for your ceremony, welcome drinks and photographs.

Our Function Room opens through bi-fold doors onto the terrace and gardens, allowing guests to move easily between inside and outside throughout the day.

We can accommodate weddings of up to 100 guests seated or around 200 standing, depending on the style of your celebration.

Food Your Guests Will Actually Look Forward To

All of our wedding catering is prepared in-house, which gives us plenty of flexibility over how and when you want to eat.

Depending on the style of your wedding, you might choose:

• A traditional three-course wedding breakfast
• A relaxed BBQ
• A more indulgent Deluxe or Fine BBQ
• Freshly cooked pizzas from our outdoor Pizza Shed
• Evening buffets
• Bespoke menus and combinations to suit your plans

You don’t have to build your entire day around a formal meal either. If you would rather eat outside, let guests mingle, have pizzas later or create more of a festival-style celebration, that’s absolutely fine with us.

Stay the Night

Claverton has 11 individually styled bedrooms, allowing your closest family and friends to stay with you.

For couples staying the night before, our ground-floor Family Room is particularly useful for the bridal party. With its own entrance and plenty of space, it provides a private base for breakfast, hair, makeup and getting ready before the ceremony.

After the celebrations, you can simply head upstairs rather than worrying about taxis or travelling to another hotel.

Exclusive-use options are also available if you’d like to make Claverton entirely your own.

No Nasty Surprises

We try to be straightforward about what things cost.

If there’s something additional you’d like to hire or add, we’ll tell you. But we don’t want you discovering as your wedding approaches that ordinary practical things you naturally assumed would be there suddenly appear as a string of unexpected extras.

If you’re not sure whether something is included, just ask us.

And if you have an idea that isn’t in one of our packages or brochures, ask us about that too. Some of our favourite weddings have started with couples saying, “Could we do something a bit different?”

Usually, the answer is yes.

Come and See Claverton

Websites and photographs can only tell you so much.

Come and have a look around, walk through the gardens, see the ceremony spaces and Function Room, and talk to us about the sort of wedding you’re imagining.

There’s no obligation and you don’t need to have everything worked out before you visit. In fact, we’d much rather you didn’t.

We’ll show you what’s possible, talk through the options and help you start putting together a day that works for you.